More Electric Aircraft
MOET is a joint development project in the EU's Framework Programme 6 formed by 61 companies from 15 countries. It is coordinated by Airbus France and aims at establishing a new industrial standard for commercial aircraft electrical system design. Research topics include the development of technologies for power source rationalization and electrical power flexibility. MOET's most important design objective is to improve operational aircraft capacity.
TTTech's know-how in time-triggered data communication is especially valuable in the work package led by Intertechnique. This work package emphasizes the core avionics interfaces between electrical sources and users, as well as advanced electrical distribution. TTTech develops a software package for aircraft obsolescence management that enables effortless upgrades as well as the "plug and play" exchange of hardware modules in more electric aircraft. Another software package to be developed by TTTech enhances data and application download during aircraft operation.
(Project duration 2006-2009)
DRESS - Distributed and Redundant Electrical Nose Gear Steering System
DRESS is a research project for "more electric" aircraft as well as airport automatic navigation. The idea is to develop and validate a distributed and redundant electrical steering system for an aircraft nose landing gear. The technology will reduce system weight and provide higher reliability due to the redundancies imposed on the system. Furthermore, the steering system could be integrated in future automated aircraft ground guidance systems.
This project was selected as part of the 6th Framework Programme for Research and Development by the European Commission. Coordinated by Messier-Bugatti, it brings together 13 actors of the European aerospace industry.
TTTech's contribution focuses on system architecture studies, data communication and advanced system integration technologies. TTTech will build easily reconfigurable plug- and play hardware and software modules for fault-tolerant, distributed embedded computing and networking. This will enable control system reuse among different aircraft platforms, reduction of certification effort, shorter development cycles, and reduced integration costs.
(Project duration 2006-2009)