Products and Services

This theme which mainly deals with the so-called airframe is subdivided into

• Materials Technology and Mechanical Engineering
• Aircraft physics
• Safety and Security of the airframe and payload
• Eco and societal requirements addressing life cycle, MRO themes and pollution
• Engine-MRO

ATM and organization, transport Intermodality Onboard systems supported in the areas

• Hardware testing for ATA equipment including avionics, procedures and standards around these elements
• Power and dynamics
• Aircraft energy, fuels and onboard consumables
• Simplification and the verification of system architectures

Services:

• Psychophysical measurements under realistic cabin environment conditions (noise, light, thermal comfort, air quality, low pressure)
• Realistic full scale ground validations
• Fraunhofer Flight Test Facility FTF brings the cabin to full operational envelope using an Airbus A310, for instance low pressures just above 150hPa inside a 30m low pressure chamber

• Innovation in aviation
  • Processes of innovation in the aviation sector, pathways for new technologies
• Climate Policy
  • Policies to enable growth in activity while reducing emissions
• Economic analysis of the aviation industry
  • Microeconomic analysis of the impact of regulation and policy on aviation growth and emissions
  • Macroeconomic analysis of the contribution of the aviation sector to national economies
• Noise
  • Evaluation of noise regulation for airports
  • Evaluation of noise from aviation activity
• Greenhouse gas and local air emissions
  • Assessment of aviation emissions and contribution to climate change
  • Scenario analysis of future developments
• Demand for Aviation
  • Analysis of factors driving the demand for aviation freight and passenger services
  • Scenario analysis

• Aircraft operation on ground
  • Data recording and statistical analysis for accuracy control of landing, taxiwaying and parking
• Groundhandling
  • Simulation of the total ground transportation and handling processes on airports, capacity assessment, optimization of ground time
• Cargo network
  • Market analysis, hub and network design, control of feeder and distribution services
• Cargo handling
  • Analysis of demand, specification of requirements, process mapping, site and facility planning, monitoring of implementation
• Security
  • Improvement, coupling and integration of security checks as necessary part of handling processes