To Develop Enabling Technologies for Low Environmental Impact and Minimum fuel consumption.

Challenge/Domain

Challenge:

Protecting the environment and the energy supply

Domain category:

Technology

Enabler

Enabler:

To Develop Enabling Technologies for Low Environmental Impact and Minimum fuel consumption.

Cluster of enablers:

An extraordinary technological effort to define the air vehicles of the future that minimise environmental impact and energy consumption

Capability

Capability:

To develop new aerodynamic designs and technologies for airfoils & wings

Sub capability:

-airfoils for rotorcraft -blade technologies for open rotor engines and turbo props

R&I needs:

* Advanced main rotor planforms * active control (eg active twist) at TRL5

Achievements

2020:

* airfoil adapted to support large variable rotor speed range

2035:

* Adaptive Rotor 2.Generation (adaptive airfoil)

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