Horizon Europe / Clean Aviation Joint Undertaking
AWATAR
Advanced Wing And Tailplane Architecture Refinement
Project overview
Advanced composite-compatible wing and tail architectures for next-generation efficient aircraft
Consortium
Collaborating organisations
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AIRBUS OPERATIONS GMBH
DASSAULT AVIATION
DLR
GOODRICH AEROSPACE EUROPE SAS
UTC AEROSPACE SYSTEMS WROCLAW
COLLINS AEROSPACE IRELAND
EUROPEAN TRANSONIC WINDTUNNEL GMBH
NLR
DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY
UNIVERSITE DE MONTPELLIER
GOODRICH CORPORATION
Composite-material relevance
Core
Objectives and expected results
Refine and validate very-high-aspect-ratio wing and tailplane architectures, including strut-braced concepts, to reduce aerodynamic drag and structural mass.
Technology, materials and applications
Multidisciplinary modelling, aeroelastic simulation
Advanced aerospace composites, CFRP wing and tail structures
Integrated wing design, structural optimisation, wind-tunnel and aeroelastic validation
Civil aerospace
Carbon fibre /
Not specified to Not specified
Funding and verification
European Commission; Clean Aviation JU
Not specified
EUR 14674803.64