Clean-Sky 2 Large Passenger Aircraft Platform 1 Advanced Engine and Aircraft Configurations

In order to pursue with the ambition to reduce the environmental footprint of the aircraft industry, the EU commission and the industry launched the program called Clean Sky 2, which started in 2014 and still runs until end of 2023. Among the programs covered by this framework, the largest one is the Large Passenger Aircraft under Airbus Commercial Aircraft lead which includes in particular the Platform 1 focused on Advanced Engine and Aircraft Configurations The focus of the Large Passenger Aircraft IADP (called also LPA), is on large-scale demonstration of integrated technologies at aircraft level. This is done in three distinct ‘Platforms’: - Platform 1 - “Advanced Engine and Aircraft Configurations” - Platform 2: “Innovative Physical Integration Cabin – System – Structure” - Platform 3 - “Next Generation Aircraft Systems, Cockpit and Avionics” The presentation will focus on platform 1 which has the aim to integrate the most fuel efficient propulsion concepts into compatible airframe configurations, for the next generations of short and long range aircrafts and also studying laminarity as well as new radical aircraft configuration concepts. In a nutshell, Platform1 includes: - 22 Core Partners and Leaders across Europe - 16 Demonstrators linked to either engines and/or aircraft configurations - 305 MEUR funding at Completion incl. Call for Proposals There are also 86 Call for Proposals that have been launched via 11 waves, between 2014 and 2020 (Wave 01 to Wave 11), and that contribute to 30% of the overall funding. Winners for those Call for Proposals are SMEs, research institutes, Universities, etc… spread across Europe, and are not listed in this chart. The PLATFORM 1 is currently in its operational phase where a lot of results will be delivered and therefore a large effort toward dissemination will have to be performed This phase is also an important transition phase toward Clean-Aviation projects and therefore the articulation between platform 1 demonstrators and Clean-aviation pillars is a key driver.