Research Projects

This project has been funded by the European Union's Horizon Europe
research and innovation programme.

Contacts

At NLR - Royal Netherlands Aerospace Centre in consortium with Harms Aviation GmbH, Rotorsky GmbH, FFL Fachschule fürLuftfahrzeugführer GmbH and CAE Aviation training B.V.

Project manager: Jenny Eaglestone, jenny.eaglestone [at] nlr.nl (jenny[dot]eaglestone[at]nlr[dot]nl)
Technical Lead: Gunnar Hasse, gunnar.hasse [at] harmsaviation.com (gunnar[dot]hasse[at]harmsaviation[dot]com)

At EASA

Project manager: Joana Gomes, joana.gomes [at] easa.europa.eu (joana[dot]gomes[at]easa[dot]europa[dot]eu) 
Technical lead: Prokopis Batzanopoulos, prokopis.batzanopoulos [at] easa.europa.eu (prokopis[dot]batzanopoulos[at]easa[dot]europa[dot]eu)
Lead expert: Xavier De Rom, xavier.de-rom [at] easa.europa.eu (xavier[dot]de-rom[at]easa[dot]europa[dot]eu)

 

Tender documentation EASA/2023/OP/0007

This project will be funded from the European Union's Horizon Europe
research and innovation programme.

Consortium members
Technical University of Denmark (DTU)
NSE Composites B.V
Fraunhofer Institute for Microstructure of Materials and Systems
Università di Genova

At the contractor
Project Manager: Christian Berggreen, cber [at] dtu.dk (cber[at]dtu[dot]dk)
Technical Lead: Ralf Hilgers, ralf.hilgers [at] airbus.com (ralf[dot]hilgers[at]airbus[dot]com)

At EASA
Project Manager: Helder Mendes, helder.mendes [at] easa.europa.eu (helder[dot]mendes[at]easa[dot]europa[dot]eu)
Technical Lead: Simon Waite, simon.waite [at] easa.europa.eu (simon[dot]waite[at]easa[dot]europa[dot]eu)

Tender documentation EASA/2024/OP/0009

This project is funded from the European Union's Horizon Europe
research and innovation programme.

Contacts:
Project manager: Emanuela Innocente, emanuela.innocente [at] easa.europa.eu (emanuela[dot]innocente[at]easa[dot]europa[dot]eu) 
Technical lead: Stephen Arrowsmith, stephen.arrowsmith [at] easa.europa.eu (stephen[dot]arrowsmith[at]easa[dot]europa[dot]eu) 

This project has been funded from the European Union's Horizon Europe
research and innovation programme.

Contacts

At Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt e.V. (DLR)

Project manager: Daniel Schmelling, daniel.schmeling [at] dlr.de (daniel[dot]schmeling[at]dlr[dot]de) 
Technical lead: Stefan Leuko, stefan.leuko [at] dlr.de (stefan[dot]leuko[at]dlr[dot]de)

At EASA

Project manager: Joana Gomes, joana.gomes [at] easa.europa.eu (joana[dot]gomes[at]easa[dot]europa[dot]eu) 
Technical lead: Thomas Ohnimus, thomas.ohnimus [at] easa.europa.eu (thomas[dot]ohnimus[at]easa[dot]europa[dot]eu)
Lead expert cabin safety: Enzo Canari, enzo.canari [at] easa.europa.eu (enzo[dot]canari[at]easa[dot]europa[dot]eu)
Lead medical expert: Pedro Caetano, pedro.caetano [at] easa.europa.eu (pedro[dot]caetano[at]easa[dot]europa[dot]eu)
 

Tender documentation EASA/2023/OP/0003

This project has been funded by the European Union's Horizon Europe
research and innovation programme.

Contacts:

At Royal Netherlands Aerospace Centre (NLR) in consortium with University of South-Eastern Norway

Project manager: Alfred Roelen, alfred.roelen [at] nlr.nl (alfred[dot]roelen[at]nlr[dot]nl)
Technical Lead: Rigmor Baraas, rigmor.baraas [at] usn.no (rigmor[dot]baraas[at]usn[dot]no)

At EASA

Project manager: Joana Gomes, joana.gomes [at] easa.europa.eu (joana[dot]gomes[at]easa[dot]europa[dot]eu)
Technical lead: Cristian Panait, cristianionut.panait [at] easa.europa.eu (cristianionut[dot]panait[at]easa[dot]europa[dot]eu)

Lead Expert: Mateja Kotnik Kerbev, mateja.kotnik-kerbev [at] easa.europa.eu (mateja[dot]kotnik-kerbev[at]easa[dot]europa[dot]eu)

 Tender documentation EASA/2023/OP/0004

This project will be funded from the European Union's Horizon Europe
research and innovation programme.

Contacts:

ALG Global Infrastructure Advisors S.L.U.
Contract manager: Nuria Alsina, nalsina [at] alg-global.com (nalsina[at]alg-global[dot]com)

EASA
Project manager: Mihaela Grecu, mihaela-daniela.grecu [at] easa.europa.eu
Technical lead: Leopold Viroles, leopold.viroles [at] easa.europa.eu

This project will be funded from the European Union's Horizon Europe
research and innovation programme.

At Deep Blue SRL:

Project manager: Damiano Taurino, damiano.taurino [at] dblue.it
Technical lead: Thorsten Wollweber, thorsten.wollweber [at] airbus.com

Consortium members:  
Airbus Protect, DLR

At EASA:
Project manager: Helder Mendes, helder.mendes [at] easa.europa.eu (helder[dot]mendes[at]easa[dot]europa[dot]eu)
Technical lead: Cyrille Rosay, cyrille.rosay [at] easa.europa.eu

This project will be funded from the European Union's Horizon Europe
research and innovation programme.

At Deutsches Zentrum für Luft‐ und Raumfahrt e.V. (DLR)
Project manager: Edwin Mulder, Edwin.Mulder [at] dlr.de
Technical lead: Ries Simons, simons-aeromed [at] ziggo.nl

At EASA
Project manager: Joana Vieira Gomes, joana.gomes [at] easa.europa.eu
Technical lead: Mateja Kotnik-Kerbev, mateja.kotnik-kerbev [at] easa.europa.eu (mateja[dot]kotnik-kerbev[at]easa[dot]europa[dot]eu)
Expert: Cristian Ionut Panait, cristianionut.panait [at] easa.europa.eu

This project will be funded from the European Union's Horizon Europe
research and innovation programme.

Consortium members
Medical University of Graz, CAA International Limited, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven and University of Surrey

Contact persons
Project manager: Julia Mader, julia.mader [at] medunigraz.at
Technical lead: David Russel-Jones, davidrussell-jones [at] nhs.net

At EASA
Project manager: Joana Vieira Gomes, joana.gomes [at] easa.europa.eu
Technical lead: Cristian Ionut Panait, cristianionut.panait [at] easa.europa.eu
Technical lead: Pedro Caetano, pedro.caetano [at] easa.europa.eu

This project will be funded from the European Union's Horizon Europe 
research and innovation programme.

At CAA International 
Project manager: Sarah Fox, sarah.fox [at] caa.co.uk 
Technical lead: Kevin Sawyer, kevin.sawyer [at] caa.co.uk

Consortium members 
CAA International, APAVE and CASRA

At EASA 
Project manager: Helder Mendes, helder.mendes [at] easa.europa.eu 
Technical lead: Adam Borkowski, adam.borkowski [at] easa.europa.eu

Project’s email contact

Should you wish to get in touch about any area of the project, or just wish to provide feedback, please email the team at: caai.impactofsecuritymeasuresonsafety [at] caa.co.uk (caai[dot]impactofsecuritymeasuresonsafety[at]caa[dot]co[dot]uk)

This project will be funded from the European Union's Horizon Europe
research and innovation programme.

At Frauenhofer Gesellschaft
Project manager: Simon Holz, simon.holz [at] emi.fraunhofer.de (simon[dot]holz[at]emi[dot]fraunhofer[dot]de)

Technical lead: Victor Norrefeld, victor.norrefeldt [at] ibp.fraunhofer.de (victor[dot]norrefeldt[at]ibp[dot]fraunhofer[dot]de)

Consortium members
Airbus

At EASA
Project manager: Simone Schwerdorf, simone.schwerdorf [at] easa.europa.eu

Technical lead: Lia Calleja Barcena, lia.calleja-barcena [at] easa.europa.eu

Technical expert: Enzo Canari, enzo.canari [at] easa.europa.eu

This project will be funded from the European Union's Horizon Europe research and innovation programme.

At NLR

Project manager: Gerard van Es, vanes [at] nlr.nl

Technical lead: Peter van der Geest, Peter.van.der.Geest [at] nlr.nl

Consortium members: 

Consortium led by NLR with ESDU (Engineering Sciences Data Unit) - IHS Global Ltd as a consortium member.

At EASA

Projec manager: Willy Sigl, willy.sigl [at] easa.europa.eu

Technical lead: Vasileios Stefanioros, vasileios.stefanioros [at] easa.europa.eu

This project will be funded from the European Union's Horizon Europe
research and innovation programme.

At NLR
Project manager: Wilfred Rouwhorst, wilfred.rouwhorst [at] nlr.nl
Technical lead: Alfred Roelen, alfred.roelen [at] nlr.nl

Consortium members
Deep Blue

(Subcontractors: DLR, ADSE and Ries Simons)

At EASA
Project/Contract manager: Simone Schwerdorf, simone.schwerdorf [at] easa.europa.eu
Technical lead: Gianluca Mele, gianluca.mele [at] easa.europa.eu

This project has received funding from the European Union's Horizon 2020
research and innovation programme under grant agreement No MOVE/B3/SUB/2020-243/SI2.826742

At Fraunhofer Institute

• Project manager & technical lead: Dr. Sven Schuchardt, sven.schuchardt [at] item.fraunhofer.de
   

At EASA

• Project/contract manager: Emmanuel Isambert, Emmanuel.Isambert [at] easa.europa.eu
• Technical expert: Emmanuel Cayrol, Emmanuel.Cayrol [at] easa.europa.eu
   

Independent experts

• Dr. Francesca Costabile
• Prof. Dr. Dietmar Breuer
• Dr. Maurizio Gualtieri

This project has received funding from the European Union's Horizon 2020
research and innovation programme under grant agreement No MOVE/B3/SUB/2020-243/SI2.826742.The research action is based on the Horizon 2020 Work Programme Societal Challenge 4 ‘Smart, green and integrated transport’.

At NLR

• Project manager & technical lead: Dr. Alwin van Drongelen

Consortium members: 
Stockholm University, Finish Institute of Occupational Health (FIOH), DLR

At EASA

• Project/contract manager: Emmanuel Isambert, Emmanuel.Isambert [at] easa.europa.eu
• Technical lead: Irina Petrova, Irina.Petrova [at] easa.europa.eu

This project has received funding from the European Union's Horizon 2020
research and innovation programme under grant agreement No MOVE/B3/SUB/2020-243/SI2.826742

The research action is based on the Horizon 2020 Work Programme Societal Challenge 4 ‘Smart, green and integrated transport’.

At VITO (Vlaamse Instelling voor Technologisch Onderzoek) NV

• Project manager: Dr. Kiehm Trad

At Airbus Operations GmbH

• Technical Lead: Dr.-Ing Konstantin Kallergis

At EASA

• Project/contract manager: Emmanuel Isambert, emmanuel.isambert [at] easa.europa.eu
• Technical Lead: Thomas Manthey, thomas.manthey [at] easa.europa.eu and Enzo Canari, enzo.canari [at] easa.europa.eu

This project will be funded from the European Union's Horizon Europe
research and innovation programme.

At Airbus
Project manager: Dr. Philippe Goupil, philippe.goupil [at] airbus.com
Technical lead: Dr. Guillaume Alcalay, guillaume.alcalay [at] airbus.com

Consortium members
Airbus and TU Delft

At EASA
Project manager: Helder Mendes, helder.mendes [at] easa.europa.eu
Technical lead: Amael Cantin, amael.cantin [at] easa.europa.eu

This project will be funded from the European Union's Horizon Europe
research and innovation programme.

At ONERA
Project manager and Technical lead: Laruent Binet, laurent.binet [at] onera.fr

At EASA
Project manager: Helder Mendes, helder.mendes [at] easa.europa.eu
Technical lead: Raffaele Di Caprio, Raffaele.DICAPRIO [at] easa.europa.eu

This project will be funded from the European Union's Horizon Europe
research and innovation programme.

At Airsight GmbH
Project Manager: Jan Walther, j.walther [at] airsight.de
Technical lead: Davy van Hyfte, davy.van.hyfte [at] brusselsairport.be

Consortium members: Brussels airport, Airport Intelligence

At EASA
Project manager: Helder Mendes, helder.mendes [at] easa.europa.eu
Technical lead:  Ioannis Galionis, ioannis.galionis [at] easa.europa.eu (ioannis[dot]galionis[at]easa[dot]europa[dot]eu)

This project will be funded from the European Union's Horizon Europe research and innovation programme.

At Rapiscan Systems Limited
Project Manager: Sarah Fox, sarah.fox [at] caa.co.uk
Technical lead: Dean Smith, DeSmith [at] osi-systems.com (Rapiscan)

Consortium members: CAA International

At EASA
Project manager: Simone Schwerdorf, simone.schwerdorf [at] easa.europa.eu
Technical lead: Adam Borkowski, adam.borkowski [at] easa.europa.eu
Technical expert: Lia Calleja-Barcena, lia.calleja-barcena [at] easa.europa.eu
Technical expert: Vasileios Papageorgiou, Vasileios.papageorgiou [at] easa.europa.eu

This project will be funded from the European Union's Horizon Europe
research and innovation programme.

At Liebherr Aerospace
Project manager: Tamara Socher, tamara.socher [at] liebherr.com
Technical lead: Guido Weber, guido.weber [at] liebherr.com

Consortium members
Liebherr Aerospace and TU Berlin

At EASA
Project manager: Helder Mendes, helder.mendes [at] easa.europa.eu
Technical lead: Michael Weiler, michael.weiler [at] easa.europa.eu

This project has received funding from the European Union's Horizon 2020
research and innovation programme under grant agreement No MOVE/B3/SUB/2020-243/SI2.826742.

The research action is based on the Horizon 2020 Work Programme Societal Challenge 4 ‘Smart, green and integrated transport’.

At INTA, Rolls Royce & Universidad Politecnica de Madrid (UPM)

• Project manager: Dévora Hormigo Jurado, hormigojd [at] inta.es
• Technical lead: Andrew Crayford, crayfordap1 [at] cardiff.ac.uk

Consortium members: 
Consortium members: Rolls Royce, The University of Manchester, Cardiff University, Zurich University of Applied Sciences (ZHAW), Universidad Politecnica de Madrid (UPM)
 

At EASA

• Project/contract manager: Willy Sigl, Willy.Sigl [at] easa.europa.eu
• Technical lead: Werner Hörmann, Werner.Hoermann [at] easa.europa.eu

This project will be funded from the European Union's Horizon Europe
research and innovation programme.

At ALG Global Infrastructure Advisors, S.L.U.
Project manager: Núria Alsina, nalsina [at] alg-global.com
Technical Lead: Antonio Cabeza, acabezad [at] alg-global.com

At EASA
Project manager: Joana Vieira Gomes, joana.gomes [at] easa.europa.eu
Technical lead: Guillaume Aigoin, guillaume.aigoin [at] easa.europa.eu
Technical lead: Francisco Arenas Alvarino, francisco.arenasalvarino [at] easa.europa.eu
Expert: Leopold Viroles, leopold.viroles [at] easa.europa.eu

This project will be funded from the European Union's Horizon Europe
research and innovation programme.

At Zürcher Hochschule für Angewandte Wissenschaft (ZHAW)
Project manager: Pierluigi Capone, capo [at] zhaw.ch
Technical lead: Marcello Righi, rigm [at] zhaw.ch

At EASA
Project manager: Joana Vieira Gomes, joana.gomes [at] easa.europa.eu
Technical lead: Laurent Pinsard, laurent.pinsard [at] easa.europa.eu
Expert: Elena Garcia Sanchez, elena-beatriz.garcia-sanchez [at] easa.europa.eu

This project will be funded from the European Union's Horizon Europe
research and innovation programme.

At FPT Software Europe SARL
Project manager: Long Nguyen, longn [at] fpt.com
Technical lead: Iñigo Arsuaga Espoz, inigoae [at] fsoft.com.vn
Engagement Partner: Alain Durel, am.durel [at] fsoft.com.vn

At EASA
Project manager: Joana Vieira Gomes, joana.gomes [at] easa.europa.eu
Technical lead: Ana Marija DURANEC, ana-marija.duranec [at] easa.europa.eu (ana-marija[dot]duranec[at]easa[dot]europa[dot]eu)
Expert: Joaquin Duran Cereza, joaquin.duran-cereza [at] easa.europa.eu

This project will be funded from the European Union's Horizon Europe
research and innovation programme.

At Airbus Protect

Project manager: Michel Kaczmarek, Michel.Kaczmarek [at] apsys-airbus.com

Technical lead: Olivier Galibert, Olivier.Galibert [at] lne.fr

Consortium members
Numalis and LNE.

At EASA

Project manager: Willy Sigl, willy.sigl [at] easa.europa.eu

Technical lead: Xavier Henriquel, xavier.henriquel [at] easa.europa.eu

Task 1 lead – Representativeness and completeness – François Triboulet, francois.triboulet [at] easa.europa.eu
Task 2 lead – Generalization guarantee – Xavier Henriquel, xavier.henriquel [at] easa.europa.eu
Task 3 lead – Model robustness and stability  – Guillaume Soudain, guillaume.soudain [at] easa.europa.eu

This project will be funded from the European Union's Horizon Europe research and innovation programme.

At Deep Blue Srl

Project manager: Paola Lanzi, Paola.lanzi [at] dblue.it

Technical lead: Paola Tomasello, paola.tomasello [at] dblue.it

At EASA

Project manager: Willy Sigl, willy.sigl [at] easa.europa.eu

Technical lead: Cristian Ionut Panait, cristianionut.panait [at] easa.europa.eu

This project will be funded from the European Union's Horizon Europe
research and innovation programme.

At SHEPHERD project

Project manager: Marco Ducci, marco.ducci [at] dblue.it

Technical lead: Alexandra Florin, florial [at] wing.com

At EASA

Project manager: Willy Sigl, willy.sigl [at] easa.europa.eu

Technical lead: Natale Di Rubbo, natale.di-rubbo [at] easa.europa.eu  

This project has received funding from the European Union's Horizon 2020
research and innovation programme under grant agreement No MOVE/B3/SUB/2020-243/SI2.826742.

The research action is based on the Horizon 2020 Work Programme Societal Challenge 4 ‘Smart, green and integrated transport’.

At NLR

• Project manager: Michel van Eenige, Michel.van.Eenige [at] nlr.nl
• Technical lead: Jan Middel, Jan.Middel [at] nlr.nl

At EASA

• Project/contract manager: Willy Sigl, Willy.Sigl [at] easa.europa.eu
• Technical lead: Joonas Laukia, Joonas.Laukia [at] easa.europa.eu

This project has received funding from the European Union's Horizon 2020
research and innovation programme under grant agreement No MOVE/B3/SUB/2020-243/SI2.826742.

The research action is based on the Horizon 2020 Work Programme Societal Challenge 4 ‘Smart, green and integrated transport’.

At NLR

• Project manager: Marthijn Tuinstra, marthijn.tuinstra [at] nlr.nl
• Technical lead: Marthijn Tuinstra, marthijn.tuinstra [at] nlr.nl
• Consortium Members: SINTEF AS, ANOTEC Engineering

At EASA

• Project/contract manager: Willy Sigl, willy.sigl [at] easa.europa.eu

This project will be funded from the European Union's Horizon Europe
research and innovation programme.

At CAAi

Project manager: Stuart Brown, stuart.brown [at] caa.co.uk 

Technical lead: Dave Howson, dave.howson [at] caa.co.uk 

At EASA

Project manager: Willy Sigl, willy.sigl [at] easa.europa.eu 

Technical lead: Emily Lewis, emily.lewis [at] easa.europa.eu 

This project has received funding from the European Union's Horizon 2020
research and innovation programme under grant agreement No MOVE/B3/SUB/2020-243/SI2.826742.

The research action is based on the Horizon 2020 Work Programme Societal Challenge 4 ‘Smart, green and integrated transport’.

At Airbus Helicopters Technik GmbH:

• project.gift_mgb.ahd [at] airbus.com

At EASA

• Project/contract manager: Willy Sigl, willy.sigl [at] easa.europa.eu
• Technical lead: Rodrigo Martin, rodrigo.martin-gomez [at] easa.europa.eu
   

This project will be funded from the European Union's Horizon Europe
research and innovation programme.

At Horvarth
Project Manager: Olaf Müller, OMueller [at] horvath-partners.com
Technical lead: Helge Mikuda, helge.mikuda [at] droniq.de

Consortium members: Droniq

At EASA
Project manager: Helder Mendes, helder.mendes [at] easa.europa.eu
Technical lead: Vladimir Foltin, vladimir.foltin [at] easa.europa.eu

This project has received funding from the European Union's Horizon 2020
research and innovation programme under grant agreement No MOVE/B3/SUB/2020-243/SI2.826742.

The research action is based on the Horizon 2020 Work Programme Societal Challenge 4 ‘Smart, green and integrated transport’.

At DART Aerospace

• Project manager: Maria Luisa Scatola, mscatola [at] dartaero.com
• Technical lead: Alejandro Flores, aflores [at] dartaero.com

At EASA

• Project/contract manager: Willy Sigl, willy.sigl [at] easa.europa.eu
• Technical lead: Emily Lewis, emily.lewis [at] easa.europa.eu

This project has received funding from the European Union's Horizon 2020
research and innovation programme under grant agreement No MOVE/B3/SUB/2020-243/SI2.826742.

The research action is based on the Horizon 2020 Work Programme Societal Challenge 4 ‘Smart, green and integrated transport’.

At QinetiQ

• Project manager: Natalie Grey, nfgrey [at] qinetiq.com
• Technical lead: Bill Austen, WJAUSTEN [at] qinetiq.com
   

At EASA

• Project/contract manager: Joana Gomes, Joana.Gomes [at] easa.europa.eu
• Technical lead: Antonio Marchetto, Antonio.MARCHETTO [at] easa.europa.eu
  

This project will be funded from the European Union's Horizon Europe research and innovation programme.

At NLR

Project manager: Alfred Roelen, alfred.roelen [at] nlr.nl

Technical lead: Tom van Birgelen, tom.van.birgelen [at] nlr.nl

At EASA

Project manager: Willy Sigl, willy.sigl [at] easa.europa.eu

Technical lead: Eric Duvivier, eric.duvivier [at] easa.europa.eu

This project has received funding from the European Union's Horizon 2020
research and innovation programme under grant agreement No MOVE/B3/SUB/2020-243/SI2.826742. The research action is based on the Horizon 2020 Work Programme Societal Challenge 4 ‘Smart, green and integrated transport’.

At Collins Aerospace

• Project manager & technical lead: Laurent Robin

Consortium members: 
Consortium members: Safran
 

At EASA

• Project/contract manager: Emmanuel Isambert, Emmanuel.Isambert [at] easa.europa.eu
• Technical lead: Guillaume Aigoin, Guillaume.Aigoin [at] easa.europa.eu

At UK CAA 

• Project manager: Elaine Griffith, Elaine.Griffith [at] caa.co.uk
• Technical lead: Dave Howson, Dave.Howson [at] caa.co.uk

At EASA

• Project/contract manager: Willy Sigl, Willy.Sigl [at] easa.europa.eu
• Technical lead: Emily Lewis, Emily.Lewis [at] easa.europa.eu