PACEdays 2022: The Future of Digital Enablement

FlyZero: The Future of Zero-Carbon Emission Aviation

David Debney, Chief Engineer - Aerospace Technology Institute

The FlyZero project was led by the Aerospace Technology Institute (ATI) and aimed to determine whether zero-carbon emission flight is feasible for large commercial aircraft. It was a 12-month project which brought together 100 engineers drawn from across the UK aerospace community. FlyZero has concluded that zero-carbon emission flight can be realized through the use of green liquid hydrogen. Huge challenges will need to be overcome, but ambitious technology research programs can make this vision of the future a reality.

Understanding Future Sustainability Benefits Through Aircraft Modelling

Naomi Allen, Senior Technologist - Aerospace Technology Institute

The Aerospace Technology Institute (ATI) released a new technology strategy in April 2022. The strategy focuses on UK aerospace achieving its Net Zero 2050 target and describes roadmaps for the path forward to achieve this. A key message from the strategy is that net zero is only achievable with investment into both zero-carbon and ultra-efficient aircraft using sustainable aviation fuels. The ATI and FlyZero teams have created conceptual aircraft designs representing both future ultra-efficient SAF-using aircraft and zero-carbon emissions aircraft. These APD models allow us to evaluate the benefits of different technologies and understand the potential impact on global emissions.

Adding Lateral Optimization Capabilities to FPO Cloud

Mark Galyen, Senior Manager - American Airlines
with Matthew Blake, Vice President of Solutions - Nexteon
and Frank Opel - PACE

Industry 4.0: XR Use Cases in the MENA Region

Akram Amir, Founder and CEO - AR Engineering

AR Engineering will be showcasing their extended reality use cases that have been implemented within the MENA Region, while also covering the impact of XR on stakeholders, such as supporting the adoption of Industry 4.0 technologies.

The Boeing Company

Boeing Enterprise Digital Transformation

Alex Van Schoonhoven, Customer Engineer
& Twila Wilkin, System Engineer - Boeing

Boeing will be providing an overview of its digital transformation and how the Pacelab ACE software suite of tools fits into our long-term vision for a digitally connected enterprise.

DTN's Weather Intelligence for Performance and Routing Optimization

Arjen Piest, Product Manager - DTN

This presentation will go deep into the Enhanced Flight Hazards suite from DTN. The suite has proprietary, best-in-market, EDR turbulence algorithms. We will demonstrate how that can be used in flight planning, in dispatching and in the cockpit. We will also discuss future developments and enhancements where DTN envisions utilization of the “online cockpit” and combining forecasts with observations.

ACE in Action: Pacelab ACE Live Showcase of Seamless Digital Collaboration

Nadiia Cherniavska, Business Analyst - ELEKS
with Carsten May & Team- PACE

Iris: Delivering Air Traffic Modernization in Europe & Beyond

Valerie Chu, Director Major Programs - Inmarsat

Inmarsat’s ground-breaking Iris air traffic management program with the European Space Agency (ESA) is a key component of modernizing and digitalizing the aviation industry. Iris supports the Single European Skies masterplan and creates benefits to airlines and ANSPs, such as minimizing flight delays, saving fuel and reducing the environmental impact of air travel.

Direct Coupling of Pacelab APD ™ and PROOSIS ™ for Airplane Sizing and Mission Performance Simulations

Aleksandar Joksimovic, Research Engineer - ISAE-SUPAERO

This talk will present recent and ongoing developments at ISAE-SUPAERO to leverage Pacelab APD™ and PROOSIS™ to create a whole aircraft sizing and integrated performance simulation tool providing a fully transparent propulsive system model. The context and need for such work will be given, accompanied by an overview of analogous initiatives by the community. It will followed by elaboration of the infrastructure developed to enable the coupling. Finally, a provisional case study of a full short-to-medium range airplane sizing study with a full engine model will be presented, along with an overview of ongoing developments to enable comprehensive multidisciplinary design space exploration capabilities.

Lilium and eVTOL: Development and Related Challenges

Chris Shields, Head of Flight Mechanics - Lilium

Lilium is creating a sustainable and accessible mode of high-speed, regional transportation for people and goods. Using the Lilium Jet, an all-electric vertical take-off and landing jet, offering leading capacity, low noise and high performance with zero operating emissions, Lilium is accelerating the decarbonization of air travel. Chris Shields, Head of Flight Mechanics at Lilium, will give an overview of the technology behind the Lilium Jet, the business model, and the path to certification with a focus on aircraft performance.

Migrating from FPO Classic to FPO Cloud

Wolfram Greiner, Product Owner - Lufthansa Group

Pacelab FPO Classic has been part of Lufthansa’s EFB suite for years and has contributed to both fuel savings and increased awareness for our pilots. The offline use has been an advantage of this app, but the technical barriers for implementation are high if you start from scratch. Pacelab FPO Cloud has lowered these barriers a lot and its cloud architecture provides the basis for future optimization potential. This presentation describes advantages, potentials, drawbacks, and challenges encountered during this migration from an airline's perspective.

How Precision Drones Are Revolutionizing Industrial Inspections in Aerospace

Klaus Sonnenleiter, CEO - Luftronix

This presentation will demonstrate how to drastically reduce the time and cost of unscheduled inspections in line maintenance. Luftronix inspection stations will automate the inspection process with the help of high-precision drones that work indoors and outdoors. High-resolution images paired with guaranteed precision measurements allow fully automated scans without the need to provide access for human inspectors.

Adding Lateral Optimization Capabilities to FPO Cloud

Matthew Blake, Vice President of Solutions - Nexteon
with Mark Galyen, Senior Manager - American Airlines
and Frank Opel - PACE

Exploring Architectural System Alternatives with Pacelab APD & SysArc

Christopher Jouannet, Principal Engineer, Aircraft Conceptual Design
& Kristian Amadori, Senior Engineer of Advanced Design - Saab Aeronautics

The goal of this work was to test the capabilities and find the boundaries of Pacelab APD/SysArc recently introduced at the Saab. To this end, a typical technology assessment study was crafted as an application case, in which the impact on mission and vehicle performance metrics is assessed when different on-board system architectures and technology clusters are applied.

Augmenting Flight Profile Optimization via Live In-flight Data Streaming

Wolf Sonnenberg, Director of Connectivity Solutions - Teledyne

This presentation illustrates how key aircraft data provided to Pacelab FPO in flight using IP-link-based data streaming can enhance the effectiveness of flight profile optimization.

Analysis and Evaluation of New Battery Technologies on the Regional Aircraft D328

Roman Uzun, Aerospace Engineer and TU Berlin Graduate

In addition to conventional batteries, structural batteries have gained attention in recent years for use in hybrid-electric aviation. Different conventional and structural battery technologies have different advantages and disadvantages, especially in terms of their volumetric and gravimetric power density. In this presentation, the suitability of different battery technologies for use in the D328 regional aircraft will be investigated. For this purpose, the models implemented in Pacelab APD for the simulation of conventional batteries will be supplemented by analyses for the representation of structural batteries. With this extension, characteristic OAD parameters of hybrid-electric aircraft with conventional and structural batteries can be compared and evaluated.

Digital Twins and the Real-Time 3D Revolution

Jack Strongitharm,  Solution Engineer - Unity Technologies

The metaverse is not a singular place, and it is not limited to VR headsets. It is many places, being experienced on all kinds of devices. From high-fidelity experiences on game consoles to mobile AR – Unity runs on the largest number of devices to support an anytime, anywhere metaverse. With its real-time-3D-first approach, the brand is empowered to drive its metaverse strategy rather than follow.

Practical Ways To Create Virtual and Mixed Reality Experiences for Aviation Training

Markus Heinone, Account Executive - Varjo