AIRBUS
France
Clean Sky 2 Key Demonstrator
MFFD
Multi-Functional Fuselage Demonstrator
Project overview
Large-scale multifunctional thermoplastic fuselage demonstrator
Consortium
Collaborating organisations
Publicly available roster. Each verified country is shown with its flag.
DLR
Germany
NLR
Netherlands
GKN FOKKER
Netherlands
additional Clean Sky 2 partners
Country not verified
Composite-material relevance
Core
Objectives and expected results
Manufacture and validate a full-scale thermoplastic fuselage barrel with integrated functions and high-rate welding-based assembly.
Technology, materials and applications
Technology tags
In-process monitoring and virtual validation
Material families
Thermoplastic CFRP primary fuselage
Manufacturing processes
Automated fibre placement, panel forming, induction/conduction welding, integrated assembly
Application sectors
Civil aerospace
Fibre and matrix systems
Carbon fibre / Thermoplastic matrix
TRL
Not specified to Not specified
Funding and verification
Funding authority
European Commission; Clean Sky 2 JU
Funding call
Not specified
Total project budget
Not publicly available