Transformative Digital Air Vehicle with IoT Sensors for Safer Urban Skies (AVATAR)

AVATAR致力于通过创新的智能物联网（IoT）传感皮肤持续监测变革性飞行器（TAV）的运行，通过精确的物理模型和先进的分析，降低直接运营成本，延长使用寿命和更安全的天空，从而开发数字双胞胎。AVATAR的数字孪生（DT）模型将与实际结构并行工作，并在必要时提供偏离预期（模拟）行为的早期预警，有助于实现预测性维护概念。此外，通过记录每架飞机在每次飞行中所经历的实际载荷谱，它将优化每架飞机的使用寿命，从而有助于实现安全和可持续的空中机动性。AVATAR提出的物联网传感皮肤是实时关键作战信息获取和物理飞机与数字飞机之间通过无线通信连接的关键使能器。AVATAR DT平台将提供物联网、大数据和机器学习的无缝集成，以收集、计算和预测。AVATAR将遵循基于不同类型数据和先进分析方法开发数字孪生的现代方法，消除了真实飞行器和虚拟模型直接连接的需要，并通过ML和AI建立这种连接。AVATAR有助于加速空中交通的数字化转型，特别是在城市环境中。AVATAR将首先通过风洞测试验证其创新技术的有效性，然后对EVEKTOR的超轻型眼镜蛇飞机和北欧之翼的Astero电动无人飞机进行实际飞行测试。联盟成员包括工业领先企业（Evektor、Nordic Wing和NTT）、顶级大学（伦敦帝国理工学院、拉夫堡大学、卢森堡大学）和领先的研究机构（丹麦技术研究所）。AVATAR有助于加速空中交通的数字化转型，特别是在城市环境中，它涉及小型飞机制造商（Evektor, Nordic Wing）和世界领先的全球技术服务（NTT），通过智能数据分析和利用基于机器学习的人工智能开发提供连接和通信链路。Evektor （EVE）是一家领先的欧洲公司，从事飞机和飞机部件的完整开发，包括认证。北欧之翼（NW）是制造用于测绘和测量的固定翼无人机的先驱。AVATAR在技术上由伦敦帝国理工学院航空系的SI&HM小组领导，由Evektor管理。

AVATAR is dedicated to developing a digital twin by continuously monitoring the operation of transformative air vehicles (TAV) through an innovative smart Internet of Things (IoT) sensing skin, informed by accurate physical models and advanced analytics, resulting in reduced direct operative costs, extended service life and safer skies. AVATAR’s digital twin (DT) model will act in parallel to the real structure and provides, where necessary, an early warning of operational behaviour that deviates from expected (simulated) behaviour contributing towards a predictive maintenance concept. Additionally, by recording the actual load spectrum that each air vehicle experiences during every flight, it will optimize the individual vehicle’s service life, which contributes towards safe and sustainable air mobility.The IoT sensing skin proposed by AVATAR is a key enabler for real-time critical operational information acquisition and connectivity between the physical aircraft and the digital counterpart through wireless communication. AVATAR DT platform will provide a seamless integration of IoT, big data and machine learning to collect, compute and predict. AVATAR will conform to the modern approach towards developing a digital twin based on different types of data and advanced analytical methods which eliminates the need for the real air vehicle and the virtual models to be directly connected and builds this connection through ML and AI. AVATAR contributes to the acceleration of digital transformation of air mobility, particularly in urban setting.AVATAR will validate the effectiveness of its innovative technologies first through wind tunnel testing, followed by real flight test of EVEKTOR’s ultralight Cobra airplane and Nordic Wing’s Astero electric unmanned aircraft. The consortium members consist of a good balance of industrial leads (Evektor, Nordic Wing and NTT), top-ranked universities (Imperial College London, Loughborough University, University of Luxembourg) and leading research institutes (Danish Technological Institute).AVATAR contributes to the acceleration of digital transformation of air mobility, particularly in urban setting by involving small aircraft manufacturer (Evektor, Nordic Wing), and world leading global technology services (NTT) providing the connectivity and communication link through intelligent analysis of data and AI leveraging machine learning-based developments. Evektor (EVE) is a leading European company involved with complete development of aircraft and aircraft components, including certification. Nordic Wing (NW) is in the fore front of manufacturing fixed-wing drone for mapping and surveying. AVATAR is technically lead by the SI&HM group at the department of Aeronautics, Imperial college London, and managed by Evektor.