Programme Category
Programme Name
Programme Description
The EuroHPC Joint Undertaking (hereinafter “EuroHPC JU”), will contribute to the ambition of value creation in the Union with the overall mission to develop, deploy, extend and maintain in the Union an integrated world class supercomputing and quantum computing infrastructure and to develop and support a highly competitive and innovative High Performance Computing (HPC) ecosystem, extreme scale, power-efficient and highly resilient HPC and data technologies.
Identifier Code
Call
Summary
With the greater attention to environmental aspects (even with stringent regulations) and higher market demand, the mid-2030s are expected to see the entry of a new generation of SR/SMR aircraft (with a capacity of up to 250 seats) aiming towards sustainable climate-neutral flight.
Detailed Call Description
While hybrid/electric energy architectures are considered to pave the way towards climate-neutral aviation on routes shorter than 1000 km, aircraft for classical short and medium-range distances, i.e. from 1000 km up to 3700 km, will rely on ultra-efficient aircraft designs and ultra-efficient thermal energy-based propulsion technologies using sustainable drop-in and non-drop-in fuels.
Propulsion represents a major challenge for the successful realization of the SR/SMR aircraft with a targeted fuel burn reduction of minimum 20%92 at overall engine / propulsion systemlevel, supporting a fuel burn reduction of 30%93 at aircraft level.
A number of top level goals will be the basis for performance targets, in particular:
- No less than a 20%97 reduction in fuel burn and related emissions on a typical mission at overall propulsion system level compared to a clearly identified 2020 state-of-the-art reference engine (not considering other contributions or installation effects);
- Engine/installed performance compliant with the aircraft performance target of 30%98 fuel burn reduction, to be extended as much as possible to a target of 30% GHG emissions reduction at aircraft level (possibly expressed, for instance, in terms of overall GHG emissions per passenger kilometre);
- All noise and emissions levels resulting from the project’s outcomes shall be consistent with meeting all currently foreseen regulations and standards with sufficient margin to accommodate uncertainty in results at the TRL level achieved;
- Weight constraints of the overall propulsion system so as to minimize the propulsion weight ratio to the Operating Empty Weight;
- It is implicit that targets must be compatible with safety as overarching requirement.
The top level goals shall be broken down in a consistent manner at the different levels:
-from aircraft top level requirements to systems
-sub-systems and components level requirements
from where pertinent performance targets including key performance indicators shall be derived.
Call Total Budget
Financing percentage by EU or other bodies / Level of Subsidy or Loan
70%
EU contribution of between €25 and €100 million
Thematic Categories
- Environment and Climate Change
- Other Services
- Other Thematic Category
- Research, Technological Development and Innovation
Eligibility for Participation
- Researchers/Research Centers/Institutions
- Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs)
Eligibility For Participation Notes
Given the illegal invasion of Ukraine by Russia and the involvement of Belarus, legal entities established in Russia, Belarus or in any occupied territory of Ukraine are not eligible to participate in any capacity.
Exceptions may be granted on a case-by-case basis for justified reasons, such as for humanitarian purposes, civil society support or people-to-people contacts.
Applicants should identify and include the additional expertise needed to complement the traditional aeronautical domain, in order to effectively address the incorporation of new/disruptive technologies. Where appropriate, the consortium should include newcomers to the field of aeronautics and in particular SMEs, start-ups and/or knowledge centres that can bring disruptive innovation to the project as proposed.