Aeronautics Research 2002 - 2006 projects

Background
Strengthening Competitiveness
CESAR
Cost-Effective Small AiRcraft
This project is aimed at providing European
manufacturers of regional, commuter
and business aircraft with an
enhanced ability to become fully competitive
in the world market of small-size
commercial aircraft.
The European manufacturers of larger
aircraft have achieved leadership on the
global market and this part of European
aviation industry is nowadays highly competitive.
In the area of regional and smallsize
commercial aircraft the situation is
completely different. In the past, a number
of traditional aircraft manufacturers
in this category have gone bankrupt or
struggled with economic problems; only a
few European aircraft manufacturers succeeded
in establishing themselves in the
world markets. In general, there is still
suffi cient potential for European aircraft
manufacturers to regain an infl uential
position in the world market of small-size
commercial aircraft, which is nowadays
dominated, in particular, by the American
aircraft industry (predominantly by the
USA, Canada and Brazil).
WP 1
Aerodynamic
Design
Objectives
CESAR’s objective is to improve the competitiveness
for European manufacturers
and developers of small-size aircraft
used for commercial purposes. The competitiveness
in this aircraft category comprises
complex quantitative as well as
qualitative factors as perceived by potential
customers – the aircraft operators.
First of all it concerns the sale price and
low operating costs. Besides these quantitative
requirements, further qualitative
characteristics are required, for example
safety and reliability, suffi cient passenger
comfort and ecological aspects.
Affordable price: according to the economic
theory, the sale price is determined
by the competitive environment in the
market. In the case of a twin-engine piston
aircraft for nine passengers, potential
customers nowadays expect to pay less
than €1 million. For a double-engine turboprop
for nine people they expect a price
of less than €1.1 million, while for a four
to fi ve-seater biz-jet the expected price
should be in the region of €2.5-3 million.
To be price competitive puts stringent
WP 5
Development Concept Integration and Validation
Integration and asessment of project's results
on two baseline a/c configurations
NEW
PROJECT
NEW SOLUTIONS
DEVELOPMENT DELIVERABLES
FOR SELECTED
1. CONCEPT FOR
AIRCRAFT
modified economical use of 2.
SMALL A/C
WP 0 – Management and Training
WP 2
Structural
Design
WP 3
Propulsion
Integration
technologies applied on
large commercial aircraft
WP 4
Optimized
Systems
SYSTEMS
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