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BULLETIN
AEROSPACE
EUROPE
PEGASUS
PARTNERSHIP IN EUROPE OF A GROUP OF AERONAUTICS AND SPACE UNIVERSITIES
CONNECTING AEROSPACE ENGINEERING UNIVERSITIES IN EUROPE
PEGASUS IS THE ONLY ASSOCIATION OF AERONAUTICS AND SPACE UNIVERSITIES
IN EUROPE. REPRESENTING THE VOICE OF THE ACADEMIA.
INTERVIEW WITH PROF. GUSTAVO ALONSO RODRIGO,
CHAIRMAN OF PEGASUS
AEROSPACE EUROPE Bulletin • July 2021
CEAS PRESENTATION AEROSPACE
EUROPE
CEAS WHAT DOES CEAS OFFER YOU ?
The Council of European Aerospace Societies (CEAS) is KNOWLEDGE TRANSFER:
an International Non-Profit Organisation, with the aim to n A structure for Technical Committees
develop a framework within which the major European HIGH-LEVEL EUROPEAN CONFERENCES:
Aerospace Societies can work together. n Technical pan-European events dealing with specific
It was established as a legal entity conferred under Bel- disciplines
gium Law on 1st of January 2007. The creation of this n The biennial AEROSPACE EUROPE Conference
Council was the result of a slow evolution of the ‘Confe-
deration’ of European Aerospace Societies which was PUBLICATIONS:
born fifteen years earlier, in 1992, with three nations only n CEAS Aeronautical Journal
at that time: France, Germany and the UK. n CEAS Space Journal
It currently comprises: n AEROSPACE EUROPE Bulletin
n 12 Full Member Societies: 3AF (France), AIAE (Spain), RELATIONSHIPS AT EUROPEAN LEVEL:
AIDAA (Italy), AAAR (Romania), CzAeS (Czech Republic), n European Parliament
DGLR (Germany), FTF (Sweden), NVvL (The Nether- n European Commission
lands), PSAA (Poland), RAeS (United Kingdom), SVFW n ASD, EASA, EDA, ESA, EUROCONTROL, OCCAR
( Switzerland) and TsAGI (Russia); HONOURS AND AWARDS:
n 4 Corporate Members: ESA, EASA, EUROCONTROL and n Annual CEAS Gold Medal
EUROAVIA; n Medals in Technical Areas
n 8 Societies having signed a Memorandum of Unders- n Distinguished Service Award
tanding (MoU) with CEAS: AAE (Air and Space Aca-
demy), AIAA (American Institute of Aeronautics and YOUNG PROFESSIONAL AEROSPACE FORUM
Astronautics), CSA (Chinese Society of Astronautics), SPONSORING
EASN (European Aeronautics Science Network), EREA
(European association of Research Establishments in
Aeronautics), ICAS (International Council of Aeronau- AEROSPACE EUROPE Bulletin
tical Sciences), KSAS (Korean Society for Aeronautical AEROSPACE EUROPE Bulletin is a quarterly publication
and Space Sciences) and Society of Flight Test Engi- aiming to provide the European aerospace community
neers (SFTE-EC). with high-standard information concerning current acti-
The CEAS is governed by a Board of Trustees, vities and preparation for the future.
with representatives of each of the Member Societies. Elaborated in close cooperation with the European ins-
Its Head Office is located in Belgium: c/o DLR – titutions and organisations, it is structured around five
Rue du Trône 98 – 1050 Brussels. www.ceas.org headlines: Civil Aviation operations, Aeronautics Techno-
logy, Aerospace Defence & Security, Space, Education
AEROSPACE EUROPE & Training and Young Professionals. All those topics are
Besides, since January 2018, the CEAS has closely been dealt with from a strong European perspective.
associated with six European Aerospace Science and Readership: decision makers, scientists and engineers
Technology Research Associations: EASN (European Ae- of European industry and institutions, education and
ronautics Science Network), ECCOMAS (European Com- research actors.
munity on Computational Methods in Applied Sciences),
EUCASS (European Conference for Aeronautics and
Space Sciences), EUROMECH (European Mechanics So- EDITOR: CEAS
ciety), EUROTURBO (European Turbomachinery Society) Director of the Publication: Franco Bernelli
and ERCOFTAC (European Research Community on
Flow Turbulence Air Combustion). EDITORIAL COMMITTEE
Together those various entities form the platform Editor-in Chief: Jean-Pierre Sanfourche
so-called ‘AEROSPACE EUROPE’, the aim of which is to sanfourche.jean-pierre@orange.fr
coordinate the calendar of the various conferences and Deputy Editor-in-Chief: Pierre Bescond
workshops as well as to rationalise the information dis- (CEAS VP Publications and External Relations)
semination. Committee’s Members: Rafael Bureo-Dacal (ESA/
This new concept is the successful conclusion of a work ESTEC), Georges Bridel (CEAS Trustee), Jean-François
which was conducted under the aegis of the European Brouckaert (Clean Sky), Cornelia Hillenherms (CEAS
Commission and under their initiative. trustee), Leonardo Lecce (AIDAA), Uwe Moeller (EREA),
The activities of ‘AEROSPACE EUROPE’ will not be limited Thomas Vermin (EUROAVIA, IT Manager).
to the partners listed above but are indeed dedicated to Design & Page Setting : Sophie Bougnon
the whole European Aerospace Community: industry, sophie.bougnon1@sfr.fr / www.sbgraphisme.com
institutions and academia.
AEROSPACE EUROPE Bulletin • July 2021 2 Bulletin of the Council of European Aerospace Societies
AEROSPACE CEAS MEMBERS AND PARTNERS
EUROPE
THE OFFICERS OF THE BOARD CEAS Trustees: Dr Cornelia n Romania – AAAR
IN 2021: Hillenherms – cornelia.hillenherms@ 220D Iuliu Maniu Ave - 061126
President: Franco Bernelli dlr.de and Philip Nickenig - philip. Bucharest 6 – Romania, P.O. 76,
franco.bernelli@polimi.it nickenig@dglr.de P.O.B. 174 – www.aaar.ro
Vice-President, Finance: Secretary General: Philip Nickenig President: Prof. Virgil Stanciu
Cornelia Hillenherms Executive and Team Assistant: vvirgilstanciu@yahoo.com
cornelia.hillenherms@dlr.de Birgit Neuland - birgit.neuland@dglr.de Vice-President and CEAS Trustee:
Vice-President, Publications and Conference Manager: Michael Dr Eng. Valentin Silivestru
External Relations: Pierre Bescond Geimer – michael.geimer@dglr.de valentin.silivestru@comoti.ro
pierre.bescond@laposte.net CEAS Trustee: Prof. Ion Fuiorea
Vice-President, Awards and n Italy – AIDAA ifuiorea@yahoo.com
Membership: Anders Blom Casella Postale 227 – I-00187 Roma
anders.blom@innovair.org V.R. – Tel / Fax : +39 366 144 21 31 n Russia– TsAGI
Director General: Andrea Alaimo info@aidaa.it – www.aidaa.it 1, Zhukovsky St. – Zhukovsky,
andrea.alaimo@unikore.it President: Prof. Erasmo Carrera Moskow region, 140 180,
Financial Manager: Philip Nickenig Politecnico di Torino - DIMA Russian Federation
philip.nickenig@dglr.de Corso Duca degli Abruzzi 24 - 10129 Chief Scientific Officer:
Secretary: Beata Wierzbinska-Prus Torino, Italy – erasmo.carrera@polito.it Sergey L. Chernyshev, D.Sc.
bprus@meil.pw.edu.pl Secretary General: slc@tsagi.ru – www.tsagi.com
Chairman of the Aeronautics Prof. Cesare Cardani info@aidaa.it / CEAS Trustee: Evgeni Andreev –
Branch: the successor of Christophe cesare.cardani@polimi.it andreev@tsagi.ru
Hermans is in course of designation CEAS Trustees: Prof. Sergio De Rosa
Chairman of the Space Branch: sergio.derosa@unina.it and n Spain – AIAE
Torben Henriksen Prof. Carlo Bettanini COIAE. Francisco Silvela 71,
torben.henriksen@esa.int carlo.bettanini@uinpd.it Entreplanta - 28250 Madrid (Spain) –
Secretary: Daniela Vinazza Tel.: + 34 91 745 30 30
FULL MEMBERS: daniela@aidaa.it info@coiae.es - www.coiae.es
President: Mrs Estefanía Matesanz
n Czech Republic – CzAeS n Netherlands (The) – NVvL Romero - ematesanz@coiae.es
Novotneho lavka 200/5 c/o Netherlands Aerospace Centre CEAS Trustees: Arturo de Vicente
110 00 Prague, Czech Republic Anthony Fokkerweg 2 Hurtado – arturodvh@coiae.es
www.csvts.cz NL- 1059 CM Amsterdam Mrs Estefanía Matesanz Romero
President and CEAS Trustee: Tel.: + 31 88 511 3055 (secretariat) Secretary: info@coiae.es
Assoc. Prof. Daniel Hanus, nvvl@nlr.nl – www. nvvl.org
hanus@csvts.cz President: Mark van Venrooij mark. n Sweden – FTF
Vice-President and CEAS Trustee: van.venrooij@nlr.nl Swedish Society for Aeronautics
Assoc. Prof. Jan Rohac, PhD Secretary General and CEAS and Astronautics – Bengt Moberg –
xrohac@fel.cvut.cz Trustees: Fred Abbink & Mark van Box 357 - SE-101 27 Stockholm
Venrooij - f.j.abbink@planet.nl bengt.moberg@vernamack.se
n France – 3AF President: Dr Roland Karlsson
6,rue Galilée – F-75016 Paris n Poland – PSAA Häradschammars Prästgărd 1
Tel.: + 33 (0) 1 56 64 12 30 – www.3af.fr Nowowiejska 24 – 00-665 Warsaw – SE-61029 Vikbolandet
President: Louis Le Portz Poland – T : +48 22 234 5428 T: +46 (0) 705 385 06
louisleportz@orange.fr www.psaa.meil.pw.edu.pl rkrolandk@gmail.com
Director General: Michel Assouline President: Tomasz Goetzendorf- CEAS Trustees: Prof. Anders Blom
secr.exec@3af.fr Grabowski: tgrab@meil.pw.edu.pl anders.blom@innovair.org
Secretary General: Jean-François Treasurer: Jacek Szumbarski Prof. Petter Krus : Linköping Univer-
Coutris - jfcoutris@ccint.fr jasz@meil.pw.edu.pl sity SE - 58183 Linköping
CEAS Trustees: Louis Le Portz and Secretary General: Andrzej Zyluk petter.krus@liu.se
Pierre Bescond justyna.staniszewska@itwl.pl Secretary: Björn Jonsson –
Admin. assistant: Caroline Saux BoD Members: Tomasz Rogalski, Aeronautical Dept Swedish Defence
gestionmembres@aaaf.asso.fr Zbigniew Koruba Material Adm.(FMV) – SE-115 88
CEAS Trustees: Tomasz Goetzendorf- Stockholm Sweden
n Germany – DGLR Grabowski and Lukasz Kiszkowiak bjorn.jonsson@fmv.se
Godesberger Allee 70 – lukasz.kiszkowiak@wat.edu.pl
D- 53175 Bonn – Tel.: + 49 228 30 80 50 Administrative Officer: n Switzerland – SVFW
info@dglr.de – www.dglr.de Beata Wierzbinska-Prus ETH Zurich – Institute of Fluid
President: Prof. Rolf Henke bprus@meil.pw.edu.pl Dynamics – Ms Anna Kubic
Bulletin of the Council of European Aerospace Societies 3 AEROSPACE EUROPE Bulletin • July 2021
CEAS MEMBERS AND PARTNERS AEROSPACE
EUROPE
CH 8092 Zurich – www.svfw.ch SOCIETIES HAVING SIGNED SIX SOCIETIES IN EUROPEAN
President and CEAS Trustee: AN MOU WITH CEAS: AEROSPACE SCIENCE AND
Dr Jürg Wildi: juerg.wildi@bluewin.ch TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH
CEAS Trustee: Dr Georges Bridel n Académie de l’Air et de l’Espace CLOSELY LINKED WITH CEAS
c/o ALR, Gotthardstrasse 52, (AAE) (ECAERO-2):
CH 8002 Zurich 1, avenue Camille Flammarion –
georges.bridel@alr-aerospace.ch F-31500 Toulouse n EASN: European
Secretary: Anna Kubik - www.academie-air-espace.com Aeronautics Science
akubik@ethz.ch n American Institute of Aeronautics Network
and Astronautics (AIAA) Chairman: Prof. Dr Andreas
n United Kingdom – RAeS 12700 Sunrise Valley Drive Strohmayer (University of Stuttgart)
No.4 Hamilton Place – London Suite 200, Reston Strohmayer@ifb.uni-stuttgart.de
W1 J 7 BQ – United Kingdom VA 20191 – 5807 USA Vice Chairman: Zdobyslaw Goraj
Tel.:+ 44 (0)20 76 70 4300 karens@aiaa.org - www.aiaa.org (Warsaw University of Technology)
raes@aerosociety.com n Chinese Society of Astronautics goraj@meil.pw.edu.pl
www.aerosociety.com (CSA)
President: Howard Nye FRAeS CSA Zhang yao – WANG Yiran, n ECCOMAS: European
CEAS Trustees: Emma Bossom n° 8, Fucheng Road, Haidian district Community on
emma.bossom@aerosociety.com P.O. Box 838 Computational Methods in Applied
Air Cdre Peter Round FRAeS 100 830 Beijing, China Sciences
Chief Executive: csa_zhangyao@sina.en Edificio C-1, Campus Norte UPC
Sir Brian Burridge FRAeS wangyr@spacechina.com c/Gran Capitan s/n
Head of External Affairs: www.csaspace.org.cn/ 08034 Barcelona (Spain)
In course of designation n European Aeronautics Science www.eccomas.org/
Network (EASN) eccomas@cimne.upc.edu
EASN - Rue du Trône 98 – President: Michal Kleiber
CORPORATE MEMBERS: 1050 Brussels, mkleiber@ippt.pan.pl
n ESA Belgium – www.easn.net
8-10, rue Mario Nikis - F-75015 Paris President: Prof. Dr Andreas n ERCOFTAC: European
www.esa.int Strohmayer University of Stuttgart Research Community on
CEAS Representative: n Association of European Research Flow Turbulence
Torben Henriksen Establishments in Aeronautics Air Combustion
torben.henriksen@esa.int (EREA) www.ercoftac.org/
n EASA Chairman: Michel Peters, NLR Chairman of Executive Council:
Konrad - Adenauer - Ufer 3 EREA Secretary: Anne-Laure Delot – Dominic von Tenzi
D-50542 Cologne (Germany) ONERA, anne-laure.delot@onera.fr admin-cado@ercoftac.org
Tel.: +49 (221) 8999 0000 n International Council of the
www.easa.europa.eu Aeronautical Sciences (ICAS) n EUCASS: European
CEAS Representative: President: Shinji Suzuki Conference for
Erick Ferrandez Executive Secretary: Axel Probst Aero-Space Sciences
erick.ferrandez@easa.europa.eu c/o DGLR – Godesberger Allee 70 – www.eucass.eu
n EUROCONTROL D- 53175 Bonn EUCASS President:
Rue de la Fusée 96 - Brussels 1130 icas@icas.org – www.icas.org Prof. Alain Merlen- Lille University of
CEAS Representative: Marc Bourgois n Korean Society for Aeronautical Science and Technology –
marc.bourgois@eurocontrol.int and Space Sciences (KSAS) alain.merlen@univ.lille1.fr
n EUROAVIA Room 1001, 635-4
Kluyverweg 1 - 2629 HS, Delft, NL Yeogdam-Dong n EUROMECH: European
www.euroavia.eu 135-703 Gangnam Mechanics Society
President and CEAS Gu Republic of Korea www.euromech.org
Representative: Jure Zubak ksas@ksass.or.kr President: Prof. Gert Jan van Heijst
jure.zubak@euroavia.eu https://www.ksas.or.kr G.J.F.v.Heijst@tue.nl
CEAS Representative: n Society of Flight Test Engineers
João Bernardo Amaral (SFTE-EC) n EUROTURBO: European
joao.amaral@euroavia.eu www.sfte-ec.org/ Turbomachinery Society
www.euroturbo.eu/
Chairman: Prof. Francesco Martelli
francesco.martelli@unifi.it
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AEROSPACE LIFE OF CEAS
EUROPE
EDITORIAL PEGASUS has joined the Pact for Skills and its universi-
ties are destined to bring an important contribution to
the success of this process.
n
Jean-Pierre Sanfourche
Editor-in-Chief
CONTENTS
ABOUT PEGASUS
I wish to thank very much Prof. Gustavo Alonso for the interview he
CEAS
accepted to give me, as chairman of PEGASUS.
– Presentation - Members and Partners 2-4
PEGASUS was founded in 1998 with the triple objective to encou-
rage collaboration between universities in the field of aerospace – Editorial 5
engineering, improve the quality of the service they provide to – CEAS President's Message 6
students and industry, and to facilitate student exchanges. – AEC2021 Warsaw 7
At a time when aviation and space sectors are facing quite difficult – Latest issues of the CEAS Journals 8-12
challenges and when competition for talents is going to intensify,
with the competition for the best STEM –(Science, technology, • Personality Interview
Engineering and Mathematics), PEGASUS should play a major role. – Interview with Prof. Gustavo Alonso, 13-16
“The current crisis provides an opportunity to make the sector more Chair of PEGASUS
resilient, more sustainable and more competitive”, recently declared
• Points of view
Henry Holelei, Director-General for mobility and Transport at the
European Commission.
– Plan to reach net-zero CO2 emissions by 2050 17-18
– About technological sovereignty 18-19
Destination digital and artificial intelligence (AI)
• Civil Aviation Operations
To take up all challenges the aerospace sector is facing, the keynote
is: acceleration of the digital transformation everywhere. Having
– Critical” flights in flow management 20
embarked on a new era of exponential transformation, all compa- – London City airport goes digital 21
nies have to place digital, artificial intelligence (AI) and automation
• Aeronautics Technology
at the core of their business.
– An intelligent gearbox for RACER 22
Driven by the need to reach climate neutrality in 2050, which implies – Re-imagining the future of civil aviation, 22-23
by David Marshall
to dramatically reduce CO2 emissions, designing the next genera-
tion aircraft will require innovative technologies and new enginee- – Introducing the AerospaceAI platform, 24
by Thomas Vermin
ring, manufacturing and testing processes.
Not only next generation air vehicles rely on digital and AI trans- – The ASCEND demonstrator, Ludovic Ybanez 25-27
formation, but also air traffic management (ATM), maintenance and
• Defence and Security
repair overhaul (MRO), and airports.
– The “Tempest” programme, 28-30
interview with Michael Christie
New Space
As regards the space sector, Europe is naturally pulled higher and • Space
higher by the ambitious objectives of its programmes, but in addi-
– Introducing ESA Agenda 2025 31
tion by the extraordinary feats being realised by NASA and Space X
– EUSPA, EU’s New Space approach 32
with Mars 2020 (Perseverance and Ingenuity) and Crew Dragon mis-
sions, as well as the imminent commencement of the Moon Human
– MARS2020 programme: the INGENUITY feat 33-34
and Robotised Village Programme. – SpaceX Crew 2 launch and Crew 1 return 35-36
• Education ad Training
The Pact for Skills for Aerospace and Defence
The European Commission has launched in October 2020 a ‘Pact for
– European Pact for Skills Plan 37-38
Skills’, for up-skilling and re-skilling the workforce in Europe for the – EUROAVIA at a glance 38-39
period 2021-2027. For aerospace and defence, a High-Level Round-
• Event Calendar
table was held, in which ASD-Europe and senior industry leaders
expressed their views and plans. A five-year ‘European Skill Agenda’
– Among upcoming aerospace events 40-44
is going to help develop more and better skills.
Bulletin of the Council of European Aerospace Societies 5 AEROSPACE EUROPE Bulletin • July 2021
LIFE OF CEAS AEROSPACE
EUROPE
PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE
Franco Bernelli Zazzera
CEAS President 2021-2022
Iam glad to start this message by pointing out that,
despite the continuous need of online meetings, CEAS
has managed to achieve a series of positive results and
more strategic top-down process and CEAS a bottom up
one by collecting the actions and position of its Member
Societies. It appears that both might be stronger when
actions that should contribute to a quick resumption of AAE and CEAS work together. It was then agreed to find
activities as soon as possible. ways to set up more concrete cooperation, eventually
starting already in the current year with joint initiatives in
The first notable achievement is the completion of the the CEAS Rotorcraft Forum and in the CEAS Aerospace
process of amending the CEAS Statutes and Bylaws, Europe Conference. It is my hope to be able to improve
now ready for official registration on the Belgian Gazette. relations also with other European associations that
In its revised form, the Statutes and Bylaws reflect the share the vision of CEAS of defending European posi-
evolution of the European aerospace context in recent tions and activities in all areas of aerospace.
years and strengthen the relation between the initial
CEAS Founding Members, essentially the national ae- Thanks to the engagement of its Member Societies, CEAS
rospace societies, and the current Corporate Members. is continuously proposing interesting events. On June 25,
The European Aerospace Agencies, that are by nature a new initiative strongly supported by AIAE – Asociación
transnational, devoted to merging the national interests de Ingenieros Aeronáuticos de España – will be held
of the European countries and thus providing a unified virtually: the first CEAS Women in Aerospace Confe-
European perspective, are now granted voting rights wit- rence. This interesting event is organised with very dy-
hin CEAS in most matters. CEAS is proud to have found namic round tables and excellent speakers from across
the right balance between preserving its identity and Europe, including students. The widest representation of
recognizing entities with significant contributions to and the aerospace sector is ensured with panellists from dif-
support of the association. ferent entities: industry, national authorities, international
organizations, and academia. The conference is asso-
In the past months, CEAS has worked hard to identify ciated to a contest on “How to promote STEM careers
its new Chair of the Aeronautical Branch. We are now among the youngest generation” proposed to university
getting really close to the final decision and in the near students.
future the position will be assigned, obviously to a great
personality that will give impulse and a personal contri- Finally, let me point out that preparation for the Aero-
bution to the life of CEAS. space Europe Conference planned for November 2021
in Warsaw is well under way. The Programme Commit-
Along the line of strengthening of its relations with simi- tee is established, and abstract submissions deadline is
lar organisations in Europe, CEAS had a first extremely fast approaching. CEAS looks forward to welcoming the
interesting meeting with the Académie de l’Air et de l’Es- European aerospace community on site and is eager
pace (AAE, also known as Air and Space Academy). The to propose, as usual, interesting plenary lectures and
previous edition of this bulletin includes an interesting networking opportunities for scientists. Keeping in mind
interview with the President of AAE, and finally a meeting the objectives of CEAS, I would be happy to personally
between the AAE President and the CEAS President took welcome in Warsaw the Presidents of all CEAS Mem-
place, with active participation of additional members of ber Societies as well as the representatives of European
the Board of both associations. The two associations are research establishments and partner associations.
complementary in many aspects, in terms of member-
ship and activities, the essential workforce of CEAS is n
its societies and that of AAE is its people. AAE is using a
AEROSPACE EUROPE Bulletin • July 2021 6 Bulletin of the Council of European Aerospace Societies
AEROSPACE LIFE OF CEAS
EUROPE
AEC 2021 – “RESTORE, RETHINK, REDESIGN” CALL FOR
PAPERS
POLISH SOCIETY OF AERONAUTICS AND ASTRONAUTICS (PSAA)
TOGETHER WITH COUNCIL OF EUROPEAN AERONAUTICAL
SOCIETIES (CEAS) TO ANNOUNCE:
AEROSPACE EUROPEAN CONFERENCE 2021 / WARSAW, POLAND /
NOVEMBER 23TH -26TH, 2021
Due to the pandemic situation, keeping in mind safety of our participants
we are ready to go along with the Conference either on-line or hybrid.
It is with great pleasure to invite you to participate and we are pleased to invite
all prospective authors to submit their abstracts.
CALLS FOR PAPERS - NEW KEY DATES https://aec2021.meil.pw.edu.pl/
KEY DATES ORGANIZING COMMITTEE
1 Jan 2021 First Announcement and call
for papers, website open • Prof. Tomasz Goetzendorf-Grabowski – tgrab@meil.pw.edu.pl
15 Mar 2021 Abstract uploading open • Ms Beata Wierzbinska-Prus – bprus@meil.pw.edu.pl
15 July 2021 Abstract uploading deadline • Dr Maciej Zasuwa – Maciej.Zasuwa@pw.edu.pl
30 August 2021 Acceptance of papers finished • Dr Jacek Mieloszyk – jmieloszyk@meil.pw.edu.pl
30 Sept. 2021 D
eadline for full length papers • Dr Marcin Figat – mfigat@meil.pw.edu.pl
submission
TOPICS TECHNICAL COMMITTEE
• General Aviation • Prof. Franco Bernelli Zazerra – franco.bernelli@polimi.it
• Aircraft Design
• Aerodynamics (incl. CFD) • Prof. Tomasz Goetzendorf-Grabowski – tgrab@meil.pw.edu.pl
• Flight Dynamics
• Helicopter Dynamics • Mr Torben Henriksen – Torben.Henriksen@esa.int
• Control and Flight Tests
• UAVs • Prof. Andrea Alaimo – andrea.alaimo@unikore.it
• Green Aviation
• Materials and Structures • Dr Cornelia Hillenherms – Cornelia.Hillenherms@dlr.de
• Space Mission Analysis and Design
• Spacecraft Design • Mr Jean Pierre Sanfourche – sanfourche.jean-pierre@orange.fr
• Space Robotics
• Space Propulsion • Ms Beata Wierzbinska-Prus – bprus@meil.pw.edu.pl
• Spacecraft Subsystems
• Satellite Dynamics and Control
• Airports
• Maintenance and Repair and Overhaul (MRO) Contact:
• Recovery and re-launch of air transport Email: psaa@meil.pw.edu.pl
• SESAR and EUROCONTROL (ATM) challenges Conference Website: https://aec2021.meil.pw.edu.pl/
• Skills for the aerospace sector
Bulletin of the Council of European Aerospace Societies 7 AEROSPACE EUROPE Bulletin • July 2021
CEAS JOURNALS AEROSPACE
EUROPE
OUTLINE OF THE LATEST ISSUES OF THE CEAS SPACE JOURNAL
AND THE CEAS AERONAUTICAL JOURNAL
The journals were created under the umbrella of the Both journals play an increasingly important role in repre-
Council of European Aerospace Societies (CEAS) to senting European knowledge in aerospace research. Ne-
provide an appropriate platform for excellent scientific vertheless, the biggest challenge is still to attract an ac-
publications submitted by scientists and engineers. The ceptable number of high calibre scientists and engineers
German Aerospace Centre (DLR) and the European Space to submit articles for publication. Therefore, we invite you
Agency (ESA) support the Journals, which are published and your colleagues to contribute to the development
by Springer Nature. of these journals by publishing your hard-earned results.
Papers which are considered suitable will be subjected to
The CEAS Space Journal is devoted to excellent new a comprehensive blind peer-review process for potential
developments and results in all areas of space-related publication in the CEAS Journals.
science and technology, including important spin-off A list of articles published in the latest issues of both CEAS
capabilities and applications as well as ground-based Journals is attached.
support systems and manufacturing advancements. The Managing Editors:
The CEAS Aeronautical Journal is devoted to publishing – Rafael Bureo Dacal
new developments and outstanding results in all areas – Andrea Dieball
of aeronautics-related science and technology, inclu- – Cornelia Hillenherms
ding design and manufacturing of aircraft, rotorcraft, and – Wilhelm Kordulla
unmanned aerial vehicles. – Stefan Leuko
CEAS SPACE JOURNAL
NEW DESIGN MODIFICATIONS OF THE SUPPORTING
RING FOR A LARGE DEPLOYABLE SPACE REFLECTOR
S. Tserodze, E. Medzmariashvili, C. G. M.van‘t Kloos-
ter, K. Chkhikvadze, M. Muchaidze, M. Nikoladze, A.
Chapodze, I. Sigua & M. Sanikidze / Published online:
27 August 2020
Volume 13, Issue 2,
March 2021
A MULTIDISCIPLINARY DESIGN TOOL FOR ROBOTIC
SYSTEMS INVOLVED IN SAMPLING OPERATIONS ON
PLANETARY BODIES
D. Riccobono, G. Genta, S. Moreland & P. Backes /
Published online: 17 August 2020
IMPACT FORMATION OF ULTRALOW-BINDER-
CONTENT COMPOSITE “LUNAR CEMENT”
K. Oh, H. Yi, T. Chen, B. J. Chow, R. Kou & Y. Qiao/
Published online : 01 September 2020
AEROSPACE EUROPE Bulletin • July 2021 8 Bulletin of the Council of European Aerospace Societies
AEROSPACE CEAS JOURNALS
EUROPE
MANGANESE OXIDE LANTHANUM-DOPED ALUMINA EFFECT OF FINITE ELEMENT MODEL DETAILS IN
CATALYST FOR APPLICATION IN 95 WT.% HYDROGEN STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS OF CUBESATS
PEROXIDE THRUSTER A. N. Alhammadi, F. Jarrar, M. Al-Shaibah, A. Almes-
S. Kang, D. Lee & S. Kwon / Published online: 10 Sep- mari, T. Vu, A. Tsoupos & P. Marpu / Published online:
tember 2020 23 November 2020
FREQUENCY DEPENDENT SELEC-
TION OF CONTROL SENSORS
INVESTIGATION OF THE BASE FLOW OF A IN MULTI-CHANNEL ACOUSTIC
GENERIC SPACE LAUNCHER WITH DUAL-BELL CONTROL
NOZZLE M. Alvarez Blanco, E. Matas, H.
S. Scharnowski & C. J. Kähler / Published online: 19 Bériot, B. Peeters
September 2020 & W. Desmet / Published online: 23
December 2020
THE EFFECT OF ASSEMBLY AND
STATIC UNBALANCE ON REACTION WHEEL ASSEMBLY
BEARING HARMONICS
C. Hodge, A. Stabile, G. Aglietti & G. Richardson
Published online: 28 December 2020
THE HIGH-SPEED EXPERIMENTAL FLIGHT TEST VEHI-
CLE OF HEXAFLY-INT: A MULTIDISCIPLINARY DESIGN
DEORBITING SMALL SATELLITES FROM THE ISS S. Di Benedetto, M. P. Di Donato, A. Schettino, R. Sci-
USING A TETHER SYSTEM gliano, F. Nebula, G. Morani, D. Cristillo, M. Marini, S.
A. Brunello, A. Valmorbida, E. C. Lorenzini, S. Cantoni, Cardone, J. Steelant & V. F. Villace / Published online:
M. De Stefano Fumo, A. Fedele, R. Gardi & R. Votta / 05 January 2021
Published online: 20 October 202021 July 2020
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OBITUARY: IN MEMORIAM CHRISTOPHE HERMANS
EDITORIAL BOARD TEAM
We are deeply saddened Between 2006 and 2016, he was Secretary of the Nether-
to hear about the sudden lands Association of Aeronautical Engineers NVvL, and
death of Christophe Her- since 2016, Christophe was President of the NVvL.
mans on 24 January 2021. He was also a member of the Board of the Council of Euro-
He was a supportive and pean Aerospace Societies CEAS since 2007 and up until
truly valued member of the now Chairman of the CEAS Aeronautical Branch. He was
Editorial Board of the CEAS CEAS President for two consecutive years in 2017 and 2018.
Aeronautical Journal from the very beginning in 2010.
Christophe Hermans was Director of the German-Dutch Christophe always excelled with his fresh impetus, exten-
Wind Tunnels DNW, and Chief Technology Advisor of the sive expertise, mediation talent and friendly demeanour
Royal Netherlands Aerospace Centre NLR. at meetings and panel discussions. He was highly dedica-
He started his career at NLR in 1986, becoming depart- ted to the aerospace community.
ment head in 2000. From 2004 until 2012, he was head of
NLR’s Helicopters & Aeroacoustics department and res- On behalf of the Editorial Board, we would like to send our
ponsible for different flight test and evaluation services sincere condolences to his family and his close collea-
and procedures. In 2012, he joined the Management Team gues. He will be greatly missed.
at DNW as Deputy Director.
Christophe strongly fostered and supported internatio- Rolf Henke – Editor in Chief
nal collaboration. He actively contributed to numerous Cornelia Hillenherms - Managing Editor
aeronautical bodies such as NVvL, CEAS, ERF and ICAS, Andrea Dieball - Managing Editor
among others.
CEAS AERONAUTICAL JOURNAL
LOADS ANALYSIS AND STRUCTURAL OPTIMIZATION OF
A HIGH ASPECT RATIO, COMPOSITE WING AIRCRAFT
Kautuk Sinha, Thomas Klimmek, Matthias Schulze &
Vega Handojo / Published: 07 February 2021
Volume 12, issue 2,
April 2021
LOAD PREDICTION OF HINGELESS HELICOPTER
ROTORS INCLUDING DRIVETRAIN DYNAMICS
Felix Weiss, Christoph Kessler / Published: 03 February
20210 EULER–LAGRANGIAN SIMULATION OF THE FUEL
SPRAY OF A PLANAR PREFILMING AIRBLAST ATOMIZER
Sven Hoffmann, Simon Holz, Rainer Koch & Hans-Jörg
Bauer / Published: 21 February 2021
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DIRECT NUMERICAL SIMULATION OF TS-WAVES ROTORCRAFT FUSELAGE MASS ASSESSMENT IN
OVER SUCTION PANEL STEPS FROM MANUFACTU- EARLY DESIGN STAGES
RING TOLERANCES Dominik B. Schwinn, Peter Weiand & Michel Buchwald
H. Lüdeke & R. von Soldenhoff / Published: 09 October Published: 25 March 2021
2020
INVESTIGATION OF BIOGENIC MATERIALS AND FER-
ROELECTRETS FOR ENERGY HARVESTING ON VIBRA-
TING AIRCRAFT STRUCTURES
H. Holzmann, M. Weber, Y. J. Park, S. Perfetto, H.
Atzrodt & A. Dafnis / Published: 27 March 2021
ANALYSIS OF ROTORCRAFT WIND TURBINE WAKE
ENCOUNTERS USING PILOTED SIMULATION
Alexander Štrbac, Tanja Martini, Daniel H. Greiwe, NUMERICAL ANALYSIS OF HIGH-LIFT CONFIGURA-
Frauke Hoffmann & Michael Jones / Published: 09 TIONS WITH OSCILLATING FLAPS
March 2021 Johannes Ruhland & Christian Breitsamter / Published:
05 April 2021
BUSINESS MODEL OPTIONS FOR PASSENGER URBAN
AIR MOBILITY
METHOD FOR DESIGNING MULTI-INPUT SYSTEM Anna Straubinger, Johannes Michelmann & Tobias
IDENTIFICATION SIGNALS USING A COMPACT TIME- Biehle / Published: 09 April 2021
FREQUENCY REPRESENTATION
Mathias Stefan Roeser & Nicolas Fezans
Published: 12 March 2021
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FLUID–STRUCTURE COUPLING IN TIME DOMAIN FOR A NUMERICAL STUDY OF VIBRATION-INDUCED INS-
DYNAMIC STALL USING PURELY LAGRANGIAN VOR- TRUMENT READING CAPABILITY DEGRADATION IN
TEX METHOD HELICOPTER PILOTS
Viet Dung Duong, Lavi Rizki Zuhal & Hari Muhammad Aykut Tamer, Andrea Zanoni, Alessandro Cocco & Pie-
/ Published: 11 April 2021 rangelo Masarati / Published: 16 April 2021
A
MULTI-CHANNEL H∞ PREVIEW CONTROL APPROACH
TO LOAD ALLEVIATION DESIGN FOR FLEXIBLE AIR-
CRAFT HLFC-OPTIMIZED RETROFIT AIRCRAFT DESIGN OF
Ahmed Khalil & Nicolas Fezans / Published: 12 April A MEDIUM-RANGE REFERENCE CONFIGURATION WIT-
2021 HIN THE AVACON PROJECT
Tim Effing, Florian Schültke & Eike Stumpf
Published: 18 April 2021
IDENTIFICATION AND ASSESSMENT OF A NONLINEAR
DYNAMIC ACTUATOR MODEL FOR CONTROLLING AN
EXPERIMENTAL FLEXIBLE WING
Martin Tang, Marc Böswald, Yves Govers & Manuel
Pusch / Published: 16 April 2021 STRUCTURAL DESIGN PROCESS AND SUBSEQUENT
FLIGHT MECHANICAL EVALUATION IN PRELIMINARY
AIRCRAFT DESIGN: DEMONSTRATED ON PASSENGER
RIDE COMFORT ASSESSMENT
Vikram Krishnamurthy & Vega Handojo
Published: 19 April 2021
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INTERVIEW WITH PROF. GUSTAVO ALONSO RODRIGO,
CHAIRMAN OF PEGASUS
By Jean-Pierre Sanfourche, Editor-in-Chief
Gustavo ALONSO RODRIGO is pro- • EU Clean Aviation Programme preparatory group;
fessor at Technical University of •E ASPA (European Alliance for Subject specific and
Madrid (UPM), School of Aerospace Professional Accreditation and quality Assurance);
Engineering (ETSIAE/UPM). He is • BRAIA (Belt and Road Aerospace Innovation Alliance);
Ph.D., Aeronautical Engineer and • ESA Physical Sciences Working Group;
Master in Business Administration. •ALICANTO (International Association of Aviation and
He is chairman of PEGASUS (Par- Aerospace Education.
tnership of a European Group of Research fields: environmental impact of air transport –
Aeronautics and Space UniversitieS) from 2019. In addi- aerospace technologies – business strategy.
tion, he actively participates in many other organisations He gives lectures at graduate and post-graduate level in
as member of: air transport and space systems engineering.
• ACARE (Advisory Committee for Aviation Research and He is visiting and guest professor at several universities
Innovation in Europe) General Assembly; worldwide.
Jean-Pierre Sanfourche – PEGASUS presently counts participate in most of the activities of PEGASUS.
28 members from 11 European countries. Are actions Our strategic lines remain the same: from an internal
being taken with a view to developing this network perspective, we want to improve the quality of our edu-
and to initiate new strategic lines? cational process and curricula to specifically serve the
Gustavo ALONSO RODRIGO - PEGASUS (Partnership of needs of the aerospace industry, which are changing.
a European Group of Aeronautics and Space Universi- This means strengthen furthermore our cooperation,
tieS) is the partnership of the best European aerospace continuing the harmonization of our educational pro-
universities and yes, currently has 28 members in 11 dif- grammes and the exchange of students and staff. In
ferent European countries1. I honestly think that PEGA- this line, we want to contribute to the development of a
SUS partner Universities represent extraordinary well quality system for the European higher education in ae-
the aeronautics and space higher education system in rospace engineering. From an external perspective, we
Europe. Today, more than 3000 aerospace engineers work to increase the cooperation between the partners
graduate at Master level from the member institutions and the industry as well as with national and European
of PEGASUS each year. The aerospace sector is small research and technology organisations. We are open to
compared to other sectors, and therefore the number collaborate with other related groups and networks to
of Universities delivering aerospace engineering edu- help fulfilling the EU policy lines not only in higher edu-
cation at the highest level is limited. PEGASUS partners cation, but also in aerospace research and development.
have a reputation for high-quality research and a quality
recognition in education and research. I insist, PEGASUS J-P. S. – From 12 to 16 April took place the 2021 edition
represents Universities, not individual professors, resear- of the PEGASUS Student Conference: could you hi-
chers or scientists. Consequently, the number of mem- ghlight the major messages and proposals which have
bers has to be necessarily relatively small, compared to emerged? What are the selected papers?
other associations representing individuals. G. A. R. - Every year, coinciding with our Spring Council
But of course, PEGASUS is always open to new members. meeting, we organize the PEGASUS Student Confe-
PEGASUS is open to all European institutions providing a rence. The Conference is reserved for Master students
sufficiently qualified education in aerospace engineering. who have graduated from the PEGASUS Universities not
Since the foundation in 1998, new universities have joi- more than one year before the date of the conference.
ned the association. We are constantly receiving appli- It offers them a unique opportunity to get together, to
cations from Universities that want to become members exchange experiences, traditions and to create opportu-
of PEGAUS and we are happy to consider all those appli- nities at international level.
cations. Partners fulfilling the admissibility criteria are im- The Conference is organized on the basis of competi-
mediately accepted. Other Universities that do not meet tive selection. The first selection is operated at local level
fully all admissibility criteria are accepted as associate since each University is allowed to present not more than
partners. In addition to the 28 partner universities, today three papers. The written papers are then evaluated by
we have 7 more universities as associate partners and two professors from different countries to the author(s)
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of the paper, recognized as experts in the covered topic. •S tudy of the influence of the Mars 2020 rover mast on the
The final, combined score is obtained after the oral pre- measurements recorded by the wind sensors
sentation at the conference. The best papers are then • A Computational Tool for the Design of Hybrid Rockets
published in Aerotecnica Missili & Spazio, a Springer • Scaling of an Aviation Hydrogen Micromix Injector
journal. Design for Industrial GT Combustion Applications
Thanks to this demanding selection process, the qua- •E xergy Analysis of Hybrid‐Electric Turbofan Concepts
lity of the papers that are presented at the Conference • Investigation Of The Effects Of Geometry Tip Devices On
is extraordinary. Every year I have the same feeling of Turbine Tip Leakage
admiration when I see the presentations of the students •D irect Numerical Simulation of flow and heat transfer in
at the Conference, I am impressed by the quality of the complex ducts.
works and the professionalism of the presentations. That
makes me feel proud of the work we are doing, because J-P. S. – What about the PEGASUS Awards?
this is the essence of our mission as Universities: to “pro- G. A. R. - A key element within PEGASUS is the reciprocal
duce” high calibre professionals for our societies. recognition of common quality among the partner Univer-
As you can see in this list of the final selection of papers, sities, which facilitates the cooperation and the exchange
they address a wide variety of topics of undoubted inte- of students and staff.
rest in the challenges that aerospace engineering cur- A means of materializing this mutual trust are the PEGA-
rently faces. And do not forget these are “just” master SUS labels, Certificate and Award, given to our students
thesis: in recognition of the individual student’s multi-national
experience.
• Model‐Free Control Applied To The Longitudinal Move- These labels are appended to the student diploma and
ment Of An Aircraft respectively certificate (to an employer, for instance) the
• Robust attitude controller for NASA Astrobee robots quality of the programme of study the student has fol-
operating in the ISS lowed (accredited by PEGASUS), and their international
• Big data applied to predictive maintenance of aircraft tires experience.
• Autonomous Taxiing for Aircraft
• Detailed Modelling of Cork‐Phenolic Ablators in Prepa- J-P. S. – Three Working Groups are today in action: Edu-
ration to the Post‐Flight Analysis of the QARMAN Re‐Entry cation – Academic Aerospace Research – Communica-
CubeSat tion. What are for each of them the most important
• Lamb‐waves experimental‐numerical correlation on a achievements?
composite panel G. A. R. - PEGASUS has a very democratic organisatio-
• Development of software modules for preliminary design nal structure: all partners and associate partners partici-
and structural optimization of hybrid‐electric aircraft pate in the Council meetings, at least twice a year. But
• Evaluation of the Biomechanical Responses during an in addition, in order to perform the association activities,
Aircraft Emergency Landing all PEGASUS member Universities participate in Working
• Missions towards Near‐Earth Asteroids with Departure Groups, which are non-permanent bodies, being modi-
from Lagrangian Points L4 and L5 fied periodically according to the needs at the time.
• Estimation of the ephemerides and gravity fields of Working Group members meet regularly, discuss and ex-
the Galilean moons through orbit determination of the change ideas, and present their conclusions to the rest of
JUICE mission the members at the Council meetings, where decisions
• Performance analysis of orbit determination algorithms are taken on the proposals made by the different Working
for Space Surveillance and Tracking in LEO Groups, and new actions can be assigned to them.
• A Trajectory Generation Function for a Rendezvous Gui-
dance Expert All PEGASUS achievements are the result of the activity
• Performance enhancement of space borne scatterome- of the current and past Working Groups: the already men-
ters by means of digital beamforming techniques tioned reciprocal recognition of common quality, imple-
• Relativistic Modelling for Highly Precise Ranging and mented in the PEGASUS Labels (Certificate and Award) in
Time Transfer via Optical Inter‐Satellite Links recognition of an individual student’s multi-national ex-
• A Novel Visual‐Based Terrain Relative Navigation System perience; the PEGASUS Course Catalogue, collecting the
for planetary applications based on Mask R‐CNN and specific curriculum description format that all partners
Projective Invariants Framework have agreed on, and enabling an immediate understan-
• Autonomous navigation of interplanetary probes by ding of the level of education provided by the partners;
using sequential algorithm the Students conference; the ever-Increased mobility
• Applicability of radiation modelling for direct compari- among the PEGASUS partners; the cross breeding of cur-
son of simulations with experiment ricula and new “crossed” engineering profiles generated
• Development of a plasma chemistry model for Helicon by the EU student mobility; the strong connection with
Plasma Thruster analysis research organizations to support the internship availabi-
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lity on top of industrial placements; the reinforced colla- is not in any case my decision, as a Chair. In fact, in PEGA-
borations between the partners and the industry. SUS decisions are taken by the Council, which in reality
Just to mention an example of the adaptation of the is an assembly where all partners are present and vote.
activity of the Working Groups to the current needs is We try to meet regularly and spend time discussing and
the work that the Working Group on Education is perfor- reflecting together, this facilitates that decisions are nor-
ming. For the last months, this Working Group is trying to mally taken by consensus. The role of the Chair is basically
accommodate the cooperation among partners, for ins- to organize and animate these discussions, in addition to
tance the exchange of students and staff, to a situation of represent PEGASUS to external bodies. Even the strategy
reduced mobility caused by the global sanitary situation, of PEGASUS emerges from the discussions and decisions
exploring and opening new ways based on distant lear- at the Council meetings.
ning and other blended or hybrid methods.
Three Working Groups are active today: Education, Aca-
J-P. S. – What is your appreciation as regards the qua- demic Aerospace Research, and Communication. This
lity of coordination and exchanges between education structure corresponds to the current focus of PEGASUS:
units and students impulsed by PEGASUS? to continue promoting the cooperation among partners,
G. A. R. - There is a very intense flow of students’ mobility both in education and research, and to reinforce the links
among the PEGASUS members, which is facilitated by the with the rest of stakeholders in the aeronautics and space
mutual recognition among the partners of the quality of ecosystems.
their educational programmes.
PEGASUS, as the only European network of excellence J-P. S. – Are you in relation with EUROAVIA?
in Aerospace Engineering education, has established an G. A. R. - Yes, we are in contact with EUROAVIA, in particu-
entity for developing a quality/excellence label, called lar in relation to the participation of students proposed by
Promoting Excellence & Recognition Seal of European them in the PEGASUS Student Conference. Also the pre-
Aerospace Universities (PERSEUS). Led by PEGASUS, the sence of the President of EUROAVIA in the 2020 Confe-
EC H2020 programme financed the project PERSEUS. rence was foreseen. Unfortunately, the difficulties brought
This project has identified a possible roadmap for the by the Covid-19 pandemics have delayed these plans, but
definition of a European quality label for aerospace rela- I hope we will resume them at the 2022 Conference.
ted higher-education degrees, involving a great portion of
the European stakeholders in aerospace: Universities, re- J-P. S. – In November 2018, PEGASUS had published a
search centres, industries (both small and large) networks Blue Paper on Future Innovation in Aerospace: is an ac-
and associations, together with accreditation agencies. tualisation of this document being under preparation?
The core concept established by the project is that it is G. A. R. - Yes, PEGASUS is very active supporting the Eu-
possible to establish a sector-specific quality system, ropean policies related to innovation in aerospace, which
which can complement the existing national or European are needed to achieve the EU’s self-imposed goal: the
accreditation systems, providing added value to the inter- so-called “Route to net zero European aviation”, made
nal and/or external quality assurance processes that are explicit in the document “Destination 2050”.
in place in most European Universities.
The proposed method relies on the definition of a set of We are preparing a document to support this initiative, as
core skills and abilities both technical and personal, spe- the rest of the stakeholders are doing.
cific for the aerospace domain and expressed in the form
of learning outcomes. These skills are identified by all the To achieve such and extremely ambitious objective, a
stakeholders of the higher education process. Once the huge effort in terms of research and innovation has to be
sector-specific skills are defined, these form the basis for carried out. Universities, as an integral part of the sec-
the evaluation of the fitness-for-purpose of the curricula tor, play a fundamental role to support that effort, com-
offered at the European Universities. Each University will plementing with our lower TRL research, the higher TRL
be asked to identify the level of achievement of the iden- research of the industry.
tified skills, whereas the employers have been asked to
rank the importance of each skill for their specific needs. A J-P. S. – In October 2020, the European Commission
comparison of the levels offered by the curricula and the organised a high-Level Roundtable to think about the
needs of the employers would define the employability competences Aerospace Industry will need in the near
of the graduates, hence the sector-specific quality of the future. It was the official launch of the “Pact for Skil-
curricula. ls” which will address before the end of this year the
urgent need for up-skilling and re-skilling the aeros-
J-P. S. – Is it your intention to create new Working Groups? pace and defence workforce in Europe for the period
G. A. R. - Working Groups evolve and they are created 2021-2027. How is PEGASUS participating?
or modified according to the topics that the association G. A. R. - PEGASUS has joined the Pact for Skills and we
thinks need to be addressed at each moment in time. It are following closely this initiative to see how Universities
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can contribute in the best possible way to the up-skilling to improve the cooperation, both in educational and re-
and re-skilling of the aerospace and defence workforce, search activities: adaptation of the curricula to the industry
which we agree is absolutely necessary. changing needs, identification of internship opportunities
for the students, joint research projects, etc.
J-P. S. – Is PEGASUS in relation with European Aeros-
pace institutions? J-P. S. – In conclusion, what are your top level priorities
G. A. R. - Since its foundation, PEGASUS aims to offer itself for PEGASUS?
as the European portal for higher education and universi- G. A. R. - The objective of PEGASUS is to offer highly re-
ty-based research in aerospace, being recognised as the levant educational and research programs and thereby
most efficient channel to get university inputs at the inte- attract the best students and scientists. Coordinated de-
grated EU level. As an association of Universities, PEGA- velopments, exchange of staff and students and innova-
SUS represents the voice of the academia, understanding tion are the basis on which these objectives are achieved.
academia, as “the part of society, especially universities, Today we need to adapt our cooperation activities to the
that is connected with studying and thinking, or the acti- situation brought by the pandemics in terms of mobility
vity or job of studying”, following the definition of the Cam- restrictions that will become permanent: a new educa-
bridge Dictionary. tional environment is emerging, where distant learning
will co-exist with traditional on site teaching, in a variable
PEGASUS is in close relation with industries and research perimeter blended model. This is, as is often the case, a
centres, and from the institutional point of view PEGASUS problem that can be turned into an opportunity, thanks to
is an active member of ACARE, in the General Assembly the digital transition in which education is also immerged.
and also co-chairing Working Group 5 and the Strategic et Universities are an essential element in the European
and Implementation Board. PEGASUS is also participating aeronautics (aviation in general) and space ecosystems,
in the group of stakeholders which is preparing the new together with the industry, research and technology or-
Clean Aviation European partnership, the research and ganisations, and of course the European institutions. PE-
innovation programme funded by the EC, in the frame of GASUS is the only association of aeronautics and space
Horizon Europe, and private partners to help achieving the universities in Europe. PEGASUS represents the Universi-
ambitious targets that the EU has established for aviation ties (it is the Rector or the equivalent authority who signs
in 2050. the Partnership Agreement), not individual professors
or researchers, like other networks of aerospace scien-
J-P. S. – Is PEGASUS maintaining close relationships tists. Therefore, I think PEGASUS genuinely represents
with aerospace industry? the voice of the academia and can add much value and
G. A. R. - Yes, in addition to the many relationships esta- contribute with the institutions and the rest of the stake-
blished by our partner Universities, PEGASUS includes a holders to the scientific and technological advancements
mechanism to facilitate the interaction with the aerospace that are needed to build a world-leading European aeros-
industry, the PEGASUS Industry Alliance. This is a forum pace sector.
where the partner Universities meet with representatives
of the aerospace industry and exchange ideas on how
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1. Czech Republic (Technical University in Prague) – France (Ecole de l’air – Ecole Nationale de l’Aviation Civile – Ecole Nationale Supérieure
de Mécanique et d’Aérotechnique – ISAE-SUPAERO Ecole Nationale Supérieure de l’Aéronautique et de l’Espace – Ecole Supérieure de
Techniques Aéronautiques et de Construction Automobile) – Germany (RWTH Aachen University – Berlin Institute of Technology – Braun-
schweig University of Technology – Dresden University of Technology – University of Stuttgart) – Italy (Polytechnic University of Milan – Poly-
technic University of Turin – University of Naples Frederico II - University of Pisa) – Netherlands (Delft University of Technology) – Poland
(Warsaw University of Technology) – Portugal (Institute Superior Técnico) – Spain (Technical University of Madrid – Technical University of
Valencia – University of Seville) – Sweden (Royal Institute of Technology) – United Kingdom (Cranfield University – University of Bristol –
University of Glasgow)
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EUROPE’S AVIATION SECTOR LAUNCHES AMBITIOUS PLAN
TO REACH NET ZERO CO 2 EMISSIONS BY 2050
The Destination 2050 report further assumes an impact
on demand due to the above measures, resulting in the
net zero CO2 goal. Nevertheless, European air passenger
numbers are projected to grow on average by approxi-
mately 1.4% per year between 2018 and 2050 without
compromising the sector’s ability to reach net zero CO2
• Opportunity to reach net zero CO2 emissions through emissions by this point.
a combination of measures, making flying more sus- Destination 2050 highlights that to make the net zero
tainable for the long term. vision for European aviation by 2050 a reality, while
maintaining international competitiveness and avia-
• Sector calls for decisive action from both govern- tion’s benefits to society - quick, decisive joint actions by
ments and industry to achieve this net zero vision by governments and industry will be needed. Industry will
2050, while upholding international competitiveness need to continue to substantially invest in decarbonisa-
and aviation’s benefits to society. tion and innovation and make the necessary operational
transitions, while governments will need to ensure a level
playing field and facilitate the transition through incen-
Brussels, 11 February 2021 – Europe’s aviation sector tives and by reducing investment risks with consistent
today unveiled its flagship sustainability initiative, Des- and stable policy frameworks.
tination 2050 – A Route to Net Zero European Aviation.
Driven by a new, independent report, it provides a vision This is the first pan-European, industry-wide, long-term
and path for meaningful CO2 emission reduction efforts vision that comes with concrete solutions to the complex
in Europe and globally. This follows recent climate com- challenge of reducing CO2 emissions from commercial
mitments announced by the sector last November in the flights within and departing the EU, UK and EFTA. The ini-
Round Table Report on the Recovery of European Avia- tiative is led by five European aviation associations – Air-
tion which called upon institutional stakeholders to join ports Council International Europe (ACI EUROPE), AeroS-
the sector in an EU Pact for Sustainable Aviation by the pace and Defence Industries Association of Europe (ASD
end of 2021 – a call reiterated today. Europe), Airlines for Europe (A4E), Civil Air Navigation
Building on the Paris Agreement and the European Services Organisation (CANSO) and European Regions
Green Deal, Destination 2050 sees all flights within and Airline Association (ERA). The report was made possible
departing the EU, UK and EFTA realising net zero CO2 thanks to the work of the Royal Netherlands Aerospace
emissions by 2050. The ambitious plan and related com- Centre (NLR) and SEO Amsterdam Economics.
mitments laid out by Europe’s airlines, airports, aeros- “This long-planned vision and roadmap for the future of
pace manufacturers and air navigation service providers European aviation underlines our sector’s commitment
shows collective leadership of the European aviation and determination to play our part in tackling climate
sector to reduce CO2 emissions, with the goal of making change despite the current crisis. A robust regulatory
leisure and business air travel in Europe, and globally, framework will be paramount in achieving not only an
more sustainable in the long term. environmentally sustainable future, but also a financially
According to the report, there is an opportunity to reach resilient and competitive European aviation industry as
net zero CO2 emissions by 2050 through a combination a whole. We remain committed to work with policy-ma-
of four key measures, aligning European aviation with EU kers to take aviation forward jointly for the next gene-
climate goals – subject to securing the required suppor- ration of travellers,” said Thomas Reynaert, Managing
ting policy and financing framework at EU and national Director at A4E.
level. These four measures include:
• Improvements in aircraft and engine technologies “The Air Traffic Management industry and the rest of the
could achieve emission reductions of 37% aviation sector in Europe have come together to present
• Using sustainable aviation fuels (SAFs) could achieve a solution to our common challenge – reducing carbon
emission reductions of 34% emissions, while still delivering valuable economic and
• Implementing economic measures could achieve social benefits. With improvements across the sector, we
emission reductions of 8% aim to make a meaningful impact and help to achieve
• Improvements in air traffic management (ATM) and aircraft Europe’s climate goals,” said Tanja Grobotek, Director
operations could achieve emission reductions of 6% Europe Affairs at CANSO.
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