EuCIA hosted the kick-off meeting of the EU-funded PLEIADES project in Brussels on 13-14 January 2025. PLEIADES brings together different disciplines and key technologies that will contribute to advancing composite aerostructures and promoting the digital transformation in aviation.
The partners are:
- TWI Ltd, UK, the project coordinator;
- Erevnitiko Panepistimiako Institouto Systimaton Epikoinonion kai Ypologiston (ICCS), Greece;
- Interuniversitair Micro-Electronica Centrum vzw (IMEC), Belgium;
- Talos Analytics, Greece;
- Engineering Technology Solutions (ETS), Greece;
- Politecnico di Torino, Italy;
- Evektor SRO, Czech Republic;
- Politecnico di Milano, Italy;
- Collins Aerospace Ireland Ltd;
- Cranfield University, UK;
- EuCIA, Belgium;
- Brunel University London, UK.
EuCIA is responsible for the project’s dissemination, exploitation and communication activities. EuCIA will also lead tasks focused on collaboration with other projects, and life cycle analysis (LCA).
PLEIADES ꟷ Advancing Aerospace Composites through Induction Welding and New Vitrimeric Formulations Enhanced by Integrated Photonic Sensors, Providing Data to Digital Supply Chain, SHM, Maintenance ꟷ commenced on 1st January 2025 and runs for 36 months.
The project website will be launched in February 2025. You can also follow the PLEIADES project on LinkedIn.
