Work performed in the period 1 Jan to 31 Dec 2024.
In the first months of the year the main focus was given to the finalization of Interface Control Documents in WP3 and WP4. All tasks of WP3 prepared their ICDs on time at M15, while tasks of WP4 suffered delays in the projects AMBER and HE-ART that released data three months later. Other delay on the submission of deliverables was caused by the restrictions to the data provided from both projects, available only to Leonardo, ATR and ADSES, causing the necessity to create a deliverable without data for powerplants, but only compliance matrix available to all the Consortium, and a deliverable complete with data available to the CAJU in a confidential way.
Starting from the release of technological and propulsive data from external projects, a second loop of aircraft design started for UCA and UCB where all technologies were installed on the two configurations released in the first loop. As result, the interim aircraft configurations for UCA and UCB were released in November.
In WP7, development of the digital models for Reference ATR72, UCA and UCB, and Preliminary Design Tool have been completed and issued. Activities in Tasks 7.3 and 7.4 started and went all along the year preparing two outputs documents with the description of the Flight and Ground a/c operation models.
In WP9, Eco-design and Sustainable Industrialization continued their activities finalizing suitable metrics, targets and enabling technologies integrated into a regional aircraft. Both tasks cooperate with other CA projects with periodic meetings, monitoring the activities performed and harmonizing metrics. Impact Monitoring prepared the Year 2 impact monitoring status for UCA and UCB.
Quarterly reports Q4/23 Q1 Q2 Q3 2024 have been prepared and finalized, together with the Second Progress Report, both technical and financial.
Four PPB meetings have been held, monitoring the status of activities at WP level
Two Review meetings were organized.
Ad-Hoc Review meeting in Naples in May, with HERA partners and PO, presenting the progress of technical, management and financial activities.
In October, Intermediate review meeting in Bruxelles, focusing on the UCA and UCB concept configurations defined at the second loop of aircraft design installing technologies received by other projects. The outcome of this review was a formal request from the reviewers and CAJU to re-address the activities of the project focusing on two concepts:
Ultra Efficient Regional Aircraft (UERA) EIS 2035 targeting a -30% of fuel and emissions with hybrid-electric engines batteries powered – priority 1;
Hybrid Electric Regional Aircraft (HERA) EIS 2035+ targeting a -50% of fuel and emissions with hybrid-electric engines fuel cells powered hydrogen based – priority 2;
Certification activities: a familiarization with EASA where HERA presented UCA and UCB concepts and HERA Certification Organization per Panels. EASA identified impacted panels with priority 1 and 2 and HERA organized teams of specialists for each panel, to support the certification requirements identification and collection and gap analysis.
