New aircraft concepts research

Project Information

NACRE

Grant agreement ID: 516068

Start date 1 April 2005

End date 31 March 2010

Funded under

• Aeronautics and Space: thematic priority 4 under the Focusing and Integrating Community Research programme 2002-2006.

Total cost € 30 333 121,00

EU contribution € 16 909 656,00

Coordinated by

AIRBUS SAS
France

Objective

Over the past fifty years, the main driver for aircraft design was to improve aircraft operational efficiency, which led to converge to an almost universal configuration, which now dominates the commercial airplane market. Given that air traffic is forecasted to more than double in the next twenty years and that both environmental and economical pressure will strongly increase, significant progress will need to be achieved in both improving the efficiency and minimising the environmental impact of aircraft. This may not no longer be achievable with today's configuration. Designing suitable Novel Aircraft Concepts will require developing capabilities in the complete range of aeronautical disciplines and technologies. The New Aircraft Concepts Research (NACRE) Integrated Project will investigate, from 2005 to 2009, into the development of the concepts and technologies required for Novel Aircraft Concepts at aircraft component level: Wing, Fuselage, Engine Integration on a range of Novel Aircraft Concepts: the Pro-active Green aircraft, the Payload-Driven Aircraft and the Simple Flying Bus. NACRE will take full benefit of the preliminary activities initiated in Europe on Novel Aircraft Concepts in the frame of the FP5 projects ROSAS, VELA & NEFA. The NACRE consortium is composed of 35 partners from 13 countries (including Russia), providing an impressive spread of expertise throughout the EU. Stepping into the second century of controlled flight, the NACRE project team is animated by the same innovative enthusiasm and solid rationale pioneered by the Wright brothers. The permanent assessment of alternative concepts, to be performed within NACRE, will guarantee both that the best capabilities are available and that the spirit for engineering innovation is preserved and developed for further exploitation.

Fields of science

• social sciences › economics and business › economics
• engineering and technology › mechanical engineering › vehicle engineering › aerospace engineering › aircraft
• engineering and technology › mechanical engineering › vehicle engineering › aerospace engineering › aeronautical engineering
• engineering and technology › materials engineering › composites › carbon fibers
• engineering and technology › environmental engineering › energy and fuels

Programme(s)

• FP6-AEROSPACE - Aeronautics and Space: thematic priority 4 under the Focusing and Integrating Community Research programme 2002-2006.

Topic(s)

• AERO-2003-1.3.2.1 - New concepts for the future generation of aircraft configurations

Call for proposal

FP6-2003-AERO-1
See other projects for this call

Funding Scheme

NoE - Network of Excellence

Coordinator

AIRBUS SAS

• Address: 1 rond-point maurice bellonte ; Blagnac ; France
• EU contribution: No data

Participants (35)

AIRBUS OPERATIONS GMBH

Germany

• EU contribution: € 0,00
• Address: Kreetslag 10 ; Hamburg
• Other funding: No data

AIRBUS OPERATIONS S.L.

Spain

• EU contribution: € 0,00
• Address: P john lenon, s/n ; Getafe
• Other funding: No data

AIRBUS OPERATIONS SAS

France

• EU contribution: € 0,00
• Address: 316, route de bayonne ; Toulouse
• Other funding: No data

AIRBUS OPERATIONS LTD

United Kingdom

• EU contribution: € 0,00
• Address: New filton house ; Bristol
• Other funding: No data

ALENIA AERONAUTICA S.P.A.

Italy

• EU contribution: € 0,00
• Address: Viale dell'aeronautica snc ; Pomigliano d'arco (na)
• Other funding: No data

AIRCRAFT RESEARCH ASSOCIATION LIMITED

United Kingdom

• EU contribution: € 0,00
• Address: Manton lane ; Bedford
• Other funding: No data

CENTRO ITALIANO RICERCHE AEROSPAZIALI SCPA

Italy

• EU contribution: € 0,00
• Address: Via maiorise ; Capua (ce)
• Other funding: No data

DASSAULT AVIATION

France

• EU contribution: € 0,00
• Address: 9 rond-point des champs-elysées - marcel dassault ; Paris
• Other funding: No data

DEUTSCHES ZENTRUM FR LUFT- UND RAUMFAHRT E.V.

Germany

• EU contribution: € 0,00
• Address: Lindener hoehe ; Koeln
• Other funding: No data

EADS DEUTSCHLAND GMBH, CORPORATE RESEARCH CENTER

Germany

• EU contribution: € 0,00
• Address: Willy-messerschmitt-strasse ; Munich
• Other funding: No data

SWEDISH DEFENCE RESEARCH AGENCY

Sweden

• EU contribution: € 0,00
• Address: Stockholm
• Other funding: No data

AIRCELLE SA

France

• EU contribution: € 0,00
• Address: Route du pont viii ; Gonfreville-l'orcher
• Other funding: No data

IBK INGENIEURBUERO DR. KRETZSCHMAR

Germany

• EU contribution: € 0,00
• Address: Rehdorfer str. 4 ; Nuremberg
• Other funding: No data

INTEGRATED AEROSPACE SCIENCES CORPORATION (INASCO)

Greece

• EU contribution: € 0,00
• Address: Miaouli st. 22 ; Moschato - athens
• Other funding: No data

MESSIER-DOWTY LIMITED

United Kingdom

• EU contribution: € 0,00
• Address: Cheltemham road east ; Gloucester
• Other funding: No data

MTU AERO ENGINES GMBH

Germany

• EU contribution: € 0,00
• Address: Dachauer strasse 665 ; Muenchen
• Other funding: No data

STICHTING NATIONAAL LUCHT - EN RUIMTEVAARTLABORATORIUM (NATIONAL AEROSPACE LABORATORY)

Netherlands

• EU contribution: € 0,00
• Address: Anthony fokkerweg 2 (postal code 1059 cm) ; Amsterdam
• Other funding: No data

PEDECE (PROJECTO, EMPREENDIMENTOS, DESENVOLVIMENTO E EQUIPAMENTOS CIENTIFICOS DE ENGENHARIA)

Portugal

• EU contribution: € 0,00
• Address: Rua rodrigo da fonseca 91-2dt ; Lisboa
• Other funding: No data

PIAGGIO AERO INDUSTRIES SPA

Italy

• EU contribution: € 0,00
• Address: Viale castro pretorio 116 ; Roma
• Other funding: No data

ROLLS-ROYCE DEUTSCHLAND LTD & CO. KG

Germany

• EU contribution: € 0,00
• Address: Eschenweg 11 ; Blankenfelde-mahlow
• Other funding: No data

ROLLS-ROYCE PLC

United Kingdom

• EU contribution: € 0,00
• Address: 65 buckingham gate ; London
• Other funding: No data

SNECMA SA

France

• EU contribution: € 0,00
• Address: 2, boulevard du général martial valin ; Paris
• Other funding: No data

FEDERAL STATE UNITARY ENTERPRISE AEROHYDRODYNAMIC INSTITUTE

Russia

• EU contribution: € 0,00
• Address: 1, zhykovsky str. ; Zhukovsky, moscow reg
• Other funding: No data

VYZKUMNY A ZKUSEBNI LETECKY USTAV, A.S.

Czechia

• EU contribution: € 0,00
• Address: Beranovych 130 ; Praha - letnany
• Other funding: No data

THE PROVOST FELLOWS AND SCHOLARS OF THE COLLEGE OF THE HOLY AND UNDIVIDED TRINITY OF QUEEN ELIZABETH NEAR DUBLIN (HEREINAFTER CALLED TCD)

Ireland

• EU contribution: € 0,00
• Address: College green ; Dublin
• Other funding: No data

UNIVERSITY OF GREENWICH

United Kingdom

• EU contribution: € 0,00
• Address: Old royal naval college, 30 park row ; London
• Other funding: No data

TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITAET MUENCHEN

Germany

• EU contribution: € 0,00
• Address: Boltzmannstr. 15 ; Garching
• Other funding: No data

POLITECHNIKA WARSZAWSKA (WARSAW UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY)

Poland

• EU contribution: € 0,00
• Address: Plac politechniki 1 ; Warsaw
• Other funding: No data

ARTTIC

France

• EU contribution: € 0,00
• Address: 58 a rue du dessous des berges ; Paris
• Other funding: No data

UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON

United Kingdom

• EU contribution: € 0,00
• Address: University road ; Southampton
• Other funding: No data

GE AVIATION SYSTEMS LIMITED TRADING AS DOWTY PROPELLERS

United Kingdom

• EU contribution: € 0,00
• Address: Anson business park, cheltenham road east ; Staverton, gloucester
• Other funding: No data

INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE TÉCNICA AEROESPACIAL

Spain

• EU contribution: € 0,00
• Address: Carretera de ajalvir km 4,5 ; Torrejon de ardoz
• Other funding: No data

KUNGLIGA TEKNISKA HÖGSKOLAN

Sweden

• EU contribution: € 0,00
• Address: Valhallavgen 79 ; Stockholm
• Other funding: No data

OFFICE NATIONAL D'ETUDES ET DE RECHERCHES AÉROSPATIALES

France

• EU contribution: € 0,00
• Address: Avenue de la division leclerc n29 ; Chatillon
• Other funding: No data

UNIVERSITÄT STUTTGART

Germany

• EU contribution: € 0,00
• Address: Keplerstr. 7 ; Stuttgart
• Other funding: No data