The PARAPLANE project is seeking an improvement of the safety in air transport, thanks to the development of a Steerable Autonomous Parachute System (SARS). For the on-going research two case of study have been selected; the first one is the application of SARS to a general aviation aircraft. The second one is the application of SARS to a near-space capsule for space tourism.
The final aim of the project is to develop a safety system which can easily extend its range of application to large aircraft or airborne systems. The PARAPLANE project is a research project funded by EC under the framework of Research for SME program.
The consortium of PARAPLANE has succesfully held a follow-up meeting in Kamenz, Germany.Flight Design hosted the WP1 meeting at mid February. Technical discussion was held along the two days of the meeting.
Project consortium is progressing on the development of the PARAPLANE system. WP2 meeting has been held in Cerdanyola, Spain, for further discussions and continous development of the sub-systems.
On December 4th 2012, the PARAPLANe project was successfully launched.The celebration of the Kick-off meeting in Granollers, Spain, meant the launch of the activities of the project.