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The The Green Rotorcraft Integrated Technology Demonstrator (ITD) is looking for expertise in Air Traffic Management (ATM) and heliport design.

In framework of Green Rotorcraft ITD, the Environment-Friendly Flight Path project (GRC-5) is committed to developing and testing new rotorcraft-specific flight procedures aiming to reduce significantly the noise footprint and gas emissions. In detail new IFR procedures will be considered and a special attention will be given to Simultaneous Non Interfering (SNI) routes allowing IFR rotorcraft to join busy airports independently of the airplane traffic operating from / to active runways.

To support the development of these new IFR procedures, the GRC-5 consortium is looking for a Partner with expertise in ICAO Air Traffic Management (ATM) and heliport design regulations. The Partner’s contribution will ensure that all the environment-friendly flight paths developed for IFR operations in GRC-5 comply with applicable ICAO criteria related to IFR procedures and the design of heliports.

In particular the ATM / Heliport expert(s) will be involved in some tasks and subtasks of the following work packages of GRC-5:

• GRC 5.1: Requirement Analysis & Specifications Definition
• GRC 5.5: Definition of Low Noise Procedures relying on satellite navigation (GNSS)
• GRC 5.6: Final In-Flight Demonstrations & Conclusions

The expected contribution is planned to start as early as possible in the first half of 2009 and to stop after the completion of the final demonstrations in 2015.

To achieve successfully the expected contributions, skills and capabilities are required in the following domains:

• Air navigation and Air Traffic Management regulations, including the most recent ones and also those currently in preparation by ICAO rulemaking groups.
• Airport operations and Air Traffic Control (ATC)
• Detailed design and safety analysis of IFR procedures

Either a single company or a joint venture having legal personality and liability will be allowed to respond to the Call for Proposals. The Call for Proposals and the selection of Partners will be managed by the Clean Sky Joint Undertaking with the assistance of independent experts, following the general principles of transparency and equal treatment. Beside the eligibility conditions common to all FP7 program, the criteria for assessment of proposals will include technical excellence, innovative character, and compliance with specifications including timetable, value for money, respondent’s track record and adequacy of resources, and contribution to European competitiveness.

The selected Partner will conclude a Grant Agreement with the Clean Sky Joint Undertaking. This agreement will allow for a partial refunding of eligible costs (up to 75% for SMEs and non profit research organization, and up to 50% for other organizations, according to general conditions for FP7 programs).

The Call for Proposal is expected to be published with all relevant documents in January 2009 and closed by end of March 2009. Expressions of Interest are welcome at this stage. Please fill in the relevant form and return it to GreenRotorcraftCalls@cleansky.eu.