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| | Techspace Aero develops a booster for cleaner engines within the framework of the European VITAL programme |
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| Milmort, 12 December 2007 |
|  | Techspace Aero (SAFRAN Group) celebrated the completion of a major aeronautic engine module, which marks the outcome of 3 years research and development work involving a hundred or so members of the company. This research is carried out under the European VITAL programme, which consists of reducing the noise and CO2 emissions of aircraft engines. Snecma (SAFRAN Group) is the lead partner of a consortium that gathers fifty or so partners including most of the major aeronautics stakeholders in Europe (Snecma, Rolls-Royce, MTU Aero Engines, Avio, Volvo Aero, ITP and Techspace Aero). It aims to develop innovative architectures and achieve technological breakthroughs at the service of tomorrow’s cleaner engines. |
| Techspace Aero coordinates all the work carried out within the VITAL programme on the low-pressure compressors. Techspace Aero has developed a fan module that includes this compressor together with the fan, the intermediate casing and the sump. The technologies developed by Techspace Aero are aimed at making the low-pressure compressor more compact and lighter by improving aerodynamic performances. In this programme, Techspace Aero worked in partnership with Belgian companies and research centres (GDTech, Cenearo and the von Karman Institute) and with the CIAM (Central Institute of Aviation Motors) located in Moscow. The fan module is going to be shipped to the CIAM where the tests will be performed in 2008, intended to validate the technologies used. |
| Through this top-level European programme and through the many other R&D projects, Techspace Aero provides an ongoing contribution to the development of technologies particularly where environmental challenges are involved. Techspace Aero is keen to emphasise the essential support from regional, national and European authorities without which such breakthroughs could not be achieved. |
| Partner to the world’s biggest engine manufacturers, Techspace Aero designs, develops and supplies modules, equipment, services and test benches for aeronautical and space engines. Thanks to its high-tech products, Techspace Aero contributes to the success of Airbus (A320, A330, A340 and A380), Boeing (B737, B747, B767, B777, B787), Embraer (190) and many other flights. |
| A SAFRAN Group company (F- 51% of capital), Techspace Aero’s other shareholders are the Walloon Region (B- 28.4 %), Pratt & Whitney (USA- 19%) and the Federal Investment Company (B- 1.6%). The company achieved turnover of EUR 358 million in 2006 with a 1,350 strong workforce. |
| VITAL is a project co-funded by the European Commission under the Sixth Framework Programme. Contract N°012271 |
| VITAL is a new collaborative research project, running for four years, which aims to significantly reduce aircraft engine noise and CO2 emissions. It has a total budget of 91 million euros, including 51 million euros in funding from the European Commission. Snecma leads a consortium of 53 partners gathering all major European engine manufacturers: Rolls-Royce Plc, MTU Aero Engines, Avio, Volvo Aero, Techspace Aero Rolls-Royce Deutschland and ITP, and the airframer Airbus. |
Contact | e-mail : jwathele@techspace -aero.be |
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