GENEX: a consortium for the aircraft of the future

GENEX: a consortium for the aircraft of the future

GENEX, a Horizon Europe project approved in September 2021, brings together 14 partners from seven European countries and two partners from associated countries (see below). This multidisciplinary group covers the entire industrial research and development chain, as it includes six research institutes and universities, seven SMEs, and two large companies.
GENEX aims to develop a new digital twin-driven framework based on computational models that integrate interdisciplinary knowledge of aircraft components and manufacturing and maintenance processes. The objective is threefold: to optimize the manufacture of composite parts, enable continuous aircraft operation, and improve composite repair processes.

The involvement of PIMM and Lampa

Two Arts et Métiers laboratories Arts et Métiers involved in the project: PIMM (Paris campus) and Lampa (Angers campus).
"Our participation is very focused but essential," explains Francisco Chinesta, professor at PIMM, who is participating in this project with Amine Ammar, professor at Lampa. Our role is to balance materials and manufacturing processes and predict their life cycles so that we can improve them. The aim is to design an aircraft that will remain as efficient as possible throughout its service life. You could say that we work like doctors who accompany their patients throughout their lives. In this case, the patients are materials with built-in sensors that constantly send information about their condition."
"Participating in this project is a way of challenging ourselves," continues Francisco Chinesta. Artificial intelligence is a technology that evolves every weekand where new proposals are constantly being made."

GENEX partners

Instituto Tecnologico De Aragon (Spain)
Asociación de Investigación Metalúrgica del Noroeste (Spain)
Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt (Germany)
Fundacion CIDETEC (Spain)
Innovation in Research & Engineering Solutions (Belgium)
Smart Material GmbH (Germany)
Akademia Górniczo- hutnicza Im. Stanislawa Staszica W Krakowie (Poland)
Research Center for Non Destructive Testing GmbH (Austria)
Arts et Métiers France)
Altran Innovacion SL (Spain)
Ingrid Cloud AB (Sweden)
CSEM Swiss Center for Electronics and Microtechnology SA (Switzerland)
GMI Aéro (France)
Aernnova Engineering Divisions (Spain)
EASN Technology Innovation Services (Belgium)
Ziegler Aerospace Limited (United Kingdom)