Clean Aviation Call 3 Projects Kick-Off in Brussels

A real scale solution for hybrid powerplant, powered by batteries, is developed and tested on a typical CS25 regional aircraft platform, with tailored modifications to integrate the hybrid powerplant and any necessary ancillary systems needed to validate TRL6 for such technologies. Besides the flight demonstration, other enabling technologies will be tested on ground to validate TRL5 at the end of the project. These technologies include:

• Development of a more innovative propeller, together with nacelle and wing, tested in wind tunnel facilities to assess aerodynamic and acoustic performance
• Development of new control logics and single lever to improve the cockpit operations, tested on specific bench representative of avionics system of the aircraft.

Certification activities will also be at the centre of the project, to ensure that each technology identified show readiness not only for technology but also for certification maturation: the return of experience from the flight prototype preparation and the definition and assessment of CRL will help maturate the technologies and show readiness for entry into service in 2035.

With such large portfolio of technologies and demonstration, the DEMETRA project aims to prepare real scale solutions to accelerate the introduction of such technologies at the earliest and maximise the impact on the emission, thus identifying itself as a relevant player in the regional aviation decarbonisation context.