COLOSSUS project

🎅 The COLOSSUS project would like to wish you all a merry-wildfire-free-Christmas! 🤶 Best wishes from us all! German Aerospace Center (DLR) | DLR Institute of System Architectures in Aeronautics | ONERA - The French Aerospace Lab | Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II | Linköpings universitet | Saab | Tecnam Aircraft | Delft University of Technology | GKN Aerospace | Thelsys | INCAS - National Institute for Aerospace Research "Elie Carafoli" | Politecnico di Torino | SmartUp Engineering | Swedish National Road and Transport Research Institute (VTI) | CFS Engineering SA

🌍✈ 💡 𝐀 𝐌𝐢𝐥𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐂𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧: The fruitful 𝐂𝐎𝐋𝐎𝐒𝐒𝐔𝐒 𝐌𝟐𝟐 meeting 𝐢𝐧 𝐃𝐞𝐥𝐟𝐭 From November 19th to 21st, 2024, the COLOSSUS consortium gathered at the iconic Aerospace Faculty of Delft University of Technology in the Netherlands for a highly productive M22 workshop meeting. 💡 🔹 Key Highlights: 35 researchers and professionals from 14 organizations across 7 EU countries collaborated on future milestones and dissemination strategies. Engaging presentations, interactive workshops, and forward-looking discussions over 3 intense days. Networking dinners in the heart of Delft, fostering connections and team spirit. 🔹 WP1: The meeting began with a warm welcome from Lourenco Tércio Lima Pereira from TU Delft and an overview of the project’s current status from the project coordinator Prajwal Shivaprakasha, sharing milestones, and deliverables, ensuring alignment among consortium members. 🔹 WP2: Kristian Amadori and Ludvig Knöös Franzén focused the discussion on harmonizing methodologies for value functions and business models, aiming for a cohesive framework linking simulations, design, and analysis. Manuela Ruocco presented the dashboard’s current status and gathered feedback for next release. 🔹 WP3: Giuseppa (Pina) Donelli, Jasamin Akbari, Luca Boggero, Nazlıcan Çığal, explored requirements for surrogate models and workflows integrating multiple disciplines for ADAM and EVE use cases. The team dedicated discussions to connecting the COLOSSUS workflow with the ADORE toolkit to streamline operations. 🔹 WP4: Fabrizio Nicolosi, Michele Tuccillo, Lourenco Tércio Lima Pereira, and Sen Wang presented strategies for the second design loop, covering advanced configurations for seaplanes and aerial mobility vehicles. The team has been focused on integrating refined models and optimization strategies for innovative vehicle concepts. 🔹 WP5:  Nabih Naeem, Nazlıcan Çığal, Nikolaos Kalliatakis, and Thierry Lefebvre demonstrated progress on the toolkit for ADAM and EVE System-of-Systems simulations. 🔹 WP6:  Jan Vos provided the update on the communication and dissemination activities, and discussed exploitation strategies that will be implemented in the last year of the project. This was supported by Nikolaos who presented the COLOSSUS Grand Challenge that will start in February 2025. Jan and Manuela shared the website and social media updates. The COLOSSUS team is gearing up for upcoming milestones and events, with exciting developments to be shared soon. Stay tuned for the latest on our journey toward addressing Europe’s critical System-of-Systems challenges! 👏 Special thanks to TU Delft for hosting us and to all consortium members for their dedication to driving innovation. #COLOSSUSProject #ResearchInnovation #SustainableMobility #WildfireFighting #SystemOfSystems #AerospaceEngineering

🚀 The COLOSSUS Project is gearing up for the #EASN2024 Conference in Thessaloniki, taking place from October 8th to 11th, 2024! 🚀 Over the past 18 months, our team has been hard at work pushing the limits of System of Systems (SoS) design in aviation, focusing on sustainable mobility and Aerial Wildfire fighting solutions. Now, we’re ready to showcase our progress at #EASN Conference. Here’s what to expect from us at the conference: 👉 A dedicated special session where we will dive deep into our research findings. 👉Two insightful papers to be presented outside the session. 👉Two poster presentations. Our research covers various levels, ranging from subsystems and individual components to complete systems of systems and business models, allowing for a comprehensive exploration of future aviation solutions. A warm invitation to all aviation professionals and enthusiasts to join our discussions at #EASN2024 and engage with our research! Let’s shape the next chapter of aerospace together. Stay tuned for updates by visiting our website: https://lnkd.in/dssHbryP and follow this page. #EASN2024 #AviationRevolution #SystemOfSystems #FutureOfAviation #eVTOL #Seaplane #AerospaceInnovation #Sustainability Prajwal Shivaprakasha | German Aerospace Center (DLR) Michele Tuccillo | Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II Martin Spieck | Thelsys Jasamin Akbari | German Aerospace Center (DLR) Adrian Chojnacki | German Aerospace Center (DLR) Ludvig Knöös Franzén | Linköpings universitet Nazlıcan Çığal | German Aerospace Center (DLR) Nabih Naeem | German Aerospace Center (DLR)

🚀 Exciting News from the COLOSSUS Project! 🚀 We are thrilled to announce that the COLOSSUS Project will be presenting 5 research papers at the upcoming #ICAS2024.  Addressing the challenges of sustainable mobility and the growing global threat of wildfires, our multidisciplinary team of experts has been hard at work for the past 18 months, pushing the boundaries of aviation System of Systems (SoS) solutions. The COLOSSUS Project develops a System of Systems design methodology and framework for the combined exploration and optimization of the aircraft, fleet, and business models.  Our research spans multiple levels, from subsystems and constituent systems to systems of systems and business models, enabling a holistic exploration of future aviation solutions. Stay tuned as we delve into these innovative contributions that aim to shape the future of aviation. We invite all aviation enthusiasts and experts attending the #ICAS2024 to join our presentations and engage in discussions about the future of flight. Don't forget to follow our project website https://lnkd.in/dssHbryP and this page to stay updated on our latest progress! #AviationInnovation #SystemOfSystems #eVTOL #Seaplane #ICAS2024 #AerospaceEngineering #Sustainability #AviationResearch Prajwal Shivaprakasha - German Aerospace Center (DLR) Vincenzo Nugnes - German Aerospace Center (DLR) Ludvig Knöös Franzén - Linköpings universitet Marco Fioriti - Politecnico di Torino Michele Tuccillo - Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II

𝐇𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐳𝐨𝐧 𝐄𝐮𝐫𝐨𝐩𝐞 𝐅𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐝 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐣𝐞𝐜𝐭 𝐂𝐎𝐋𝐎𝐒𝐒𝐔𝐒 – 𝐂𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐒𝐲𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐦 𝐨𝐟 𝐒𝐲𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐦𝐬 𝐄𝐱𝐩𝐥𝐨𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐀𝐯𝐢𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐭𝐬, 𝐒𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐢𝐜𝐞𝐬 & 𝐁𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐌𝐨𝐝𝐞𝐥𝐬 The COLOSSUS project aims to develop a #system-of-systems design approach to enable the combined optimization of aircraft, fleet, operations and business models. The high-level target of COLOSSUS is to pave the way for future European aviation products and services which are designed in a truly #holistic approach.   COLOSSUS Use Cases – 𝐒𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐈𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐦𝐨𝐝𝐚𝐥 𝐌𝐨𝐛𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲 (𝐀𝐃𝐀𝐌) & 𝐀𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐖𝐢𝐥𝐝𝐟𝐢𝐫𝐞 𝐅𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 (𝐄𝐕𝐄) The main objective of the use cases in COLOSSUS is to support the development, evaluation and demonstration of advanced SoS capabilities in aviation research. They shall ensure that complex, multi-level SoS can be set up, analysed and evaluated in a collaborative, integrated and efficient manner. Use case 𝐀𝐃𝐀𝐌: Creating a business model for novel aircraft concepts (eVTOL and sea plane) with a focus on sustainable intermodal mobility and evaluating the concept for performance, competitiveness, environmental impact and life cycle footprint. The use case includes the integration of the new modes with the existing modes of transport for a complete intermodal evaluation. Use case 𝐄𝐕𝐄: Developing an integrated fast-response approach using novel aircraft concepts for fighting wildfires combining latest developments in the fields of aircraft design, fleeting, AI and operational Tactics. The COLOSSUS team wishes you a happy, relaxing and safe summer break. For more details and updates on COLOSSUS: please visit the webpage and follow the COLOSSUS LinkedIn group. German Aerospace Center (DLR) | DLR Institute of System Architectures in Aeronautics | ONERA - The French Aerospace Lab | Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II | Linköpings universitet | Saab | Tecnam Aircraft | Delft University of Technology | GKN Aerospace | Thelsys | INCAS - National Institute for Aerospace Research "Elie Carafoli" | Politecnico di Torino | SmartUp Engineering | Swedish National Road and Transport Research Institute (VTI) | CFS Engineering SA

Successful 𝐂𝐎𝐋𝐎𝐒𝐒𝐔𝐒 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐮𝐦'𝐬 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐠𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐌𝐞𝐞𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 🌍✈ The Colossus consortium had a great opportunity to meet hosted by INCAS - National Institute for #Aerospace Research "Elie Carafoli" Claudia Dobre, Alina Chira and Catalin Nae at Bucharest Romania for progress meeting   "COLOSSUS is a European initiative addressing #system-of-systems challenges, focusing on aerial wildfire fighting and #sustainable intermodal mobility—crucial present and future challenges for the EU. For the Month 16 Progress meeting, Over the span of 3 days, 35 members from 14 organizations across 7 EU countries came together. The meeting featured 25 presentations, 39 hours of discussion, 3 dinners, 1 Romanian Parliament tour, 1 Old city tour, countless coffees to survive many questions and lively debates (it's research!), and even 2 collaborative dances during the dinners 😉" Prajwal Shivaprakasha   The meeting focused on project updates and demonstrating the developed capabilities and methodologies of all the work packages:   🔹 WP 1 - Nabih Naeem shared the status, upcoming deadlines, upcoming milestones, dissemination activities and project risks consolidated from COLOSSUS partners. 🔹 WP 2 – Kristian Amadori provided the updates on the scenarios and business models of the use cases ADAM Sustainable Intermodal Mobility) and EVE (Aerial Wildfire Fighting), Manuela Ruocco presented updates on the interactive dashboard. 🔹 WP 3 –Giuseppa (Pina) Donelli, Jasamin Akbari, Adrian Chojnacki, Jasper Bussemaker demonstrated the approach and prototype of the COLOSSUS Transformative Collaborative Digital Framework, integrating multiple models of ADAM and EVE use cases. 🔹 WP 4 –Fabrizio Nicolosi, Michele Tuccillo, Lourenco Tércio Lima Pereira, and Sen Wang provided updated results of advanced air mobility vehicle and seaplane concepts. Ton van der Laan demonstrated an Idea for a qualitative tool for manufacturing and assembly effects due to material and design choices, Marco Fioriti shared preliminary methods for cost aspects for vehicle and System of Systems 🔹 WP 5 –Ludvig Knöös Franzén, Nabih Naeem, Nazlıcan Çığal, Nikolaos Kalliatakis and Thierry Lefebvre demonstrated the first results of Agent Based Simulations(ABS) for both ADAM and EVE with integration of system level perspective and aircraft design performance parameters into System of Systems level ABS. 🔹 WP 6 – Jan Vos provided the update on dissemination and discussed on exploitation strategies for COLOSSUS including upcoming conferences and COLOSSUS global wildfire grand challenge. A huge thank you to all our consortium partners for their dedication and hard work, the European Commission , #CINEA and Project officer Georgios Bampanis for the continuous support, and everyone involved in making this event a success. COLOSSUS consortium will present several results in upcoming ICAS and EASN conferences.  🛩 Stay tuned for more updates as we continue on this exciting journey.  

𝗖𝗢𝗟𝗢𝗦𝗦𝗨𝗦 𝗘𝗨 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗷𝗲𝗰𝘁 is a Holistic System of Systems Aviation project with𝟯 𝗜𝗻𝗱𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗿𝘆, 𝟰 𝗡𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗥𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵 𝗖𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝘀, 𝟯 𝗦𝗠𝗘 and 𝟰 𝗨𝗻𝗶𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗲𝘀, across 𝟳 𝗘𝗨 𝗰𝗼𝘂𝗻𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗲𝘀. German Aerospace Center (DLR) | DLR Institute of System Architectures in Aeronautics | ONERA - The French Aerospace Lab | Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II | Linköpings universitet | Saab | Tecnam Aircraft | Delft University of Technology | GKN Aerospace | Thelsys | INCAS - National Institute for Aerospace Research "Elie Carafoli" | Politecnico di Torino | SmartUp Engineering | Swedish National Road and Transport Research Institute (VTI) | CFS Engineering SA

𝐂𝐎𝐋𝐎𝐒𝐒𝐔𝐒 𝐄𝐔 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐣𝐞𝐜𝐭: 𝐓𝐨𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐬 𝐒𝐲𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐦 𝐨𝐟 𝐒𝐲𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐦𝐬 𝐃𝐫𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐧 𝐀𝐯𝐢𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐭 𝐃𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐥𝐨𝐩𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭, 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧 𝐄𝐮𝐫𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐚𝐧 𝐀𝐯𝐢𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡   We are excited to introduce COLOSSUS (Collaborative #SystemofSystems Exploration of Aviation Products, Services and Business Models), a Collaborative #SystemOfSystems project funded by the European Union under the #HorizonEurope framework (Grant Agreement no 101097120). 🛄 The #project develops Holistic System of Systems approach and framework for the combined exploration and optimization of the aircraft, fleet, and operational concepts considering business models. The new modes of transport vehicles #eVTOL and #Seaplane are designed with the developed Holistic System of systems approach for multirole use cases:      ✈  Sustainable Intermodal Mobility      🔥  Aerial Wildfire Fighting.   For the broader community, The COLOSSUS project aims to create an open-source Agent-Based Modelling and Simulation Environment for System of Systems use cases, which will offer a platform on which future researchers and students in the field can be trained.   “COLOSSUS EU Project is a challenging exploration for multi-system emergence. The system of systems approach is extremely useful for handling complex product development for several socio-technical problems, sustainable mobility, and other R&D problems. We had a successful first year of collaborative learning, thanks to all the partners, especially to the project proposal ideation team - Dr. Björn Nagel, Christopher Jouannet Thierry Lefebvre Martin Spieck Fabrizio Nicolosi Luca Boggero and current work package leads Nabih Naeem, Kristian Amadori, Jasamin Akbari, Michele Tuccillo, Ludvig Knöös Franzén, Jan Vos” -Prajwal Shivaprakash, Project Coordinator Aviation System Design and Assessment (ASDA) – #PandaWorks DLR Institute of Systems Architectures in Aeronautics.   Please follow this post, or visit the Colossus website to get regular updates on the project https://lnkd.in/dssHbryP   The COLOSSUS Team: German Aerospace Center (DLR) | DLR Institute of System Architectures in Aeronautics | ONERA - The French Aerospace Lab | Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II | Linköpings universitet | Saab | Tecnam Aircraft | Delft University of Technology | GKN Aerospace | Thelsys | INCAS - National Institute for Aerospace Research "Elie Carafoli" | Politecnico di Torino | SmartUp Engineering | Swedish National Road and Transport Research Institute (VTI) | CFS Engineering SA   Project Start: Feb 2023, End: Feb 2026 Funding Volume: 5 million Euros COLOSSUS Project officer from #CINEA: Georgios Bampanis   #horizoneurope #cinea #EUresearch #project #aviation #systemofsystems #pandaworks CINEA - European Climate, Infrastructure and Environment Executive Agency