Space Engineering

 

Our engineers work on various projects in the D/TEC Directorate at ESA/ESTEC.

 

 

Other activities in ESA Directorates

  • Human Spaceflight - D/HSF

  • ESA Science - D/SRE

  • ESA Communications and Public relations - D/LEX

  • Facility Management - D/OPS and D/TEN

  • Engineering and Administration Support - D/TIA and D/NAV

 

Aircraft Engineering

For EADS/Airbus our team of Aircraft Engineers has worked on the following projects:

  • A318 to A321 - Main Landing Gear Door Attachment

  • A330 / A340 - Fatigue Test Evaluation

  • 330 / A340 - Fuselage Lower Skin Panels

  • A340-500 / 600 - Flap Tracks

  • A340-600 - Wing Leading Edge (J-Nose)

  • A380 - Fuselage Section 19

  • A380 - Inner Wing Fixed Leading Edge

  • A380 - PAX Flap Tracks

  • A380 - Freighter Flap Tracks

  • A400M - Rear Fuselage

  • A400M - Cargo Door

In addition structural analyses have been done for a Personal Air to Land vehicle (PAL-V).

AOES is the coordinator and sole participant for the Clean Sky project Fuselage Design Optimization (FUSDESOPT) in cooperation with Frauenhofer Institute in Dresden (IWS) .