Novel Energy and propUlsion systeMs for Air domiNaNce (NEUMANN)

Project description: 

NEUMANN stands for Novel Energy and propUlsion systeMs for Air dominance. It is a project co-funded by the European Union under the European Defense Fund, supporting R&D projects in the area of advanced technologies in the field of security and defense of EU countries. The project focuses on the development of proposals for technological solutions in the field of propulsion systems/subsystems and energy management for fighter aircraft engines. The consortium coordinated by GE Avio Areo includes 37 partners from 14 European countries. The project is being carried out at the Łukasiewicz Research Network – Institute of Aviation in the Materials and Structures Department in cooperation with the Testing Laboratory, Engineering Design Center. NEUMANN is a pan-European collaborative project involving key industry, large enterprises, mid-caps, SMEs, universities, and research centers focused on developing technologies and expertise for next-generation power and propulsion systems. The goal of the NEUMANN project is to develop technologies and perform collaborative system studies for novel energy aircraft domains, with a focus on propulsion, electrical and thermal systems, and management, to achieve in the 4-year period a proof of system integration functionalities and increased confidence in enabling technology readiness at both subsystems and system level up to TRL 4. The NEUMANN project will enable strategic autonomy in the defence sector for the power and propulsion systems, in particular for high-temperature materials, thermal management enhanced by additive manufacturing technologies, energy generation and management and control systems. NEUMANN is an inclusive project that will enhance critical capabilities of the European defense and technological industrial base. The project’s results will fertilize knowledge transfer and implementation of new technologies in the EU.

Project manager: Paweł Szuchnik
Phone: +48 601 626 424
E-mail: Pawel.Szuchnik@ilot.lukasiewicz.gov.pl
Manager R&D: Sławomir Czarnewicz
Project duration: 01.12.2022 – 31.01.2027
Funding institution: European Commission
Programme name: Horizon Europe, European Defense Fund
Consortium: GE AVIO AREO SRL, LEONARDO, SAAB, GKN AREOSPACE SWEDEN, PACE AREOSPACE ENGINEERING AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY GMBH, TXT E-SOLUTIONS SPA, INCASM POLITECNICO DI TORINO (POLITO), ARTTIC INNOVATION GMBH, ŁUKASIEWICZ RESEARCH NETWORK – INSTITUTE OF AVIATION (WIA), VON KARMAN INSTITUTE FOR FLUID DYNAMICS (VKI), MODELON AB, MODELON DEUTSCHLAND GMBH, GENERAL IMPIANTI SRL (LOC_GI), AEA, UNIVERSITA DEGLI STUDI DI FIRENZE (UNIFI), POLITECNICO DI MILANO (POLIMI), ATLA SRL, AXTER AEROSPACE SL, C.I.R.A. CENTRO ITALIANO RICERCHE AEROSPAZIALI SCPA, KUNGLIGA TEKNISKA HOEGSKOLAN (KTH), NEUE MATERIALIEN FURTH GMBH (NMF), CESKE VYSOKE UCENI TECHNICKE V PRAZE (CVUT), LUNDS UNIVERSITET (ULUND), PARAGON S.A., SUITE5 DATA INTELLIGENCE SOLUTIONS LIMITED (SUITE5), OPTIMAL STRUCTURAL SOLUTIONS LDA, MY PART MECCANICA S.R.L., DREAM INNOVATION SRL, BLU ELECTRONIC SRL, POLITECHNIKA RZESZOWSKA IM IGNACEGO LUKASIEWICZA, AEROMECHS SRL, ARGOTEC SRL, UNIVERSITA DEGLI STUDI DI PADOVA (UNIPD), CONSIGLIO NAZIONALE DELLE RICERCHE (CNR), UNIVERSITA DEGLI STUDI DI SALERNO (UNISA), POLITECNICO DI BARI (POLIBA), RAZVOJNI CENTER ORODJARSTVA SLOVENIJE (TECOS), MALARDALENS UNIVERSITET (MDU), MORFO DESIGN SRL (MORFO).