The Sixth Research Framework Programme

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• The Sixth Research Framework Programme
• Towards the European Research Area in Aeronautics
• DG Research - Aeronautics

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The Sixth Research Framework ProgrammeTowards
the European Research Area (ERA) (2002-2006)

• Three major principles
• Concentration on 7 selected priority areas
• Structuring effect on research activities
• Simplified and streamlined implementation
• Budget
• 17 500 Mio Euros (including 1 230 Mio for
  EURATOM)

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7 thematic priorities in FP6 (11285 millions
euros)1

• Life science, genomics and biotechnology for
  health 2255
• Advanced genomics and its applications for
  health (1100)
• Combating major diseases (1155)
• Information society technologies 3625
• Nanotechnologies and nanosciences,
  knowledge-based
• multifunctional materials, and new production
  processes
• and devices 1300
• Aeronautics and space 1075
• Food quality and safety 685
• Sustainable development, global change and
  ecosystems 2120
• Sustainable energy systems (810)
• Sustainable surface transport (610)
• Global change and ecosystems (700)
• Citizens and governance in a knowledge- based
  society 225
• 1-excluding non nuclear activities of JRC (760)
  and specific activities covering a wider field of
  research (1300)

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FP6 - The Research Instruments

• New instruments
• Networks of Excellence
• to tackle fragmentation of European Research
• Integrated projects
• to sponsor objective-driven research of
  european dimension
• Article 169
• EU participation in jointly implemented
  national programmes
• Traditional instruments
• Specific Targeted Research Projects (STREP)
• Co-ordination Actions (CA)
• Specific Support Actions (SSA)

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FP6- Integrated Projects

• Objective
• Generate knowledge by integrating a critical mass
  of resources and activities to achieve ambitious
  clearly defined scientific and technological
  objectives
• Activities
• Objective-driven RTD activities including also,
  as appropriate, management, dissemination and
  transfer of knowledge,development and
  demonstration, technology evaluation, training
• Implementation
• Great management autonomy and flexibility
  (internal organisation, execution plan revision,
  partnership modification, funding redistribution,
  )
• Financial aspects
• support as a grant to the budget, up to 50
  for research, 35 for demonstration, 100 for
  management and training

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FP6 - Networks of Excellence

• Objective
• Strengthen European scientific and technological
  excellence through a durable integration of
  research capacities and work programmes
• Activities
• Implementation of a joint programmes of
  activities (JPA) with integrating activities
  (share of equipment, exchange of personnel,
  coordinated work programmes,..), possibly
  research activities, activities to spread
  excellence, all within a unified management
  structure.
• Implementation
• Great management autonomy and flexibility
  (internal organisation, joint programme revision,
  partnership modification, funding redistribution,
  )
• Financial aspects
• support as a grant to integration based on the
  number of researchers.

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RTD Funding forSpecific Aeronautics Research on
EU Level) Budget 2002 - 2006 for Aeronautics,
Air Transport Space

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FP6 AERONAUTICS BUDGET (Possible Scenario)

• TOTAL BUDGET 1 075Meuro
• Aeronautics 840 (75090)
• Space 235
• DG RTD AERONAUTICS 750 Meuro
• RTD Actions 690
• Support Actions (training, etc.) 10
• Administration, Experts,etc. 60

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FP6- AERONAUTICS OVERALL OBJECTIVES(consistent
with SRA recommendations)

• To meet societys needs for a more efficient,
  safer and environmentally friendly air transport
• To win global leadership for European aeronautics
  with a competitive supply chain, including small
  and madium size enterprises

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Research Areas and Scope for Aeronautics in FP6

• Research Areas (consistent with Strategic
  Research Agenda)
• Strengthening competitiveness (of the
  manufacturing industry)
• Improving environmental impact with regard to
  emissions noise
• Improving aircraft safety and security
• Increasing the operational capacity and safety
  of the air transport system
• Scope
• Commercial transport aircraft (comprising
  regional and business aircraft and
  rotorcraft), including their systems and
  components
• On-board and ground-based elements of the ATM
  (4th area)

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FP6 AERONAUTICS Work Programme Approach

• Open upstream research to further improve the
  technology base and develop innovative concepts
  and breakthrough technologies to pave the way for
  a step change in aviation (primarily classical
  instruments)
• Focussed downstream research integrating a
  critical mass of technical fields, activities and
  resources needed to achieve ambitious objectives
  (preferably new instruments)

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The Aeronautics Priority in the 6th F. P.

• Research Objectives
• reduce aircraft development costs by 20 (50) in
  the short (long) term
• reduce aircraft operating costs by 20 (50) in
  the short (long) term
• increase passenger choice with regard to travel
  costs, time to destination, on-board services and
  comfort

• Research Domains
• integrated design and product development
• manufacturing
• maintenance
• aerodynamics
• structural weight reduction
• equipment weight and power take up reduction
• propulsion
• crew workload reduction
• cabin environment
• on board passenger services
• new aircraft concepts and breakthrough
  technologies

Strengthening Competitiveness
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The Aeronautics Priority in the 6th F. P.

• Research Objectives
• reduce CO2 emissions (and thus fuel consumption)
  by 50 per passenger-km in the long term
• reduce NOx emissions by 80 in the landing and
  take-off cycle with respect to ICAO standard and
  to an Emissions Index of NOx of 5 (10) gr. per
  kg. of fuel burnt in cruise in the long (short)
  term, and other gaseous emissions and
  particulates
• reduce noise by 4-5 dB (10 dB) per operation in
  the short (long) term. For rotorcraft reduce
  noise footprint area by 50 and external noise by
  6 (10) dB in the short (long) term.
• reduce environmental impact of aircraft and
  component manufacture and maintenance

Improving environmental impact with regard to
emissions and noise

• Research Domains
• propulsion
• aerodynamics
• structural weight reduction
• equipment weight and power take up reduction
• combustion
• external noise
• manufacturing
• maintenance
• new aircraft concepts and breakthrough
  technologies

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The Aeronautics Priority in the 6th F. P.

• Research Objectives
• reduce accident rate by 50 (80) in the short
  (long) term
• obtain 100 capability for avoiding or recovering
  from human error
• mitigate results of survivable accidents
• reduce to zero hazards of on-board hostile
  actions while in flight

• Research Domains
• human-machine interface
• accident prevention
• accident survivability
• airborne aircraft security
• new aircraft concepts and breakthrough
  technologies

Improving aircraft safety and security
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The Aeronautics Priority in the 6th F. P.

• Research Objectives
• increase system capacity to safely handle three
  times more air movements by 2020
• improve todays safety levels taking into account
  projected traffic levels
• improve system efficiency to achieve an average
  maximum delay of 1 minute per flight.
• Maximise airport operating capacity in all
  weather conditions

• Research Domains
• new generation ATM
• co-operative air traffic management
• advanced airborne system applications
• reduced separation minima
• the airport of the future
• airport efficiency(ATF)
• advanced surface movement guidance and control
  system (A-SMGCS)
• technologies for advanced approach and landing
  (TAL)
• innovation
• innovative ATM research
• co-ordination actions
• safety, human factors, validation

increasing the operational capacity and safety of
the air transport system
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Some Topics for Integrated Projects (1st call)

• Strengthening competitiveness (1st area)
• Integrated, intelligent, multidisciplinary design
  in the extended enterprise (IP1)
• Maintenance including smart health monitoring,
  damage detection and maintenance-free concept
  (IP2)
• Integrated, intelligent, flexible manufacture
  (IP3)

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Some Topics for Integrated Projects (1st call)

• Improving environmental impact with regard to
  emissions and noise (2nd area)
• Multidisciplinary approach to an environmentally
  acceptable supersonic transport (IP4)
• Integration of technologies in support of a
  passenger and environmentally friendly helicopter
  (IP5)

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Some Topics for Integrated Projects(1st call)

• Improving aircraft safety and security (3rd area)
• Airborne technologies integration for improved
  flight hazard protection and all weather
  operation (IP6)
• Security of aircraft operation (IP7)

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Some Topics for Integrated Projects (1st call)

• Increasing operational capacity and safety of the
  air transport system (4th area)
• Advanced approach and landing (IP8)
• Co-operative Air Traffic Management1 (IP9)
• Advanced Surface Movement Guidance and Control1
  (IP10)
• Airport Efficiency1 (IP11)
• 1- will be split into several phases distributed
  over several calls- Phase 1 only in first call

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Some Topics for Networks of Excellence

• Strengthening competitiveness (1st area)
• Windtunnel testing for aeronautical applications
  and related advanced measuring technologies
  (NoE1)
• Integration of experimental and analytical
  research capacities for fixed wing aircraft
  (NoE2)
• Improving environmental impact with regard to
  emissions and noise (2nd area)
• Integration of research capacities on the
  environmental compatibility of aviation with
  regard to the impact of aircraft emissions (NoE3)

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FP6 Tentative First Call Planning for RTD actions

• December 2002 First Call Published (all 4 areas)
  - 17 December
• 65 New Instruments (IP 90 NoE 10)
• 35 Traditional Instruments
• 20 March 2003 First Call Closed
• April-May 2003 Proposals Evaluations / Projects
  Selections
• June-Nov. 2003 Contract Negotiation / Contract
  Preparation
• December 2003 First Contract Awards

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Contact Points

• European Commission DG Research - H.3
  (Aeronautics)
• Rue Belliard 7 B - 1049 Brussels
• http//www.cordis.lu
• Aeronautics Unit
• Tel./ Fax [phone] 66 7 57
• E-mail Herbert.von-Bose_at_cec.eu.int
• Specific assistance for SME
• AeroSME (http//www.aerosme.com)
• SCRATCH (http//www.aero-scratch.net)
• http//www.cordis.lu.sme.home
• Jean-Pierre.Lentz_at_cec.eu.int, tel [phone]
  592

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AeroSME

• AeroSME is a joint activity between the aerospace
  industry and the European Commission

• Objectives
• Support and improve SMEs participation in EU
  funded aeronautic RTD projects
• Facilitate co-operation among SMEs and with
  aeronautics related bodies in order to improve
  SMEs position in the supply chain
• currently in 20 countries and open to all
  countries contributing to FP6

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AeroSME
Services Activities

• DATABASE freely accessible at www.aerosme.com
• NEWSLETTER by e-mail
• NETWORKING workshops in 20 countries
• HELPDESK free-of-charge consulting service
• Support to project proposals for FP6
• Information on IPs and STREPs
• Partner searches

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How to participate in FP6
In view of the 1st call for proposals (Dec 02)

• Integrated Projects
• Read on the AeroSME website the descriptions of
  the IPs likely to be submitted in the first call
• Express your interest to be included in the
  potential consortium for an IPs by presenting
  the value added that your company can bring to
  the project
• STPs and CRAFT
• Present your project idea for support to the
  AeroSME Helpdesk
• To be updated subscribe to the AeroSME Newsletter
• A list of STPs to be published on the AeroSME
  website

• Companies interested to set up a conventional
  research project use the 1st call to have better
  chances of success

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AeroSME
Contact Details

• AeroSME Project Office
• c/o AECMA European Association of Aerospace
  Industries
• Gulledelle 94-b.5
• B-1200 Brussels
• Belgium
• Tel [phone]
• Fax [phone]
• E-Mail paola.chiarini_at_aecma.org
• Web site www.aerosme.com