The increasing environmental awareness of the European society has been always present in the aeronautical community, industry and research centres, having a definite influence on the way the aircraft of the future should be. In this line, the ACARE Vision for 2020, a Group of Renowned Personalities in the aeronautical field, has formulated a clear set of requirements for civil transport aircraft operations in order to reach the following specific environmental goals: halving perceived aircraft noise, 50% cut in CO2 emissions per passenger-km and 80% cut in NOx emissions. Many of these goals have a direct connection with the aerodynamic performance of the aircraft; mainly with aerodynamic technologies. Most of the elements of the aerodynamics of conventional aircraft are modelled and understood to some degree but reliable solutions are not available due to new challenges appearing as the technology matures. One of the most common problems is related to stability analysis for configurations in the limits of the flight envelope or when unsteady effects are dominant. This challenge is the object of the research of SSeMID, and is the focus of the international training plan for young engineers employed within the network. The project will provide valuable information for such aerodynamic structures paving the way to its complete industrialization while increasing the academic knowledge regarding instability mechanisms and covering the necessary skills and knowledge to train experts in this area

The Systems ITD will develop and build highly integrated, high TRL demonstrators in major areas such as power management, cockpit, wing, landing gear, to address the needs of future generation aircraft in terms of maturation, demonstration and Innovation. Integrated Cockpit Environment for New Functions & Operations - D1: Extended Cockpit - D24: Enhanced vision and awareness - D25: Integrated Modular Communications Innovative Cabin and Cargo technologies - D2: Equipment and systems for Cabin & Cargo applications Innovative and Integrated Electrical Wing Architecture and Components - D3: Smart Integrated Wing Demonstrator - D4: Innovative Electrical Wing Demonstrator Innovative Technologies and Optimized Architecture for Landing Gears - D5: Advanced Landing Gears Systems - D6: Electrical Nose Landing Gear System - D7: Electrical Rotorcraft Landing Gear System - D17: Advanced Landing Gear Sensing & Monitoring System High Power Electrical Generation and Conversion Architecture - D8.1: Innovative Power Generation and Conversion for large A/C - D8.2: Innovative Power Generation and Conversion for small A/C Innovative Energy Management Systems Architectures - D9: Innovative Electrical and Control/Command Networks for distribution systems - D10: HVDC Electrical Power Network Demonstrator Innovative Technologies for Environmental Control System - D11: Next Generation EECS for Large A/C - D12: Next Generation EECS Demonstrator for Regional A/C - D13: Next Generation Cooling systems Demonstrators - D16: Thermal Management demonstration on AVANT test rig Ice protection demonstration - D14: Advanced Electro-thermal Wing Ice Protection Demonstrator - D15: Ice Detection System Small Air Transport (SAT) Innovative Systems Solutions - D18, D19, D21: More Electric Aircraft level 0 - D20: Low power de-ice for SAT - D22: Safe and Comfortable Cabin - D23: Affordable future avionic solution for small aircraft ECO Design T2: Production Lifecycle Optimisation Long-term Technologies T1: Power Electronics T3: Modelling and Simulation Tools for System Integration on Aircraft