Airlander Civil Exploitation Project

Información del proyecto

ACEP

Identificador del acuerdo de subvención: 672032

DOI

10.3030/672032

Proyecto cerrado

Fecha de la firma de la CE 18 Junio 2015

Fecha de inicio 1 Julio 2015

Fecha de finalización 31 Julio 2017

Financiado con arreglo a

• SOCIETAL CHALLENGES - Smart, Green And Integrated Transport

Coste total

€ 4 005 477,00

Aportación de la UE

€ 2 500 000,00

Coordinado por

HYBRID AIR VEHICLES LIMITED
United Kingdom

Periodic Reporting for period 2 - ACEP (Airlander Civil Exploitation Project)

Período documentado: 2016-04-01 hasta 2017-07-31

Resumen del contexto y de los objetivos generales del proyecto

Hybrid Air Vehicles (HAV) has developed a novel new type of aircraft that could revolutionise the cost, safety and environmental impact of air transport. This aircraft type is already substantially risk reduced by being taken to TRL 6 with initial flight demonstration under a US Military programme (LEMV). HAV believes that the civil aerospace application of this technology is the strongest route to market. Identified civil customers need to see that this novel aircraft can be accepted by civil regulators before they will place orders for production versions.

This project creates a civil regulatory framework in conjunction with the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA), and upgrades the prototype vehicle to EASA required standards. It then supports further flight demonstration of the vehicle, driving down customer risk and provides a clear path to production orders.

The Airlander Civil Exploitation Project (ACEP) Key Objectives are the:
• Development of a recognised civil regulatory standard for this unique vehicle type under EASA control,
• Upgrade of the first of type vehicle hardware to meet civil (EASA) regulations and support customer demonstrations/trials,
• Reduction of customer risk via the development of high quality civil purchase and operating cost information,
• Enhancement / optimisation of performance for the civil variant.

The project activities have successfully supported satisfaction of these objectives. These objectives result in a significant reduction in risk for prospective commercial customers. The Company is now in a position to build an order book for a commercial variant of the Airlander 10.

Trabajo realizado desde el comienzo del proyecto hasta el final del período abarcado por el informe y los principales resultados hasta la fecha

During the execution of the project we successfully established civil regulatory standards with EASA for this new and novel vehicle type.

We have completed numerous vehicle upgrades including tailfins, propulsor battens, mission module, fuel module, ground support equipment, flight control network and the hull to meet the EASA standards and facilitate customer demonstrations.

We have built a flight training device on site which greatly helps with researching, testing and pilot training.

Our documentation and procedures have gained us authorisation from EASA to fly within civil regulated airspace. The project highlight is exercising these authorisations in the successful completion of the initial phase of flight testing.

The combination of these successes puts the aircraft and the company in a fantastic position to take the next step towards production sales.

Avances que van más allá del estado de la técnica e impacto potencial esperado (incluida la repercusión socioeconómica y las implicaciones sociales más amplias del proyecto hasta la fecha)

The Airlander 10 is an entirely novel aircraft type which has demonstrated performance through flight test

HAV expect the flights to lead to commercial orders creating hundreds of jobs in Europe, reducing the cost and environmental impact of air travel.

Airlander Front

Airlander Mission Module

Airlander Engines

"""Airlander"""