Objective
In order to achieve major reductions in the operating costs of civil transport aircraft, significant improvements in airframe structural efficiency are required. These improvements can only be achieved through large-scale validation on new design, manufacturing and test technologies by the key European airframe manufacturers and their supply chain. The TANGO Project aims to achieve these improvements of key pre-production airframe structures and thereby facilitate full-scale industrial implementation. Within the project, four such test structures will be constructed, specifically, a composite wing box and metal to composite joint, a composite joint, a composite centre wing box, a composite fuselage section and an advanced metallic fuselage section. The early stages of the project will consist of structural performance definition and design work together with a detailed evaluation of each of the proposed technologies. Once this phase is complete, a subset of technologies will be selected for use in the construction of each of the structures. The airframe manufacturers involved in the project and members of their supply chain will then build the necessary sub-assemblies and components. On completion of the manufacturing phase, each member of the Airbus Industry consortium will be responsible for the assembly and testing of one of the airframe elements listed above.
Call for proposal
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CSC - Cost-sharing contractsCoordinator
31707 Blagnac
France
Participants (37)
21129 Hamburg
28906 Getafe
Toulouse
Bristol
Gonfreville-l'orcher
80038 Pomigliano D'arco
28050 Madrid
31056 Toulouse
81043 Capua
10043 Orbassano
3207 Fishermans Bend, Victoria
581 13 Linkoeping
1438 AN Oude Meer
38108 Braunschweig
PO32 6RH East Cowes
CT 06492-1 Wallingford
32009 Schimatari
SK16 4QX Dukinfield
PR5 6FN Preston
28850 Torrejon De Ardoz
111 47 Athens
70100 Tel Aviv/lod (Airport)
10080 Vico Canavese
26441 Patras
MK5 8LB Milton Keynes
00129 Roma
90 Galway
35600 Halli
London
1130 Bruxelles
581 88 Linkoeping
BT3 9DZ Belfast
Gosselies
8300 AD Emmeloord
38108 Braunschweig
DE75 7SP Heanor - Derbyshire
80125 Napoli