Projects
Projects
| Project Name | Support | Period | Aim / Results |
|---|---|---|---|
| CITYAM | financed | 01.01-2023- 01.01.2026 |
Develop strategies, guidelines, preparations and awareness in
UAM cities (developing, testing and scaling different tools). |
|
Developing the remote monitoring R&D centre for The Estonian Academy of Security Sciences | financed | 2022-... | Developing the training for remote pilots and a separate air space for UAVs, mapping research questions and usage cases and developing national UAS services. |
|
Skilling Youth
for the Next Generation Air Transport Management |
Erasmus+
10,000 (€) | 31.05.2022- 30.05.2023 |
Establishing a digital learning platform "Next Generation Air Transport
Managers" (NextGEN). |
| Applied research "Assessing
the
impact of the Liivi offshore wind farm on
aviation" | financed | 01.01.2023- 30.09.2023 | Expert research on assessing
the
impact of the Liivi offshore wind farm on
aviation. |
| Cooperation project with the Estonian Military Academy | financed | 31.12.2022 |
Increasing the air defense capabilities of the Estonian Defense Forces. |
|
U-Space sandbox | financed | 2022-... |
In a result the U-Space sandboxes for testing UAS systems will be established in Estonia Tartu). These sandboxes are going to support the developments of new technologies as well as the integration with manned aviation. |
| Flying Forward 2020 (FF2020) |
EU funding progamme Horizon 2020
|
01.12.2020- 30.11.2023 |
Science and innovation project that supports developing an Urban Air Mobility eco-system that in a result helps to integrate UAS operations to the smart cities' geospace data infrastructures. The Academy's role in this project is developing testing and capabilities and different services to the Tartu Science Park. |
|
Development potential of the Tartu Airport and planning versatile developments |
15,000 (€) | 2022 |
Providing possible solutions for identifying the development potential and planning as well as implementing
developments in Tartu regional airport, considering trends that are resulting from developments of technology and regional airports. |
| Space for urban air mobility (Space4UAM) |
European Space Agency 45,000
(€) | 01.09.2021- 10.12.2022 | Feasibility study for the developments of UAM and roadmaps for sustainable development of UAM operations for cities as well as for operator. |
|
Research on the South-Estonian air cargo potential through the Tartu Airport |
5000 (€)
|
30.10.2020- 30.01.2021 |
To find out the potential capacity of small-scale (with drones) air cargo that may pass through the Tartu Airport. |
|
Estonian Aviation Academy's internship 2021-2022 (call for proposals
"Supporting the Cooperation between Employers and Educational
Institutions in the Development of the Internship System") |
16047,00 (€) |
2.11.2020- 30.06.2021 |
As a result company staff, who are the internship supervisors, are
trained and teaching staff are provided with traineeship opportunities
in different companies. In addition, experts are involved in teaching. |
| Institutional development programme for the Estonian Academy of Sciences and higher schools (4.1.1), ASTRA II call for proposals “Development of Estonian Aviation Academy Competence Centre” | 158,514.35 (€) | 25.05.2020- 31.07.2022 | Supporting EAVA development as an aviation competence centre. The project will result in mapping the organisation’s preconditions for development with the aim of restructuring the packets of educational and R&D services and elaborating the capacity of simulation of aviation processes. |
|
International Archimedes Foundation
EEA/Norway cooperation programme project "Simulation Based Learning in
Aviation", partner: UiT- Arctic University of Norway | 82,580 (€) | 01.10.2020- 31.01.2022 |
Developing
a digital software platform based study module (30 ECTS) enabling to simulate
aviation processes, their visual testing and more efficient conducting of the
study process. Webinar: EAVA's international curricula's and Simio simulation software's opportunities for enterprises Password: n4=Nm&&Q |
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Research on the possibility of conducting automatic aerodrome weather observations | financed |
27.05.2020- 03.08.2020 |
Carry out a study on the possibility of conducting automatic aerodrome weather observations at the request of the Environment Agency.
|
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Air traffic and logistics development between the EU rural areas and China
| financed |
2020- ...
| Creation of an international training consortium and curriculum, testing and incubation of innovative solutions (robotics, automation, green innovation, etc.) at partner airports. |
|
International LEADER
cooperation project “Air traffic and logistics development between the EU rural
areas and China" | financed | April 2020- October 2022 | Developing an international consortium and curriculum, testing and incubating innovative solutions (robotics, automatics, green innovation etc) in partner airports. |
| Development of Remote Tower Procedures’ Draft Validation of the Procedures and Preparation of Their Certification Based on Human Factor Analyses | financed | 26.07.2017 - ... | A draft of air traffic control procedures related to remote tower operation based on human factor analysis and prepares these procedures for validation and certification. |
| New technological solutions to improve the aerodynamic characteristics of an aircraft wing | financed | 2014 - ... | The mini flaps are 7% wide Fowler-type, in-flight adjusted variable angle lift regulators developed by EAVA. The aim of the project is to improve the aerodynamic performance of aircraft at different flight speeds. Technologies under development and testing can be applied not only to light aircraft but also to improve the performance of commercial aircraft and reduce fuel consumption. |
| Improving the learning and research and development capacity of the Aviation Academy in the field of remotely piloted aircraft and promoting internationalization (ELASTRA) | ERF support 440 274,98 | 01.09.2016 – ... | The aim of the project is to increase the competitiveness of the Estonian Aviation Academy and the ability to serve society in the field of unmanned aerial vehicles, as well as to increase the international movement of students and lecturers. The project will increase the learning and development capacity of remotely piloted aircraft and develop an internationalization strategy. |
| LPV approach procedure validation for Tartu airport including safety assessment, simulator validation and test flights in corresponding airports | financed | 25.03.2019 - 16.08.2019 | Validation of LPV approach procedures. Compilation of safety assessment, simulation of procedures in ELA FNPT simulator, review of procedures at Tartu airport. |
| LPV approach procedure validation for Tallinn airport including safety assessment, simulator validation and test flights in corresponding airports | financed | 27.04.2018 - 31.08.2018 | Validation of LPV approach procedures. Compilation of safety assessment, simulation of procedures in ELA FNPT simulator, review of procedures at Tallinn airport. |
| LPV approach procedure validation for Kärdla airport including safety assessment, simulator validation and test flights in corresponding airports | financed | 18.09.2018 - 31.10.2018 | Validation of LPV approach procedures. Compilation of safety assessment, simulation of procedures in ELA FNPT simulator, review of procedures at Kärdla airport. |
| Practical Academy |
ESF support 13 915,89
| 10.03.2017 – 30.11.2018 | The aim of the project is to support students' professional practice in the company, to achieve the maximum efficiency of the practice and to support the development of EAVA lecturers. To achieve this goal, employees of companies who are internship supervisors are trained and an EAVA lecturer is allowed to do an internship in a company. |
| Applied Research in Unmanned Aircraft Systems for geo mapping | financed | 20.07.2016 - 31.12.2017 | Development of unmanned aviation solutions in the field of ICT, developing robotic geo information data collection and geo information data processing as a unified system. |
| LPV approach procedure validation for Kuressaare airport including safety assessment, simulator validation and test flights in corresponding airports | financed | 08.03.2017 - 30.08.2018 | Validation of LPV approach procedures. Compilation of safety assessment, simulation of procedures in EAVA FNPT simulator, review of procedures at Kuressaare airport. |
| Carrying out the study "Economic Impact Study on the Air Maintenance Sector" | financed | 17.03.2016 - 30.05.2016 | To compile a study of the economic impact of the Estonian air maintenance sector on behalf of the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Communications. |
| Procurement of FNPT training simulator | 329 137
(€) | 01.03.2014 – 31.10.2015 | The project will prepare and carry out the procurement of a helicopter flight simulator together with user training. The Acquired FNPT (Flight and Navigation Procedures Trainer) is a training device that mimics the cockpit environment and includes equipment and computer programs that simulate the operation of displays and systems to the extent that they function on a real aircraft. MCC course (Multi Crew Co-operation) or flight crew cooperation training course is learning / practicing under the guidance of a flight crew operations officer. |
| Development and programming of air traffic control procedures in EAVA ATC simulator. | financed | 30.01.2014 - 28.02.2014 | To configure the airspace of the respective area and the related air traffic control procedures in the air traffic control simulator of the Estonian Aviation Academy for the provision of training services. |
| Development and programming of air traffic control procedures in EAVA ATC simulator | financed | 21.03.2014 - 30.04.2014 | To configure the airspace of the respective area and the related air traffic control procedures in the air traffic control simulator of the Estonian Aviation Academy for the provision of training services. |
