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Last ACASIAS Milestone achieved
The ACASIAS project is aimed at developing advanced concepts for aero-structures with multifunctional capabilities. The proposed innovations include a composite stiffened ortho-grid fuselage panel for the integration of a Ku-band SATCOM antenna array; a lining panel with integrated Active Structural Acoustic Control system for reduction of CROR noise in the cabin; a smart winglet with integrated blade VHF (Very High Frequency) antenna; a Fibre Metal Laminate panel with integrated VHF communication slot antenna and integrated GPS patch antennas.
During the COVID-19 crisis, most of the partners' facilities were closed and access to their facilities was limited, but the ACASIAS team continued part of the work remotely.
On September 1st ,2020, an ACASIAS meeting was held with the objective to verify Milestone 6, Review of intermediate test results of ACASIAS innovations. During this meeting the progress of the project was presented to the Industrial Advisory members of Diehl AviationGmbH, Dassault Aviation, Lufthansa Technik, Airbus Defence and Space, and EASA. The meeting concluded that the results presented are satisfactory and that Milestone 6 has been achieved. The project focuses now on the finalisation phase, which has been delayed due to the partners’ facilities lock-down. Despite the delay, all the partners are strongly motivated to achieve all activities and deliverables before the end of the project.
To summarise, the ACASIAS project is showing good progress and all its partners will continue their joint effort to achieve the project objectives.
Figure 1: Measurement on the FML panel with slot antenna
Figure 2: Active-Structural-Acoustic-Control (ASAC) system for CROR noise reduction integrated in a lining panel
Figure 3: Active lining for the reduction of rotor noise
