Project description
Light aircraft operators connect online
Air traffic is growing and Europe’s skies are becoming more congested than ever. Ensuring aviation safety standards are not compromised as air traffic density increases is a top priority for the EU. The EU-funded AVIAZE project is building a social network for pilots of light aircraft with the aim of enhancing safety and reducing operational costs. More specifically, it is designing software that can be downloaded on pilots' smartphones and can monitor and analyse metrics on every flight. The goal is to make many of the commercial aviation safety features available to light aircraft pilots. The social network will also bring pilots together, providing a space for them to share flight information. This new app takes inspiration from the Strava app for runners.
Objective
Only in Europe, 150 people lose their lives every year on light aircraft accidents. Flying is not a dangerous activity itself but the technology and regulations binominal is not optimal for this type of aviation. A lot can be done to improve safety margins.
Over the years, aviation technology introduced in commercial aviation has led to a dramatic reduction of accidents. Tremendous investments in innovation brought traffic avoidance systems, flight data recorders, aircraft tracking... cutting edge tech that unfortunately cannot be transferred to light aviation straight away, just because of one single reason: high costs.
Aeroclubs and flying schools are usually low margin businesses, not to mention leisure flying... Commercial aviation equipment costs are too high and regulators, aware of that, cannot impose them as mandatory. However, they are calling for tailored solutions to save lives while maintaining light aviation financially viable.
Imagine a cost effective solution for light aircraft operators and regulators to enhance safety and reduce operational costs just by monitoring and analyzing metrics on every flight. Imagine a software, running in the smartphone of the pilot that could make many of the commercial aviation safety features, available to light airplane pilots. Imagine a social approach to it, a network where pilots can share flights, challenge themselves to fly safer and grow as a community. Imagine this is called AVIAZE.
Inspired in the successful app Strava for runners, AVIAZE is the social network for pilots that makes flying safer and cheaper. With an addressable market of 5,5 Million pilots. We have registered +2500 flight hours and +1500 pilots so far, it is fully compliant with EU regulations. We’ve started to internationalize and it is supported by EASA and IAA (authorities).The forecasted ROI is 4,0 after Y5 and we estimate a 2 year pay-back period for the total 1.5M€ investment with the creation of a minimum of 7 additional jobs
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- engineering and technology electrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineering information engineering telecommunications mobile phones
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H2020-EU.2.3. - INDUSTRIAL LEADERSHIP - Innovation In SMEs
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H2020-EU.3. - PRIORITY 'Societal challenges
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H2020-EU.2.1. - INDUSTRIAL LEADERSHIP - Leadership in enabling and industrial technologies
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Funding Scheme
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SME-1 - SME instrument phase 1
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Call for proposal
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(opens in new window) H2020-EIC-SMEInst-2018-2020
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17003 GIRONA
Spain
The organization defined itself as SME (small and medium-sized enterprise) at the time the Grant Agreement was signed.
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