Work Packages

The pAIramid work plan spans 45 months and is structured into 13 work packages (WPs) across five key blocks to ensure smooth implementation, technological innovation, and broad impact.

WP1

Project framework

Defines technical specifications, material selection, and key performance indicators, establishing the foundation for certification methodologies, manufacturing processes, and AI-driven virtual aerostructure validation.

WP2-WP4

Materials, processes, and modelling

Develops sustainable composite materials, optimises LRI and FDM manufacturing, and enhances AI-powered simulations to improve virtual testing, reducing reliance on costly and time-intensive physical certification.

WP5-WP6

AI-driven tools and digital integration

Creates and integrates iTOOL, a digital testing platform using AI and machine learning to optimise virtual certification, accelerate innovation, and improve decision-making in aerostructure design.

WP7

Industrial validation

Demonstrates pAIramid’s technologies in four aerospace use cases, ensuring real-world applicability, regulatory compliance, and industry adoption of advanced materials and digital certification tools.

WP8-WP10 & WP11-WP13

Cross-cutting

WP8-WP10 (Communication, Dissemination & Exploitation) and WP11-WP13 (Project Management) ensure outreach, stakeholder engagement, management and regulatory alignment.

WP 1

Requirements, specifications and definition of use cases

Leader: COLLINS

Defines technical requirements, specifications, and industrial use cases to ensure alignment with industry needs and regulatory standards, establishing performance benchmarks for AI-powered certification and composite materials.

It integrates input from aerospace manufacturers, certification bodies, and researchers, ensuring manufacturability, compliance, and technological feasibility across all project activities.
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WP 2

Innovative/sustainable materials for composite aerostructures

Leader: GAIKER

Develops advanced thermoset and thermoplastic composites with enhanced properties such as EMI shielding, lightning protection, and self-sensing for structural health monitoring, ensuring sustainability and improved aerostructure performance.

Explores recyclable and low-emission materials tailored for aerospace applications, supporting lightweight, high-performance aerostructures while reducing environmental impact.
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WP 3

LRI and FDM for advanced composite aerostructures

Leader: INEGI

Optimises Liquid Resin Infusion (LRI) and Fused Deposition Modelling (FDM) with continuous fibre reinforcement to improve manufacturing efficiency, scalability, and component durability for next-generation aerostructures.

Investigates industrial-scale integration, reducing post-processing costs for LRI and enhancing FDM’s capability to produce complex geometries with optimised fibre orientations.
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WP 4

Advanced modelling of composite manufacturing and performance assessment

Leader: AMADE

Develops high-fidelity numerical models to predict composite material behaviour, leveraging AI-driven predictive analytics and multiphysics simulations to improve reliability, accuracy, and efficiency in virtual aerostructure certification.

Creates a digital twin environment, reducing physical prototyping needs and accelerating certification while ensuring compliance with real-world operational conditions.
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WP 5

AI-powered tools for accelerating and connecting tests

Leader: IKERLAN

Develops iTOOL, an AI-driven virtual testing platform that enhances decision-making by integrating predictive analytics, data fusion, and machine learning across the certification pyramid.

Improves test interconnectivity, enabling real-time simulation updates and adaptive learning for optimised aerostructure validation, reducing time and costs.
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WP 6

Integration and calibration of iTOOL

Leader: LKS

Validates iTOOL’s capabilities by integrating AI-powered simulations, experimental data, and digital twins, ensuring accuracy and efficiency in aerostructure certification and manufacturing processes.

Aligns platform functionalities with industry requirements, regulatory standards, and use case applications for widespread aerospace adoption.
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WP 7

Validation in use cases

Leader: IRTJV

Applies pAIramid’s AI-powered certification framework to four industrial use cases, demonstrating real-world applicability in vertical stabilisers, aircraft doors, and wing leading edges.

Assesses performance improvements, cost reduction, and compliance potential, supporting market adoption and regulatory alignment for next-generation aerostructures.
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WP
8-9-10

Communication, dissemination and exploitation (RP1, RP2, RP3)

Leader: ZABALA

Develops and implements a large-scale communication, dissemination, and exploitation strategy to enhance project visibility, engage stakeholders, and ensure the uptake of pAIramid’s innovations in aerospace certification​.

Equips the project with an attractive identity, targeted marketing, and multi-channel dissemination. Ensures participation in EU events, scientific publications, and training activities while fostering synergies with regulatory and industry initiative
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WP
11-12-13

Project management and coordination (RP1, RP2, RP3)

Leader: IKERLAN

Ensures strategic project coordination, risk management, and compliance with Horizon Europe requirements while facilitating efficient collaboration among partners and decision-making processes​.

Implements data and resource management strategies, monitoring progress and deliverables.
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