Over the course of Period 2, the AERO-UA consortium has achieved the following main results:
WP1: Barriers to increased EU-UA aviation research collaboration
• Published a revised version of the Ukrainian Aeronautics Research and Technology Report 2018.
• Published a set of high-level recommendations aimed at facilitating EU-UA collaboration in aviation research, which were proposed by the AERO-UA Advisory Board.
WP2: Strategic support to EU-UA aviation research collaboration
• Victor Shulepov presented “The Aircraft Research & Innovation Landscape in Ukraine” to the ACARE MSG meeting on 20 June 2018 in Brussels.
• Igor Rybalchenko, Head of the International Projects Office at KhAI, was appointed by the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine in October 2018 to represent Ukraine at the Clean Sky 2 States Representative Group.
• Prof. Sergey Peresada, Head of the Department of Automation of Electromechanical Systems and Electrical Drives at the National Technical University of Ukraine “Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute”, was appointed by the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine in September 2018 to represent Ukraine in the H2020 Programme Committee – Transport.
• National Aviation University in Kyiv become an associated member of International Forum for Aviation Research (IFAR) and is in the process of applying to become a full member.
• AERO-UA partners supported Ukrainian aviation organisations with the preparation of 18 technology offers and requests for the Enterprise Europe Portal (EEN) portal.
• Provided funding to support 9 external Ukrainian aviation experts to participate in Aeromart Toulouse in December 2018 and the 9th EASN conferences in September 2019.
• Supported the preparation of ten (10) H2020/Clean Sky 2 proposals involving UA aeronautics actors. So far, one (1) of these have been successfully selected for funding: DENOX.
WP3: EU-UA aviation research knowledge transfer pilot projects
• Pilot Project 3.1a: Advanced design of aerospace composite structures. This pilot project involved UoM (task leader), KhAI, NASU (IPMS, PEWI, PIPS) and TECPAR (ITWL). The partners have implemented 14 short term staff exchanges and 19 training sessions.
• Pilot Project 3.1b: Aerospace composite structural health monitoring system. This pilot project involved TECPAR (ITWL) (task leader), UoM, KhAI, NASU (BISM and PEWI). The partners have implemented 55 short term staff exchanges and completed a feasibility study.
• Pilot Project 3.2a: Engine health management system. This pilot project involved TECPAR (ITWL) (task leader), UoM, Ivchenko, KhAI and NASU (PIPS). The partners have implemented 36 short term staff exchanges and completed a feasibility study.
• Pilot Project 3.2b: Advanced low-cost small turbine. This pilot project involved Ivchenko (task leader), TECPAR (ITWL) and UoM. The partners have implemented 26 short term staff exchanges and completed a feasibility study.
• Pilot Project 3.3a: Manufacturing joints. This pilot project involved Fraunhofer (task leader), UoM, UkrRIAT, FED, NASU and KhAI. The partners have implemented 14 short term staff exchanges and completed a feasibility study.
• Pilot Project 3.3b: Manufacturing aerospace composite structures. This pilot project involved UoM (task leader), TECPAR (ITWL), UkrRIAT, FED, NASU and KhAI. The partners have implemented 17 short term staff exchanges and 26 training sessions.
WP4: Awareness-raising and networking between EU-UA stakeholders
• Organised an information and networking event in place in Kharkiv on 31 May 2018 attended by about 60+ participants.
• Organised factory tours and technical visits to State Enterprise “Kharkiv engineering plant “FED”, Aerospace Company PJSC “FED”, State Scientific Production Enterprise “Kommunar Corporation” and National Technical University “Kharkov Polytechnic Institute” on 30 May 2018.
• Organised an information and networking event in place in Zaporozhia on 25 April 2019 attended by about 60+ participants.
• Organised factory tours of SE Ivchenko-Progress and JSC Motor-Sich on 24 April 2019.
• Hired a booth at Aeromart Toulouse convention in December 2018 to promote the AERO-UA project and four Ukrainian aviation companies (Ivchenko-Progress, Volchansk Aggregate Plant, Antonov and UkrRIAT).
WP5: Dissemination and Promotion
• AERO-UA partners published 10 joint EU-UA research papers in international journals based on results from the WP3 pilot projects.
• AERO-UA partners presented results from the WP3 pilot projects at 8 international conferences.
• Published a second project newsletter in January 2019 and a third newsletter in August 2019.
• AERO-UA event in Kharkiv in May 2018 was covered by the local Vremya newspaper.
• AERO-UA event in Zaporizhia in April 2019 was covered by news broadcasts from the Ukrainian news channels Alex TV and TV-5.
