GMV participates in the PASSARO project for development of an airframe integrated technology demonstrator (ITD)

GMV is part of the consortium set up to run the PASSARO project (caPAbilities for innovative Structural and functional teSting of AeROstructures), which aims to demonstrate the applicability of a set of innovative technologies in the design, manufacturing and on-ground testing stages by using representative cabin and wing aerostructure prototypes.

Set up back in 2016, PASSARO is funded through the Clean Sky 2 Programme under topic JTI-CS2-2015-CPW02-AIR-02-06 “Airframe on-ground structural and functional tests of advanced structures”.

GMV’s participation is based on three development areas, all related to technologies of preparation and execution of tests in an industrial environment.

• The first area is related with the study and development of a centralized information network within a factory environment (aircraft manufacturing plant) with the purpose of homogenizing information accessible to all operators within the plant.

• The second refers to development of testing software capable of preparing, executing and analyzing test results. The goal is to expand today's systems to a distributed, preferably web-based architecture that is capable of running on the test hardware. This new testing software should also maintain the ability to interact with systems currently operating in the factory environment selected for the validation campaign to run.

• Finally, selection and development of portable hardware equipment, taking into consideration the state of the art in tablets, communication devices, augmented reality, visual and vocal patterns recognition systems that have the ability to run the testing software developed in the previous area of development.

The combination of the three separate development areas into a single development path, is expected to increase the efficiency and capabilities in the domain of portable critical software testing, with the potential results not confined to aeronautics but applicable also to other industrial systems.

GMV, one of the companies involved in this project, was selected on the basis of the following capabilities: software development capable of presenting the information in augmented reality views; indoor positioning solutions fully complemented by GNSS, in order to provide a unique ubiquitous navigation in a heavily industrialized scenario; secure communications and technological solutions to optimize the productive processes of large corporations.

About Clean Sky 2

The Clean Sky 2 program, brokered by the European Commission and the aeronautics industry and falling under the EU’s new Horizon 2020 research program, is Europe’s biggest aeronautics research program. Its main remit is to develop game-changing technology to drive sustainable development and improve air-transport’s environmental performance on the continent, resulting in quieter and more fuel-efficient planes and helping to meet environmental targets of the Single European Sky, guaranteeing at the same time the competitiveness of the European industry at world level.