EMA4FLIGHT and VALEMA are two linked projects that pursue the development of Electronic Control Units and Electromechanical Actuators for flight control systems.

The objective of EMA4FLIGHT is to design and develop optimized and reliable electromechanical actuators and their Electronic Control Units (ECUs) for the actuation of flap surfaces. The EMA4FLIGHT project contributes to current research in favor of a more electric aircraft (MEA).

In the case of actuators used on flight surfaces, such as flaps, the main advantages are: reduced weight and maintenance, elimination of tube vibration problems, increased system reliability and performance, and reduced pressure losses due to the absence of valves. In the development of the ECUs, EMA4FLIGHT has made an additional effort to use only simple components according to DO-254 standards, which simplifies the qualification procedure of the units.

Closely linked to EMA4FLIGHT is the VALEMA project, whose objective is the manufacture and validation of the EMA + ECU subsystem, in order to be included in the FTB2 demonstrator for in-flight validation.

VALEMA (Validation tests of electromechanical actuators and their dedicated control units at TRL 6 level) has two defined purposes:

• The manufacturing of EMA (Electro-Mechanical Actuators) and ECU units, designed and developed according to the call JTI-CS2-2016-CFP03-SYS-02-14.
• performing HW and SW quality tests of the Control Units (ECU), in order to obtain permission to fly on the FTB2 demonstrator of The Regional Aircraft.

One of the main objectives of the project is to achieve a TRL 6, and to meet the safety requirements following RTCA/DO-254 hardware regulations, and RTCA DO-160 environmental regulations.

These projects have been financed with funds from the European Union's Horizon 2020 research and innovation program.

In accordance with the dissemination policy to promote accessible and open scientific research, complete information about this project is available at the Community Research and Development Information Service (CORDIS).

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This project has received funding from the Clean Sky 2 Joint Undertaking under the European Union's Horizon 2020 research and innovation program under grant agreement no. 755615.