Evektor is actively involved in international cooperation and participates in a number of major research and development projects supported by European Union and by Ministry of Industry and Trade of the Czech Republic.
CESAR - Cost-Effective Small Aircraft
The project was focused on the actual development process of aircraft from this category with the aim to reduce development costs by 20% and reduce time necessary for launching the product into the market, the so-called time-to-market, from average 6 years to 4 years.
The technical scope of the project was concentrated on improvement of development tools in the area of aerodynamics and design of aircraft. Moreover the project dealed with the selected airplane systems which have an essential influence on reducing operating costs and improving passenger transport safety. It was especially about research and development of technologies for a modern turbo-prop power unit, use of advanced electro-hydraulic and electromechanical actuators in mechanical systems of small airplanes, development of a reliable airplane cabin air system and introduction of modern predictive diagnostics according to condition which significantly enhance airplane maintenance process efficiency.
CESAR project was financially supported by European Union. Find more information about the project at www.cesar-project.eu
IMPERJA - Improving the Fatigue Performance of Riveted Joints in Airframes
IMPERJA project dealed with fatigue life improvement of rivet joints, which should lead to airplane service life enhancement, lower frequency of checks and thus to reduction of airplane operating costs. In total 8 companies from Poland, Czech Republic and Germany were involved in this project.
IMPERJA project was financially supported by European Union via the Ministry of Education of the Czech Republic
ENFICA-FC - Environmental Friendly Inter City Aircraft Powered by Fuel Cells
This project dealed with research and development of an airplane powered by electrical energy from hydrogen through fuel cells. During the project life the electrical power system has been developed and installed in the demonstration airplane and subsequently test flights have been performed with this airplane. Nine companies and institutions from five countries were involved in this project.
ENFICA-FC project was financially supported by European Union. For more information about the project, see www.enfica-fc.polito.it
ARTEMIS – Analytical Research of Risks in Electromagnetically Integrated Systems
ARTEMIS project has the objective to create and verify new analytical and experimental methods for assessment of inherent protection of small aircraft and the systems installed in them from electromagnetic effects of outside environment in all development stages, i.e. from the initial stages of virtual prototype creation up to flight tests including certification. Three companies and two universities from the Czech Republic are involved in the project.
ARTEMIS project is financially supported by the Ministry of Industry and Trade of the Czech Republic.