Development of key technologies to address a new wing design for a HER aircraft maturing up to TRL5: manufacturing, assembly, structural concepts and processes, concept studies, configuration and architecture trade offs for a full wing component are part of the activity. As a physical demonstration concept, the detail design and manufacturing of the relevant components of a centre wing section of a HER Aircraft will be addressed. Conceptual wing studies: configuration and architecture (structural arrangement, Systems allocation and disposition, flight control system) trade offs for a full wing. Full wing structural arrangement mock up for innovative wing concepts, Structural and Multidisciplinary Optimization studies for definition of the optimal structural configuration of wing. Demonstration platform: wingbox, high lift devices, control surfaces, load alleviation devices focusing on the centre section as a demonstration platform: - Integrated Centre section wing box structure with the inner Propulsion stage: Full span (pylon to pylon) torsion box concept representative of more ambitious tip 2 tip concept. Multispar concept, Access manholes and panels, Sustainable aviation fuel and Integrated Fuel vent systems. - Inner section Leading Edges, Integrated Inductive ice protection system integration, Multifunctionality: erosion, impact, Lightning, ice protection, Morphing concepts, Functional tests, Bird strike tests (virtual or real) - Inner section Flap and high lift solutions: Integrated flap solutions. Multifunctionality application to flap. Key processing technologies: Low cost-high integrated out of autoclave technologies. Dry fiber placement and liquid resin infusion for integrated multispar torsion box. Thermoplastic composites processing: In situ consolidation for integrated flap skin and Leading edge applications. Thermoplastic welding and co-consolidation for Integration. Bonding technologies exploration towards certifiable solutions.

The aim of ACHILES is to develop a more efficient E/E control system architecture optimized for the 3rd generation of EVs by integrating four new technological concepts. Firstly, a new wheel concept design will be equipped with full by-wire braking, including a new friction brake concept. Secondly, a centralized computer platform will host the e-drive functionalities and reduce the number of ECUs and networks while fulfilling safety & security requirements. It will support centralized domain controllers required to implement high automation and autonomy concepts, a key requirement for smart mobility. Thirdly, an out of phase control that will allow to intentionally operate the electric motor inefficiently to dissipate the excess of braking energy in case of fully charged batteries. As a fourth concept, a new torque vectoring algorithm will significantly improve the vehicle dynamics. The advances proposed will reduce the total cost of ownership by 10% and increase the driving range by at least 11% while increasing autonomy. ACHILES will be tested and verified in a real demo vehicle and in a brand-independent testing platform. The project consortium is another major asset. Audi, one of the technologically most advanced OEMs, will integrate these technologies to a next generation of EVs prototype. As a leading supplier, Continental will contribute by the innovative brake system. Elaphe, a leading technology company for e-motor design, will develop the suitable motor technology. TTTech, known for its future oriented network technologies for AI and autonomy-based systems, will be responsible for the networking technology. The academia team consists of the Vrije Universiteit Brussel (Coordinator), Tecnalia, Ikerlan and the Fraunhofer Gesellschaft. It will provide the technological basis, the modelling and the algorithms for this challenging endeavour. Finally, Idiada will conduct the testing and evaluations verifying and proving the achievement of the promised innovation.

UP2DATE4SDV has brought together automotive hardware manufacturers, the automotive software industry and SMEs, and the best-known researchers in the field to jointly create a comprehensive ecosystem for updatable, upgradable, and reconfigurable software-defined connected and automated vehicles. To this end, a middleware solution is to be created and integrated into the current automotive open source standards, which allows complete abstraction not only of the software running in the vehicle, but also of the installed hardware. As a result, not only can the software be continuously updated over the air over the lifetime of the vehicle and thus kept safe, secure, and up to date, but hardware components can also be easily replaced or supplemented to meet future requirements. To achieve this, we will additionally develop a new hardware component based on established automotive systems, which will be expanded in such a way that the unavoidable overhead resulting from the update capability of the systems is minimised thanks to explicit hardware support. The overall solution is suitable for the upcoming zonal E/E architectures that have a permanent connection to the cloud. The project therefore aims to develop and integrate methods that ensure the safety of the systems during an update by strictly separating all individual automotive applications in containers. In addition, a security layer will be introduced to prevent attacks via the cloud link or among the application modules. Finally, we want to make it easier for automotive software developers to use our middleware by establishing a reference layer based on a hypervisor that prevents the real-time requirements of different application modules from influencing each other. Communication to the vehicle components and to the cloud is abstracted and standardised. In addition, methods are provided to automate the V&V process for each further update, upgrade or reconfiguration and to ensure security at every step.