Funded Projects

Adaptive and self-healing high-performance fibre composites

Self-healing high-performance fibre composites

Topic: Self-healing composites; adaptive materials; damage tolerance

Coordinator: UNIVERSITY OF BATH

Advanced Broadband Battle-space Obscuration Technologies

Composite materials for electromagnetic signature reduction

Topic: Stealth; radar absorbing; EMI shielding

Coordinator: EDF consortium listed in the factsheet

Advanced light materials for sustainable electric vehicles by integration of eco-design and circular-economy strategies

Circular thermoplastic CFRP/metal structures for electric vehicles

Topic: Electric-vehicle lightweighting; hybrid structures; SHM; circular design

Coordinator: INSTITUTO TECNOLOGICO DE ARAGON

Advanced lightweight materials FOR Energy-efficient STructures

Advanced lightweight materials for energy-efficient structures

Topic: Lightweighting; sustainability; multifunctionality

Coordinator: AIMPLAS - ASOCIACION DE INVESTIGACION DE MATERIALES PLASTICOS Y CONEXAS

Advanced manufacturing and composite-based materials for naval vessels

Multifunctional composite materials for stealth, ballistic lightweight armour and fire-resistant naval structures

Topic: Additive manufacturing; stealth; ballistic protection; fire resistance; multifunctional materials

Coordinator: NAVANTIA S.A.

Advanced Rear End

Advanced lightweight rear-fuselage demonstrator

Topic: Lightweight rear fuselage; integrated structures; cost-efficient composites

Coordinator: AIRBUS OPERATIONS SAS

Advanced recyclable and repairable composite aircraft structures with integrated sensing

Repairable, recyclable and sensorised composite aircraft structures

Topic: Circular aircraft composites; repairable structures; sensing; disassembly

Coordinator: TWI LTD

Advanced technologies for bomb-proof cargo containers and blast containment units for passenger airplanes

Blast-resistant cargo containers for passenger aircraft

Topic: Blast containment; security; lightweight structures

Coordinator: RINA CONSULTING SPA

Advanced Wing And Tailplane Architecture Refinement

Advanced composite-compatible wing and tail architectures for next-generation efficient aircraft

Topic: Ultra-high aspect-ratio wing; strut-braced wing; aeroelasticity; lightweight structures

Coordinator: OFFICE NATIONAL D'ETUDES ET DE RECHERCHES AEROSPATIALES (ONERA)

Aerospace Composites digitally sensorised from manufacturing to end-of-life

Digitally sensorised aerospace composites monitored from manufacture through service and recycling

Topic: Sensorised composites; structural health monitoring; digital twin; recycling

Coordinator: IDEKO S COOP

Airframe Integrated Technology Demonstrator – advanced structures

Clean Sky 2 umbrella programme for advanced composite and hybrid airframe technologies

Topic: Advanced airframe structures; thermoplastic composites; multifunctional structures; eco-design

Coordinator: DASSAULT AVIATION

Bio-based, repairable and recyclable vitrimer composites and advanced sensors for highly reliable and sustainable wind blades

Infinitely recyclable sensorised vitrimer wind-turbine blades

Topic: Smart wind blades; recyclable vitrimers; self-repair; in-mould electronics

Coordinator: PROPLAST

BIOcomposites in smart plastic transformation processes to pave the way for the large-scale uptake of sustainable bio-based products

Scalable manufacturing routes for sustainable bio-composites

Topic: Bio-composites; digital transformation; scalable intermediate formats

Coordinator: FUNDACION AITIIP

Boosting the digital transformation of aviation supply chains for advanced composite aerostructures

Digital transformation of the supply chain for composite aerostructures

Topic: Digital supply chain; SHM/NDT; repair; recycling

Coordinator: ASOCIACION DE INVESTIGACION METALURGICA DEL NOROESTE (AIMEN)

Business Jet Composite Wing

Composite wing demonstrator for next-generation business jets

Topic: Business-jet composite wing; lightweight primary structures

Coordinator: DASSAULT AVIATION

Carbon Composite Optimization Reducing Tank Cost

Cost reduction for carbon fibre and H2/CNG tanks

Topic: Low-cost carbon fibre; COPV; recycling

Coordinator: Hexagon R&D LLC / Hexagon Agility

Ceramic composite materials for ballistic protection

Lightweight ceramic composites for ballistic protection

Topic: Ballistic armour; ceramics; confinement

Coordinator: EDA consortium from 8 nations

Circular Process for Eco-Designed Bulky Products and Internal Car Parts

Closing the loop for bulky products and automotive interiors

Topic: Eco-design; circular economy; business models

Coordinator: Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya

Co-design and Manufacturing of Novel integrated airframe components

Co-designed, integrated airframe components for efficient high-rate production

Topic: Integrated airframe components; co-design; high-rate composite manufacturing

Coordinator: Official coordinator listed on CORDIS

Co-design of Novel airframe and engine configurations for sustainable regional aircraft

Co-designed airframe and propulsion configurations for sustainable regional aircraft

Topic: Airframe-engine co-design; regional aircraft; lightweight integration

Coordinator: Official coordinator listed on CORDIS

COmposite COnformal LIquid H2 Tank

Conformal composite liquid-hydrogen tank for aviation

Topic: LH2 tanks; conformal tank; SHM

Coordinator: Collins Aerospace Ireland, Limited

Composites at Speed and Scale

High-rate, large-scale aerospace composite manufacturing

Topic: High-rate manufacturing; digital manufacturing; automation

Coordinator: University of Sheffield AMRC

Continuous Fiber Manufacturing for Industry

Industrialisation of mouldless robotic additive manufacturing for continuous-fibre composites

Topic: Continuous fibre additive manufacturing; robotics; digital manufacturing; Industry 4.0

Coordinator: MOI COMPOSITES SRL

Cost & performances improvement for compressed gaseous H2 composite tanks

Performance and cost of composite CGH2 tanks

Topic: COPV 700 bar; cost reduction; high productivity

Coordinator: CEA

Cryogenic Hypersonic Advanced Tank Technologies

Ultra-light cryogenic tank technologies for advanced vehicles

Topic: Cryogenic tanks; hypersonics; insulation

Coordinator: DLR

DEMONstration of large thermoplastic composite fuselage panels for structural Testing and virtual cErtification

Large thermoplastic composite fuselage-panel demonstration and virtual certification

Topic: Thermoplastic fuselage panels; structural testing; virtual certification

Coordinator: LGAI TECHNOLOGICAL CENTER S.A. (APPLUS+ LABORATORIES)

Development of a physics-informed data-driven remaining useful life prediction framework for CFRP composite structures using ultrasonic guided waves

Predictive maintenance and remaining-life estimation for CFRP reusable-launch-vehicle structures

Topic: Structural health monitoring; remaining useful life prediction; fatigue; ultrasonic guided waves

Coordinator: KATHOLIEKE UNIVERSITEIT LEUVEN

Digital method for improved manufacturing of multifunctional airframe parts

Digital manufacturing of multifunctional thermoplastic airframe parts

Topic: Digital composite manufacturing; multifunctional structures; hybrid additive manufacturing

Coordinator: ASOCIACION DE INVESTIGACION METALURGICA DEL NOROESTE (AIMEN)

Durable multi-stable composite structures for morphing aerospace applications

Durable multistable composite structures for aerospace morphing

Topic: Morphing structures; multistability; fatigue and durability

Coordinator: POLITECNICO DI MILANO

Eco-design and circular technologies for future airframes

Eco-friendly airframe technologies including composite recycling

Topic: Eco-design; composite recycling; low-impact materials and processes

Coordinator: Not specified

Economic manufacturing process of recyclable composite materials for durable hydrogen storage

Cost-effective process for recyclable composite hydrogen tanks

Topic: Recyclable COPVs; self-healing; SHM

Coordinator: Institut Mines-Télécom

Efficient decommissioning, repurposing and recycling to increase circularity of end-of-life wind energy systems

Circular end-of-life management for wind energy systems

Topic: Decommissioning; repurposing; recycling

Coordinator: AIMPLAS

European recycling and circularity in large composite components

R6 strategies for large end-of-life composite components

Topic: Circularity R6; recycling; repair

Coordinator: National Technical University of Athens

Fabrication of lightweight aluminium metal-matrix composites and validation in green vehicles

High-performance aluminium metal-matrix composites for lightweight electric vehicles

Topic: Metal-matrix composites; automotive lightweighting; scalable metallurgy and forming

Coordinator: MBN NANOMATERIALIA SRL

Flight demonstration of a liquid hydrogen load-bearing tank in an unmanned cargo platform

Flight demonstration of a load-bearing composite LH2 tank

Topic: Load-bearing LH2 tanks; flight demonstration

Coordinator: Pipistrel Vertical Solutions d.o.o.

Forging the blades of the future with composite materials with circular, safe and sustainable design

Safe-and-sustainable-by-design composite wind turbine blades

Topic: Circular wind turbine blades; self-healing; disassembly

Coordinator: FUNDACION AITIIP

Fuel-cell Aircraft Multidisciplinary Enabling Technologies

Integrated enabling technologies for fuel-cell-powered aircraft

Topic: Fuel-cell propulsion; LH2 storage-to-propeller chain; lightweight integration

Coordinator: Official coordinator listed on CORDIS

Functionalised innovative carbon fibres developed from novel precursors with cost efficiency and tailored properties

Carbon fibres with tailored cost and properties

Topic: Low-cost carbon fibres; functionalisation

Coordinator: ETHNICON METSOVION POLYTECHNION

Fuselage, Rear Fuselage and Empennage with Cabin and Cargo Architecture Solution validation and Technologies for H2 integration

Composite-compatible fuselage and empennage architectures for hydrogen aircraft

Topic: Hydrogen aircraft fuselage; rear fuselage; empennage; cryogenic integration; lightweighting

Coordinator: AIRBUS OPERATIONS GMBH

High-performance fibre shielding for aircraft engine burst containment

Composite shielding design against high-energy aircraft-engine fragments

Topic: Impact shielding; composite containment; engine safety

Coordinator: RISE SICOMP AB

Hi-Rate Composite Aircraft Manufacturing

Composite aircraft manufacturing four to six times faster

Topic: High-rate composite manufacturing; certification

Coordinator: NASA

Holistic processes for the cost-effective and sustainable management of end-of-life aircraft composite structures

Circular end-of-life solutions for aircraft composite structures

Topic: Aircraft-composite dismantling; recycling; circular manufacturing

Coordinator: FUNDACION AITIIP

Hybrid-Electric Regional Architecture

Hybrid-electric regional aircraft architecture and integrated technology maturation

Topic: Hybrid-electric regional aircraft architecture; lightweight airframe integration

Coordinator: LEONARDO S.p.A.

Hybrid-Electric Regional FUSelage & Empennages

Lightweight fuselage and empennage technologies for hybrid-electric regional aircraft

Topic: Hybrid-electric regional fuselage; empennage; lightweight integrated structures

Coordinator: LEONARDO S.p.A.

Hybrid Electric Regional Wing Integration Novel Green Technologies

Integrated lightweight wing technologies for hybrid-electric regional aircraft

Topic: Hybrid-electric regional wing; novel green technologies; lightweight structures

Coordinator: AIRBUS DEFENCE AND SPACE S.A.

Hydrogen Lightweight & Innovative tank for zero-emission aircraft

Lightweight structural LH2 tank for zero-emission aircraft

Topic: Integral LH2 tank; SHM; digital twin

Coordinator: Sonaca España Engineering S.L.U.

Hydrogen-powered regional aircraft enabling technologies

Enabling technologies for hydrogen-powered regional aircraft

Topic: Hydrogen regional aircraft; cryogenic storage; thermal management; lightweight integration

Coordinator: Official coordinator listed on CORDIS

Improving recyclability of thermoset composite materials through reversible biobased bonding materials

Controlled separation and recovery of thermoset constituents

Topic: Green chemical recycling; reversible bonds

Coordinator: Fundación AITIIP

Improving the circularity of complex plastic multi-material composites using novel biobased materials

Bio-based, recyclable multi-material B2B semi-finished products

Topic: Bio-based; design for recycling; circularità

Coordinator: Fundación AITIIP

Integrated manufacturing of recyclable hybrid metal-thermoplastic composites for the transport sector

Integrated manufacturing of recyclable metal-thermoplastic hybrids

Topic: Metal-composite hybrids; high productivity

Coordinator: AIMPLAS

Large Passenger Aircraft Innovative Aircraft Demonstrator Platform

Large passenger-aircraft demonstrator platform for advanced composite structures

Topic: Thermoplastic fuselage; advanced wing; empennage; cabin and systems integration

Coordinator: AIRBUS

Large scale demonstration of circular economy value-chains based on reuse of end-of-life fibre reinforced composites

Large-scale circular value chains for end-of-life composites

Topic: Economia circolare; remanufacturing; 3D printing

Coordinator: Politecnico di Milano

Lightweight, flexible and smart protective clothing for law enforcement personnel

Lightweight smart protective clothing

Topic: Ballistic protection; smart textiles; PPE

Coordinator: ANONYMI ETAIREIA VIOMICHANIKIS EREUNAS, TECHNOLOGIKIS ANAPTYXIS KAI ERGASTIRIAKON DOKIMON, PISTOPOIISIS KAI POIOTITAS

Linking the scales for predictive aerospace polymer-composite design

Scale-bridging mechanics for non-conventional polymer composite structures

Topic: Multiscale composite mechanics; nonlinear structures; architected composites

Coordinator: INEGI - INSTITUTO DE CIENCIA E INOVACAO EM ENGENHARIA MECANICA E ENGENHARIA INDUSTRIAL

Low-Cost, High-Strength Hollow Carbon Fiber for Compressed Gas Storage Tanks

Hollow carbon fibre for high-pressure tanks

Topic: Hollow carbon fibre; COPV; circularity

Coordinator: University of Kentucky Center for Applied Energy Research

Manufacturing of a full-scale thermoplastic composite wing structure

Full-scale thermoplastic composite wing manufacturing technologies

Topic: Thermoplastic composite wing; integrated skin-stringer; out-of-autoclave production

Coordinator: LGAI TECHNOLOGICAL CENTER S.A. (APPLUS+ LABORATORIES)

Multi-Functional Fuselage Demonstrator

Large-scale multifunctional thermoplastic fuselage demonstrator

Topic: Thermoplastic fuselage barrel; multifunctional structure; high-rate assembly

Coordinator: Not specified

Multi-level Circular Process Chain for Carbon and Glass Fibre Composites

Multi-level circular process chain for carbon- and glass-fibre composites

Topic: Circularity; recycling; reuse

Coordinator: PROFACTOR GMBH

Multi-material additive manufacturing for lightweight and thermal management

Additively manufactured carbon-composite/metal structures combining load bearing and thermal management

Topic: Multi-material additive manufacturing; thermal management; lightweight structures; joining

Coordinator: FUNDACION CENTRO TECNOLOGICO METALMECANICA Y DEL TRANSPORTE (CETEMET)

Multimaterial airframes based on 3D joints between AM metals and carbon-fiber composites

Rivet-free 3D joints between additively manufactured aluminium and CFRP airframe structures

Topic: Multi-material aerostructures; additive manufacturing; integrated joints; circularity

Coordinator: POLITECNICO DI TORINO

Multiscale data-driven constitutive modelling and failure analysis of composite liquid hydrogen tanks

Predictive failure models for composite LH2 tanks

Topic: Multiscale modelling; failure analysis

Coordinator: Beneficiary/host listed on CORDIS

New bio-based and sustainable raw materials enabling circular value chains of high-performance lightweight biocomposites

Sustainable raw materials and circular manufacturing for lightweight high-performance biocomposites

Topic: High-performance bio-composites; sustainable-by-design; circular value chains

Coordinator: ASOCIACION DE INVESTIGACION DE LA INDUSTRIA TEXTIL Y COSMETICA (AITEX)

New end-to-end digital framework for optimized manufacturing and maintenance of next generation aircraft composite structures

End-to-end digitalisation of composite aircraft structures

Topic: Digital twin; SHM; predictive maintenance

Coordinator: Instituto Tecnológico de Aragón

New generation of offshore turbine blades with intelligent architectures of hybrid, nano-enabled multi-materials via advanced manufacturing

Multifunctional recyclable composites for offshore wind and tidal blades

Topic: Offshore wind and tidal blades; nano-enabled multifunctionality; modular blades

Coordinator: ETHNICON METSOVION POLYTECHNION

New Hybrid Thermoplastic Composite Aerostructures manufactured by Out of Autoclave Continuous Automated Technologies

Continuously manufactured out-of-autoclave hybrid thermoplastic aerostructures

Topic: Automazione; out-of-autoclave; welding

Coordinator: Novotech Aerospace Advanced Technology SRL

Next Generation Civil Tiltrotor

Advanced thermoplastic and composite structures for a next-generation civil tiltrotor

Topic: Tiltrotor primary structure; thermoplastic composites; composite nacelles

Coordinator: Not specified

NExt generation high poWer fuel cells for airBORNe applications

High-power fuel-cell and cryogenic storage technologies for airborne use

Topic: High-power fuel cells; cryogenic hydrogen storage; lightweight aircraft integration

Coordinator: Official coordinator listed on CORDIS

Outer Wing Box Demonstrator

Advanced composite outer-wing-box demonstrator

Topic: Advanced composite outer wing box; lightweight primary structure

Coordinator: Not specified

Out-of-autoclave thermoplastic composite safety-critical structure

Safety-critical PEEK thermoplastic composite structure

Topic: Safety-critical thermoplastic structures; out-of-autoclave manufacturing

Coordinator: Not specified

Quantitative inspection of complex composite aeronautic parts

Quantitative NDT for complex aeronautical composite parts

Topic: NDT; quantitative inspection; complex composite structures

Coordinator: FH OO FORSCHUNGS & ENTWICKLUNGS GMBH

Realisation and Demonstration of Advanced Material Solutions for Sustainable and Efficient Ships

Advanced composite and lightweight material demonstrators for ships

Topic: Advanced maritime materials; composite ship structures; repair and approval

Coordinator: CETENA SPA CENTRO PER GLI STUDI DI TECNICA NAVALE

Recyclable thermoplastic joining of dissimilar lightweight structures

Recyclable joining technologies for thermoplastic hybrid structures

Topic: Dissimilar joining; recyclable thermoplastics; hybrid structures

Coordinator: FUNDACION TECNALIA RESEARCH & INNOVATION

Recycle, repurpose and reuse end-of-life wind-blade composites – coupled pre- and co-processing demonstration plant

Large-scale demonstration of recycling and repurposing end-of-life wind-blade composites

Topic: Wind-blade recycling; repurposing; co-processing; construction materials

Coordinator: TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK (DTU)

REcycling technologies for Circular REuse and remanufacturing of fiber-reinforced composite mATErials

High-value reuse and recycling of large composite components

Topic: Circularity; repair; remanufacturing

Coordinator: Politecnico di Milano

Regional Aircraft IADP 2020–2023

Regional-aircraft technologies including full-scale composite structural parts

Topic: Regional aircraft lightweight structures; thermoplastic doors; composite wing and fuselage parts

Coordinator: LEONARDO - SOCIETA PER AZIONI

ROAD trailer design using Type V thermoplastic tube with light composite structure for hydrogen transport

Road hydrogen transport using thermoplastic Type V tubes

Topic: Tube trailer; Type V COPV; lightweighting

Coordinator: L AIR LIQUIDE SA

Short and Medium Range Aircraft Architecture and Technology Integration Project

Aircraft architecture and technology integration for ultra-efficient short/medium-range aircraft

Topic: Short/medium-range aircraft architecture; high-rate structures; lightweight integration

Coordinator: Official coordinator listed on CORDIS

Small Air Transport advanced composite airframe technologies

Affordable advanced composite technologies for small aircraft

Topic: Composite wing box; out-of-autoclave airframe; SHM; affordable manufacturing

Coordinator: Not specified

Smart dismantling, sorting and recycling of glass-fibre-reinforced composites from the wind-power sector

High-purity recycling of glass-fibre wind-turbine-blade composites

Topic: Wind-blade dismantling; smart sorting; mechanical and thermal recycling

Coordinator: RINA CONSULTING

Smart high-lift devices for next-generation aircraft

Morphing composite leading-edge and high-lift devices

Topic: Morphing leading edge; smart structures; adaptive wing

Coordinator: DEUTSCHES ZENTRUM FUR LUFT - UND RAUMFAHRT EV

Structural energy harvesting composite materials

Structural composite materials combining load carrying and energy harvesting

Topic: Multifunctional structural composites; energy harvesting; carbon nanotube fibres

Coordinator: FUNDACION IMDEA MATERIALES

Structural Health Monitoring of Hydrogen Composite Overwrapped Vessels

Structural health monitoring of composite hydrogen vessels

Topic: SHM; sensors; prognostica

Coordinator: Beneficiary/host listed on CORDIS

Sustainable aircraft technologies for environmental and circular aviation

Circular, repairable and recyclable aircraft structures

Topic: Circular aircraft structures; thermoplastic welding; morphing wing; repair and remanufacturing

Coordinator: LKR LEICHTMETALLKOMPETENZZENTRUM RANSHOFEN GMBH

Synergistic integration of hyperconducting electric propulsion and composite structures with intelligent morphing for hydrogen-powered aviation

Morphing composite structures for hydrogen-powered aviation

Topic: Morphing; multifunctionality; electric propulsion

Coordinator: INEGI - INSTITUTO DE CIENCIA E INOVACAO EM ENGENHARIA MECANICA E ENGENHARIA INDUSTRIAL

ThermoformAble, repaIrable and bondable smaRt ePOXY based composites for aero structures

Smart reprocessable and repairable epoxies for aerostructures

Topic: Repair; termoformatura; welding; SHM

Coordinator: Fundación CIDETEC

Thermoplastic Hydrogen tanks Optimised and Recyclable

Optimised and recyclable thermoplastic hydrogen tanks

Topic: COPV thermoplastics; recycling

Coordinator: Faurecia Systèmes d'Échappement SAS

Torque-bearing composite structures for future electric propulsion

Toroidal composite propellers for efficient, quieter and more sustainable aviation

Topic: Toroidal propellers; low-noise propulsion; robotic composite manufacturing; circularity

Coordinator: PANEPISTIMIO IOANNINON

Ultralight composite ballistic personal protective equipment

Ultra-light composite ballistic protection

Topic: Ballistic protection; lightweight PPE

Coordinator: ISOMATEX S.A.

Ultra Performance Wing

Ultra-performance composite wing technologies for next-generation aircraft

Topic: High-aspect-ratio wing; active wing; load alleviation; morphing; lightweight wing structures

Coordinator: AIRBUS OPERATIONS GMBH