Project of the 6th Framework
Program of the EU - ALCAS
The objective of ALCAS project is to reduce the operating costs of relevant European aerospace products by 15%, through the cost effective application of carbon fibre composites to aircraft primary structure, taking into account systems integration. This project included new design concepts and methods that exploit the full potential of composite materials, as well as novel manufacturing and assembly processes.
Deadline:
from January 1, 2007 to April 30, 2011.
Coordinator:
- Airbus Operations Ltd, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
Partners:
- Airbus Operations S.A.S., French Republic;
- Airbus Operations GmbH, Federal Republic of Germany;
- Airbus Operations SL, Kingdom of Spain;
- Dassault Aviation, French Republic;
- Advanced Composites Group Ltd, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland;
- Asociación de Investigación y Cooperación Industrial de Andalucía, AICIA, Kingdom of Spain;
- ATS-Kleizen, Netherlands;
- Short Brothers plc, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland;
- CT Ingenieros A.A.I. S.L., Kingdom of Spain;
- Centre Essais Aéronautiques de Toulouse Balma, French Republic;
- Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt e.V., Federal Republic of Germany;
- Delft University of Technology, Netherlands;
- EADS CASA, Kingdom of Spain;
- European Aeronautic Defence and Space Company (EADS), French Republic;
- EADS Deutschland GmbH, Federal Republic of Germany;
- Stork Fokker Aesp BV, Netherlands;
- GKN Aerospace Services Limited, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland;
- Israel Aerospace Industries Ltd., State of Israel;
- ÉireComposites, Ireland;
- Assystem UK Ltd., United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland;
- Labinal Europe Wiring Division, French Republic;
- Messier-dowty Limited, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland;
- Nederlands Lucht- en Ruimtevaartlaboratorium (NLR), Netherlands;
- Patria Aerostructures Oy, Republic of Finland;
- RUAG Space, Swiss Confederation;
- Riga Technical University (RTU), Republic of Latvia;
- Saab AB, Kingdom of Sweden;
- Samtech S.A., Kingdom of Belgium;
- Sonaca Group, Kingdom of Belgium;
- Turkish Aerospace Industries, Republic of Türkiye;
- Technische Universität Dresden, Federal Republic of Germany;
- TWI Ltd, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland;
- University of Patras, Hellenic Republic (Greece);
- Helsinki University of Technology, Republic of Finland;
- Composites Testing Laboratory (CTL) Tastáil Teoranta, Ireland;
- Cranfield University, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland;
- University of Plymouth, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland;
- Swansea University, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland;
- École Nationale Supérieure Des Arts Et Industries Textiles, French Republic;
- Issoire Aviation, French Republic;
- Military University of Technology, Republic of Poland;
- Department of Aerospace Engineering at University of Pisa, Italian Republic;
- KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Kingdom of Sweden;
- Department of Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering - Ii University Of Naples, Italian Republic;
- Sigmatex (UK) Limited, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland;
- ATKINSNEDTECH., Netherlands;
- Aeroforme S.A. (AERO), French Republic;
- École Centrale de Nantes, French Republic;
- Institut de Recherche en Communications et Cybernétique de Nantes, French Republic;
- Lola Composites, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland;
- Techni-Modul Engineering, French Republic;
- Institut Supérieur de l'Aéronautique et de l'Espace ISAE-SUPAERO, French Republic;
- Universidad Politécnica de Madrid (UPM), Kingdom of Spain;
- National Aerospace University "Kharkiv Aviation Institute", Ukraine;
- Alenia Aeronautica, Italian Republic;
- Vyzkumny A Zkusebni Letecky Ustav A.S., Czech Republic.
Responsible unit:
- Department of composite structures and aviation materials science.
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