The Hungarian

Aeronautics
R&D Sector

Published by HITA
Contributors:
Slot Consulting,
Hungarian
Aviation Industry
Foundation

www.hita.hu
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Table of Contents

Foreword 3
Moving forward, catching up 4
ADMATIS 6
AEROK AviationTechnical Training Centre 8
Bay ZoltanPublic Nonprofit Ltd. for Applied Research 10
BHE Bonn Hungary Electronics Ltd. 14
BME (Budapest University of Technology and Economics)
Department of Aeronautics, Naval Architect and Railway Vehicles 16
BME (Budapest University of Technology and Economics)
Department of Fluid Mechanics 18
BME (Budapest University of Technology and Economics)
Department of Measurementand Information Systems 22
BME (Budapest University of Technology and Economics)
Department of Polymer EngineeringFaculty of Mechanical Engineering 26
Corvus Hungary Ltd. 28
ELTEC Holding Ltd. 30
Gamma Technical Corporation 32
Hilase Development, Production, Service and Trading Limited 34
Centre of Research, Developmentand Simulation 36
Lóránd Eötvös University, Institute of Chemistry 38
Lufthansa Technik Budapest Ltd. 40
MFA (Institute for Technical Physics and Materials Science) 42
Hungarian Academy of Sciences 46
Systems and Control Laboratory at MTA SZTAKI 46
Department ofDistributed Systemsat MTA SZTAKI 50
Rea-Tech Kft. 54
SGF Technology Associates Ltd. 58
Slot Consulting Ltd. 60
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Foreword
In the course of the
export and invest-
ment promotion
activities of the Hun-
garian Investment
and Trade Agency
we have always put
a great emphasis on
presenting the tech-
nological capabilities
of the companies
in this country. With this publication of ours
we wish to invite our partners’ attention to an
area, not so well known in the export markets,
like the research, development and innovation
competences and capabilities of the Hungarian
aeronautics industry.
Innumerable examples show the transfer of
the aerospace industry development achieve-
ments at the top of the technological pyra-
mid into other industries, greatly contributing
thereby to the enhanced competitiveness of
the target sector.
Our objective is to promote through this pub-
lication of ours the establishments of interna-
tional technological and R and D cooperation
projects among enterprises, research facilities
and universities.
Although today Hungary is not considered to
be a great power in the aviation engineering
industry, still Hungarian companies and institu-
tions participate in several successful EU FP-6,
FP7 and other national and international de-
velopment projects, winning recognition for
the engineering competence in the Hungarian
aeronautics industry.
With all of the marketing instruments at its
disposal, the Hungarian Investment and Trade
Agency promotes the extension of international
relations of the industry, i.e. we offer possibili-
ties, financial and organizational support for
the SME’s active in or intending to join the field
of the aeronautics industry. Accordingly, we are
prepared to organize, support and implement:
• trainings,
• sector-specific professional fora, conferences,
• info-days (e.g. related to R and D applications),
• seminars to promote international knowledge
transfer between research and industry,
• focused partner search,
• outbound and inbound business meetings,
• product displays and exhibitions.
We are confident that through supporting the
cooperation among developers and suppliers we
can become stakeholders in the development of
technological breakthroughs and systems her-
alding new eras!
Róbert Bödőcs
director,
Business Development Directorate
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Moving forward, catching up

The Hungarian Aero- Our industry consists of a mix of foreign and local
space Industry is in companies and has the capability to develop and
the phase of rebirth manufacture small aircraft for General Aviation,
and re-emergence. manufacture metal and composite components
The last decade has for large aircraft and able to develop and manu-
brought remark- facture electronic systems and components for
able changes to our space applications. Since 2008 more than 30
industry structure: Hungarian companies have implemented the
new organizations, AS9100 aerospace quality system.
new relations, new projects, new products and
solutions emerged every year. In 2009 our companies debuted in the Aero
2009 Friedrichshafen Expo for the first time as
The Hungarian Aviation Industry Foundation an industry, exhibiting seven aircraft models in-
HAIF was created in 2003 with the mission to cluding two new composite amphibians, one
become the industry catalyst and promoter that aerobatic aircraft and a small UAV.
brings together organizations, companies in or-
der to speed up the development and growth of In 2010 we celebrated the 100th anniversary
our lagging aeronautical industry. of the birth of Hungarian Aviation with
two remarkable events, the debut of our new
HAIF initiated and organized the establishment Corvus Racer 540 aircraft in Canada at the Red
of the Hungarian Aerospace Cluster HAC in Bull Air Race and the grand opening of our
2006 and the Hungarian Aerospace Technology Greenfield EL-TEC Center in Budapest which
Platform HATP in 2007. By now Hungary has focuses on developing electronic systems for
an aerospace industry which employs more than aerospace applications.
2500 people and incorporates more than 40
high-tech organizations. We completed our strategy document in 2011,
which defines the future directions and stages of
HUNGARIAN GOVERMENT our development for the next 10 years with the
Ministries, HITA, NIH, Authorities
focus on General Aviation aircraft, UAV systems,
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Product development Applied research
Companies University departments
and enhanced participation in EU Framework
The structure of our industry and the Clean Sky JTI research programmes.

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This publication lists the main actors in the re-
search area listing their capabilities and indicat-
ing previous experiences in FP6/7 and Clean Sky
projects. The remarkable achievement in this field
is that our research organizations not just partici-
pate in FP7 and Clean Sky projects, but increas-
ingly they become coordinators of such projects.
The actors within HATP follow the developments
in the European Research Area; our representa-
tives are actively involved in the mainstream or-
ganisations, projects for European aeronautics
research co-operations like ACARE, AirTN, Clean
Sky NSRG, EASN, and Programme Committee
for Transport, etc. The new Strategic Research
and Innovation Agenda (SRIA) paves the way
for the whole European aeronautics industry
and players of smaller industry have to find the
ways within the commonly agreed framework.
The leaders of HATP monitor the developments
at European scale and try to find the niche ar-
eas where Hungarian companies and research
establishments can provide added value at Eu-
ropean scale. Similarly to the aeronautics co-op-
erations, the air transport research actors follow
the latest developments of SESAR which obvi-
ously impact Hungary as well.
In order to speed up our catch up process and to
enter a higher level of development our strategy
document proposes to launch a National Take
Off program to support our aerospace industry.
As a result a more sophisticated, diversified, in-
tegrated high-tech vehicle industry could be cre-
ated in Hungary while the results of the research
programs could also be used by the other trans-
port domains.
We believe that with the support of our Gov-
ernment and our EU partners these goals are
achievable and our organizations can be better
integrated into the European Research Area and
will contribute to the success of the European
Aeronautical Industry.
Mihaly Hideg MBA, MSc.
Chairman of the Hungarian Aviation Industry
Foundation, President of the Hungarian Aerospace
Technology Platform (Aviation)
www.haif.org
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Main areas of interest

1 Area of Interest
A5 On-board Systems & Equipment
ADMATIS
list of the results achieved in the selected area:
Address: 3535 Miskolc, Partos u. 16.
References:
Telephone: +36 46 89 8154 • Materials science experience on board of ISS in
self developed hardware with a cooperation of
Website: www.admatis.com ESA. (FOCUS project)
• Set of equipments development for Sentinel-2
E-mail: info@admatis.com satellite as a subcontractor of Astrium. The
package contains thermal and optical hard-
Managing Director: Tamás Bárczy ware, harness supports.

Contact: Tamás Bárczy Ongoing projects:

• CHEOPS. FPA and FEE radiators development
Contact’s e-mail: tamas.barczy@admatis.com in international consortia leaded by Switzer-
land and supported by ESA.
Languages: English • HP-ACS. FP7 project for waste heat recovery in
van refrigeration systems with a cooperation
Establishment: 2000 of ENEA, Italy.
• MAF. Satellite Equipments Development as a
leader of Hungarian consortia.
• FSF. Metal foam based structural elements de-
velopment for aerospace industry.

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Proposed projects:
• FOAMRAD. Domestic radiators from metal
foam panel. EUROSTAR proposal with a Turk-
ish partner.
• VEMUF. Largest Hungarian space related R&D
project proposal with 20 members in consortia.
• LIFECHAIR. Safety aircraft seat with innovative
shape and protective shell.

General information
Short description of the organisation’s research
and development capabilities ADMATIS, the
name of the company perfectly describes our
core activities: Advanced MATerials In Space.
It means our two strengths: material science and
space hardware development. Most of our staff
are engineers that ensure the ambitious and cost
effective developments.

Main customers: ESA, EADS Astrium, NASA.

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Main areas of interest

1 Area of Interest
A12.1 Maintenance
AEROK Aviation
Technical Training List of the results achieved in the selected
area: Part-147 theoretical and practical type train-
Centre ings and continuation trainings for Part-66 B1, B2
and C category
Address: 1191 Budapest Üllői út 200. II. emelet
• Airbus A320 (CFM56, IAE V2500) family
Telephone: +36 1 280 8701 • Boeing B737CL & NG (CFM-56) family
• Boeing B757-200/300 (RR Rb211, PW2000)
Website: www.aerok.eu • Boeing B767-200/300 (GE CF6, PW JT9D, PW 4000)
• Bombardier CRJ-100/200 (CL-600-2B19 (GE CF34))
E-mail: info@aerok.hu • Bombardier Q400 (DHC-8-400 (PWC PW150))
• Fokker F-70/100 (RR TAY620/650)
Managing Director: József Károly

Contact: Gábor Vörös

Contact’s e-mail: gabor.voros@aerok.hu

The curricula of the trainings are continuously
Languages: English further developed and are kept up-to-date.

E-mail address of the person in charge of the

specified area: gabor.voros@aerok.hu

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General information
Short description of the organisation’s re-
search and development capabilities AEROK
is an EASA Part-147 training organization in Bu-
dapest, Hungary. Our company was established
in 2003 by a group of aviation engineers, who
have great experience in technical training of air-
craft maintenance personnel.
The main scope of our activity is aircraft type
training. Our services include theoretical and
practical type trainings for popular aircraft types
(A320, B737) as well as theoretical courses for
other aircraft types. In addition, our company
provides Continuation Training courses for the
related aircraft types. AEROK Ltd. also offers
Human Factors, EWIS, Fuel Tank Safety, Main-
tenance Planning and other customized courses
for MROs and individuals.
We offer EASA Part-147 type trainings for com-
panies and individuals. Our clients can choose
Open Courses or order selected courses at a re-
quested date. Additionally, we provide custom-
ized, not Part-147 trainings. These programs can
be adapted individually to the specific needs and
requirements of the clients.
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Main areas of interest

1 Area of Interest
A2.1 Basic Materials
Bay Zoltan
Public Nonprofit Ltd. List of the results achieved in the selected
area: The Department of Nanomaterials at the
for Applied Research BAY -LOGI Institute (Miskolc) has been develop-
ing new, light-weight aluminium-based materi-
Address: 1116 Budapest Fehervari u. 130. als, which can be used in aero-structures. Those
include carbon fibre reinforced aluminium ma-
Telephone: +36 46 560 142 trix composites, and particles stabilized metallic
foams and emulsions / monotectic alloys. We are
Website: www.bayzoltan.hu seeking partners to develop our prototypes fur-
ther and to build them into aero-structures.
E-mail: bayzoltan@bayzoltan.hu
E-mail address of the person in charge of the
Managing Director: Tamas Skultety specified area: kaptay.gyorgy@bay-logi.hu

Contact: Ervin Pasztor 2 Area of Interest

A2.3 Structure
Contact’s e-mail: ervin.pasztor@bayzoltan.hu
List of the results achieved in the selected
Languages: English area: The Department of Structural Integ-
rity deals with reliable and safety operation
Establishment: 1993 of different structures and components. It
includes the research of damage mecha-

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nisms in structural materials, condition and
lifetime assessment of structures, application
of numerical modelling in the product and
technology design, in development engineer-
ing and in the assessment of the operation
safety of structures
E-mail address of the person in charge of the
specified area: szabolcs.szavai@bayzoltan.hu
The Department of Material Testing’s equip-
ment are suitable for performing static and
fatigue test, that needs uniaxial and biaxial
(tension/torsion) load. The existing measur-
ing accessories allow the high accuracy meas-
urement of material properties. The high tem-
perature furnace and environment chamber
are also suitable for completing the inspec-
tions in wide temperature range (-150…1400
°C). The video-extensometer is able to meas-
ure the strains (50-500 mm). The INSTRON
8850 type biaxial testing machine also com-
petent in static and fatigue investigation of
smaller structures (max. 900x800x1500 mm).
The static and fatigue tests, requiring extreme
load and torque, can be carried out up to 500
kN and 2400 Nm.
E-mail address of the person in charge of the
specified area: peter.rozsahegyi@bayzoltan.hu
Project participation
List and short description of the projects:
International projects:
STYLE – Structural Integrity for lifetime
management – non-RPV components
• F inanced by: EU 7. FP – EURAT OM (2010-2014)
• Goals: The overall objective of the project is
to assess, optimize and develop the use of
advanced tools for the structural integrity as-
sessment of reactor coolant pressure bound-
ary components (RCPB) relevant to ageing
and lifetime management and to integrate the
knowledge created in the project into main-
stream nuclear industry assessment codes.
MULTIMET – Structural performance of
multi-metal component
• F inanced by: EU 7. FP – EURAT OM (2011-2015)
•Goals: to provide recommendations for a
good, practice approach for the integrity as-
sessment of dissimilar metal welds as part of
overall integrity analyses and leak-before-break
(LBB) procedures.
VIRTLAB – Virtual Reality Laboratory for
Factory of the Future
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• Financed by: Hungary-Slovakia Cross-border Co-
operation Programme 2007-2013, HUSK/1101
/1.2.1/0039 (2012-2014)
• Goals: The focus of the project is to establish
a vir-tual environment to study and develop
the manufacturing process and the product
behaviour.
• the synergy of the existing knowledge and ex-
perience in the field of scientific research and
technological development
• Partners: Bay Zoltán Nonprofit Ltd., Technical
University of Košice, Slovakia
Strapamo-MatelComp Performance oriented
material laws for the simulation of elastomer
and composite components under complex
loading situations
Financed by: Austrian Federal Ministry of Eco-
nomics and Labour
Goals: Evaluate the potential of existing fatigue
design methodologies for conventional materi-
als (metals, plastics) towards their applicability
for elastomers and composites based on theo-
retical considerations and the existing know-
how at the various partners, and to define the
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limitations of these methodologies for these
material classes. Carry out a few selected case/
feasibility studies to substantiate and verify the
conclusions. Define research objectives that
seem of high importance for the development
of novel fatigue design methodologies that al-
low for a better predictability of component
performance and enhanced safety of compo-
nents in service.
Carbon reinforced Aluminium wire No CK
80255 Electric cables today are produced of alu-
minium with a steel core. Aluminium conducts
electricity, while the steel core keeps the weight.
Our long term engineering goal is to replace the
high density steel core by a low density alumin-
ium matrix composite core. In the later the me-
chanical properties are ensured by carbon fibers.
Thus, the production technology of carbon fiber
reinforced aluminium matrix composite strands
(„Cf/Al-MMC”) should be developed.
European Institute of Innovation and Technology,
under a KIC Inno Energy, NewMat project. The
Lighthouse Innodriver “NewMat” large project
concerns the materials science input in innova-
tion regarding sustainable energy systems. The
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anticipated implementation of new materials
will lead to an enhancement of existing, and the
introduction of innovative, technologies of en-
ergy production. New materials with improved
properties, more resistant to exposure in aggres-
sive environments will also influence cost savings
and significantly increase efficiency in (clean) en-
ergy production.
General information
 hort description of your organisation’s re-
S
search and development capabilities
The Department of Nanomaterials:
Nanotechnology,Composites, Emulsions, Foams,
Thermodynamics, Modeling; Electrochemistry,
Thermophysical properties of materials; Devel-
opment of carbon fiber reinforced, Al-mtrix com-
posites; Development of solid particles stabilized
monotectic alloys; Development of shaped me-
tallic foams; Electrochemical synthesis of carbon
nanotubes and metallic- and/or boride coatings;
Number of researchers: 6 persons
The Department of Structural Integrity:
Constructional design and optimization of
structures and equipment, modelling of op-
eration conditions under different loading
conditions by numerical methods; Application
of CAD and FEM software Test and analysis
of structural damage processes happening
in structural material under different loading
conditions, defect assessment with the applied
fracture mechanics principles. Simulation of the
mechanics and thermodynamics state of con-
structions and liquid/gas flows with the applied
numerical methods
Number of researchers: 8 persons
The Department of Material Testing:
Tensile test (low-, room- and elevated tem-
perature) Compressive test, Fatigue test with
three and four points bending, Uniaxial fatigue
tests (LCF, HCF) Fracture mechanics tests (KIC,
JIC, dadN, DKth) Fatigue and Breaking tests
of structures Biaxial tests (axial/torsion) static
and alternate loading, Technological tests
(welds, bonding units) Impact test (300 J), drop
test(2700 J) Instrumented hardness test (HV,
HRC indentor) Hardness test (HV, HRC, SHORE)
Surface roughness measuring Specifical weight
measuring
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Main areas of interest

1 Area of Interest
A5.2 Electrical Systems

BHE Bonn Hungary List of the results achieved in the selected area:
• UAV development
Electronics Ltd. • Autopilot
• Onboard communication systems
Address: 1044 Budapest, Ipari Park u. 10. • Inertial navigation
• Radars (including SAR)
Telephone: +36 1 233 2138 • Onboard embedded computer

Website: www.bhe-mw.eu E-mail address of the person in charge of the

specified area: solymosi@bhe-mw.eu
E-mail: info@bhe-mw.eu

Managing Director: Károly Kazi

Contact: Tímea Papp

Contact’s e-mail: pappt@bhe-mw.eu

Project participation
Languages: English
List and short description of the projects
Establishment: 1991 National project for UAV onboard electronic sys-
tem development.

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General information
 hort description of your organisation’s re-
S
search and development capabilities
BHE was established in 1991 for the develop-
ment and manufacture of RF and microwave
components, subsystems and equipment for ap-
plications in telecommunications, defence, aero-
nautics and space. BHE now offers complete sys-
tems too, like UAV with key parameters of 3000
m ceiling, 15-20 km communication range and
1.5 hours endurance. This UAV follows a pre- Main products and services
programmed route and sending real time video •M icrowave subsystems for radar, SAR, TACAN, IFF
signal and telemetry data to the ground station. • T/R modules and microwave front-ends
The company currently employs 73 highly skilled • Phased array antenna subsystems
experts, some of them hold academic degrees. • Onboard, TT&C and Data Transmitters based
BHE products are represented in 18 countries on on Software Defined Radio (SDR) technology
four continents and the company holds ISO9001 • UAV Communication Relay (UCR)
and AS9100 certifications. • Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV)

Testing capabilities
• Electronic lab tests up to 40 GHz
• Climate test chambers (-70 to +180 °C, including
humidity, thermal shock and thermal cycling)
• Shock and vibration tests
• EMC anechoic chamber
• EMC G-Tem cell

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Main areas of interest

1 Area of Interest
A1.1 Aerodynamics

BME List of the results achieved in the selected

(Budapest University of Technology and Economics) area: The department had been involved as ad-
visor in Corvus Racer 540 aerobatic aircraft de-
Department of Aeronautics,
Naval Architect and Railway Vehicles sign for Red Bull Air Race

2 Area of Interest
Address: 1111 Budapest, Stoczek utca 6, building J A2 Aero-structures

Telephone: +36 1 463 1922 List of the results achieved in the selected
area: The staff of department had been involved
Website: www.rht.bme.hu in development of several small aircraft, their
structural solutions and instrumentation.
Contact: Prof. Dr. Jozsef Rohacs
3 Area of Interest
Contact’s e-mail: jrohacs@rht.bme.hu A7.3 Simulation

Languages: English List of the results achieved in the selected

area: The department is ready to make simula-
Establishment: 1946 tions and analysis by using several well-applied
software, as ANSYS, MATLAB, etc. Results have
been achieved, for example, in EU FP projects,
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Project participation
List and short description of the projects
The Department of Aeronautics, Naval Architect and
Railway Vehicles was involved in numerous national
and international projects related to its main field of
interests. The department was engaged in around 60
different research projects, acting as a project leader
in about 40 of them. It has taken part and now is
involved in different EU FP6, FP7 and SESAR projects,
from which the aviation related include e.g.:
EPATS – European Personal Air Transportation
System (EU FP6 ), 2007-08
SINBAD – Safety Improved with a New concept
by Better Awareness on airport approach Do-
main (EU FP6 project), 2007-10
SATS-Rdmp – Small Aircraft Transportation Sys-
tem Roadmap (EU FP7), 2010-12
Net-Team – Advanced Aircraft Network for
Theoretical & Experimental Aeroservoelastic
Modeling, FP7-IRSES Project , 2011-14
ESPOSA – Efficient Systems and Propulsion for
Small Aircraft (EU FP7), 2011-14
Move It! – Modernisation of Vessels for Inland
waterway freight Transport (EU FP7), 2011-14
INNOVATIVE – Associate Partner of the SESAR
JU, Lot 5: Modeling, support, validation, 2011-14
ATM-FUSION Lot 6 Integration of UAV into the
SESAR, 2011-14 .
General information
Short description of the organisation’s re-
search and development capabilities
BME is a large education, research and service
centre working in close cooperation with inter-
national companies and organisations to pro-
mote the innovative application of the latest
research in science and technology. Its activities
include task-oriented analysis of markets, tech-
nology and design. Technology and product de-
velopment span design methods, measurement,
analysis, testing, engineering, prototyping, ma-
terials and production technologies.
Related to aeronautics, the Department of
Aeronautics, Naval Architect and Railway Ve-
hicles has the following areas of interest:
• Thermal and fluid micro-machines
• Vehicle thermal processes
• Gas turbines and combustion engines
• Aeronautical sciences
• Special aircraft
• Air traffic management
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Main areas of interest

1 Area of Interest
A1.1 Aerodynamics

BME List of the results/publications achieved in

(Budapest University of Technology and Economics) the selected area:
• experimental and numerical aerodynamics of
Department of Fluid Mechanics
ground vehicles

Address: 1111 Budapest, Bertalan Lajos u. 4-6.

Telephone: +36 1 463 4072

Website: www.ara.bme.hu

E-mail: info@ara.bme.hu

Managing Director: Dr. János Vad,

Head of Department Régert T, Lajos T: Description of flow field in
the wheelhouses of cars. International Journal of
Contact: Dr. János Vad Heat and Fluid Flow 28:(4) pp. 616-629. (2007)
Gulyás A, Bodor Á, Régert T, Jánosi I M:
Contact’s e-mail: vad@ara.bme.hu PIV measurement of the flow past a Generic Car
body with wheels at LES applicable Reynolds
Languages: English number. International Journal of Heat and Fluid
Flow 42, CMFF special issue (2013)

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• experimental and numerical aerodynamics of
air vehicles and components
Nagy L, Régert T, Lohász M M: Large-Eddy Simu-
lation in the vicinity of the RAF-6E airfoil in a reduced
domain. In: XIX Polish National Fluid Dynamics Con-
ference: KKMP2010. Poznan, Poland, pp. 1-9.
Lajos T, Régert T, Szegény P, Gausz T, Nagy L:
Application of an effective description procedure
for interpreting 3D flow fields past a helicopter fu-
selage. AIRFRAMER 30: pp. 9-12. (2008)
• Measurement and simulation of flow above
complex terrain (applicable to determine air-
port and flight path wind conditions)
Balczó M, Balogh M, Goricsán I, Nagel T,
Suda, J M, Lajos T: Air quality around motor-
way tunnels in complex terrain – Computational
Fluid Dynamics modeling and comparison to
wind tunnel data. IDOJARAS – Quarterly Journal
of the Hungarian Meteorological Service, Vol.
115 No. 3 pp. 179-204. (2011)
• Aerodynamics of buildings and wind sensitive
structures
Lajos T, Goricsán I, Balczó M, Kovács T, Régert
T, Sebestyén P: Prediction of wind load acting on
telecommunication masts. In: IABSE Symposium.
Budapest, Hungary, 2006. pp. 1-8. Paper 324.
E-mail address of the person in charge of the
specified area: vad@ara.bme.hu
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2 Area of Interest
A3 Propulsion
List of the results/publications achieved in
the selected area:
• Axial flow fan development, blade sweep ap-
plied to axial flow fan rotors of controlled vor-
tex design
Vad J, Kwedikha A R A, Horváth Cs, Bal-
czó M, Lohász M M, Régert T Aerodynamic
Effects of Forward Blade Skew in Axial Flow Ro-
tors of Controlled Vortex Design. Proceedings
of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers Part
A / Journal of Power and Energy 221: pp. 1011-
1023. (2007)
• Large Eddy Simulation of flow in turbine blade
cooling ducts
Lohasz MM, Rambaud P, Benocci C: Flow
features in a fully developed ribbed duct flow as
a result of Miles. Flow, Turbulence and Combus-
tion 77:(1-4) pp. 59-76. (2006)
• CFD simulation of internal combustion engines
and components
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Kadocsa A, Tatschl R, Kristóf G: Analysis of
spray evolution in internal combustion engines
using numerical simulation. Journal of Applied
and Computational Mechanics 8:(1) pp. 85-
100. (2007)
Lohász M M, Nagy L, Wurm H: LES of the
Transitional Flow in a Miniature Centrifugal
Pump. In: Proceedings of Conference on Mod-
elling Fluid Flow (CMFF’09). Budapest, Hungary,
pp. 826-832.
• jet and engine aeroacoustics
Tóth P, Lohász M M: Noise computation of
an axisymmetric free jet using general pur-
pose CFD code. In: Proceedings of Acous-
tics’08 Paris, 29 June – 4 July 2008, Paris, pp.
1825-1830.
Podboy G G and Horváth Cs., 2009, “Phased
Array Noise Source Localization Measure-
ments Made on a Williams International FJ44
Engine”, Proc. 15th AIAA/ CEAS Aeroacoustics
Conference, Miami, U.S.A.
E-mail address of the person in charge of the
specified area: vad@ara.bme.hu
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Project participation
List and short description of the projects
• Aerodynamic investigation of a helicopter fu-
selage (industry-funded, 2006)
• 5-hole velocity probe development and calibra-
tion for meteorological UAV (TÁMOP, 2012-)
• Wind tunnel testing of an UL aircraft’s wing
flaps (student project, 2010)
• Optimization of side-channel fuel pump using
CFD (industry-funded)
• Wind tunnel testing of several wind-sensitive
buildings and structures (Dallas Fort Worth
Airport Terminal D tensioned roof, telecommu-
nication masts , tall buildings) (industry funded
projects, 2000-)
• Investigation of flutter phenomena on bridges
(INNOCSEKK, 2003-2012)
General information
Short description of the organisation’s re-
search and development capabilities
The Department of Fluid Mechanics was
founded in 1934 for aerodynamic research
and aircraft development. Currently, the De-
partment is active in the field of building and
environmental aerodynamics, vehicle aerody-
namics, design of fluid machinery and aeroa-
coustics. 20 researchers and engineers work
on public or industry funded projects using
experimental or computational fluid dynamics
(CFD) tools.
Our CFD team has expertise in the use of FLU-
ENT and OpenFOAM CFD codes, as well as in
writing custom codes. We operate an own PC
cluster and have access to the BME university
supercomputer.
Research capabilities include wind tunnel testing
in a 2.6 m test section diameter wind tunnel (up
to 60 m/s) as well as in 4 smaller wind tunnels.
We also operate an acoustic laboratory with
an anechoic and a reverberation chamber, and
apply phased array microphone techniques, as
well as computational aeroacoustics simulations
in the investigation of airfoil and fan noise.
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Main areas of interest

1 Area of Interest
A7 Integrated Design & Validation

BME List of the results achieved in the selected area:

Model-driven design, validation and deployment
(Budapest University of Technology and Economics)
to ARINC 653 and TTA compliant platforms
Department of Measurement
E-mail address of the person in charge of the
and Information Systems
specified area: varro@mit.bme.hu

Address: 1117 Budapest, Magyar tudósok krt. 2. 2 Area of Interest

A4 Avionics
Telephone: +36 1 463 2057
List of the results achieved in the selected
Website: www.mit.bme.hu area: Software tools for modeling ARINC 653
compliant platforms
Managing Director: Prof. Ákos Jobbágy E-mail address of the person in charge of the
specified area: varro@mit.bme.hu
Contact: Dr. Dániel Varró
3 Area of Interest
A12.2 Safety
Contact’s e-mail: varro@mit.bme.hu
List of the results achieved in the selected
Languages: English area: Model-driven safety assessment techniques
software certification
E-mail address of the person in charge of the
specified area: majzik@mit.bme.hu

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Project participation
List and short description of the projects
FP6 projects: DIANA: The DIANA Project is
the first step for the implementation of an en-
hanced avionics platform, named AIDA (Archi-
tecture for Independent Distributed Avionics),
providing secure distribution and execution on
virtual machines to avionics applications. Along
with this objective, DIANA also aims at contrib-
uting to the definition and standardization of
the development and certification means need-
ed to support this novel platform.
DECOS: The project methodically targets,
investigates, and develops approaches to sig-
nificantly alleviate the identified five key ob-
stacles – Electronic Hardware Cost, Diagnosis
and Maintenance, Dependability, Develop-
ment Cost, Intellectual Property (IP) Protec-
tion – to the deployment of advanced elec-
tronic functions in embedded systems. The
intent is to provide an integrated distributed
execution platform and a set of pre-validated
hardware components and software modules
and tools for the design of dependable em-
bedded systems
SAFEDMI: SAFEDMI objective is to design and
develop a ERTMS-compliant safe (at least SIL2)
DMI with safe wireless communication interfaces
for configuration, SW and firmware download-
ing and diagnostic purposes to respond to the
increasing safety level needs in the ATC systems
of high-speed rail lines.
SENSORIA: The aim of SENSORIA is to develop
a novel comprehensive approach to the engi-
neering of software systems for service-oriented
overlay computers where foundational theories,
techniques and methods are fully integrated in a
pragmatic software engineering approach.
Further FP6 projects: AMBER, DESEREC,
HIDENETS
FP7 projects: CECRIS: The project aims at tak-
ing a step forward in the growing field of de-
velopment, verification and validation and cer-
tification of critical systems. The project focuses
on the more difficult/important points of (safety,
efficiency, business …) of critical system devel-
opment, verification and validation and certifi-
cation process. The scientific objectives of the
project are study both the scientific and indus-
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trial state of the art methodologies for system
development and the impact of their usage on
the verification and validation and certification
of critical systems.
SecureChange: The objective is to develop
techniques and tools that ensure “lifelong” com-
pliance to security, privacy and dependability
requirements for a long-running evolving soft-
ware system. This is challenging because these
requirements are not necessarily preserved by
system evolution. The project will develop proc-
esses and tools that support design techniques
for evolution, testing, verification, re-configura-
tion and local analysis of evolving software.
MOGENTES: MOGENTES aims at significantly
enhancing testing and verification of dependable
embedded systems by means of automated gen-
eration of test cases relying on development of
new approaches as well as innovative integration
of state-of-the-art techniques. Driven by the needs
of its industrial partners, it will address both testing
of non-functional issues like reliability, e.g. by sys-
tem stress and overload tests, and functional safety
tests, meeting the requirements of standards such
as IEC 61508, ISO WD 26262, or AUTOSAR.
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Further projects: E-FREIGHT
ARTEMIS projects: GENESYS: The objective of
the GENESYS project is to develop cross-domain
reference architecture for embedded systems that
can be instantiated for different application do-
mains to meet the requirements and constraints
documented in the ARTEMIS strategic research
agenda. These requirements are composability,
networking, security, robustness, diagnosis, inte-
grated resource management and evolvability. The
reference architecture will address common issues,
such as complexity management, separation of
communication and computation, support for dif-
ferent levels of quality of service, security, model-
based design, heterogeneity of subsystems, legacy
integration, optimal power usage, and diagnosis.
R3COP: The project aims to overcome the frag-
mentation of the robotic sector by creating a
cross-domain platform of methods and tools for
the design, development and validation of resil-
ient and usable real world autonomous systems.
These systems will be able to reason, learn and
cooperate in different application domains such
as surveillance and rescue, agriculture, people
care, home environments and transport
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Major national projects: CERTIMOT (ERC_
HU): The main objective of the CERTIMOT project
is to enable certification for model transforma-
tions used in critical systems and service design.
Novel models, languages, techniques and tools
will be developed to systematically design, gen-
erate, verify and trace model transformation arti-
facts required in a certification process. As a long
term vision, CERTIMOT results will significantly
reduce efforts required to certify model transfor-
mations and qualify model transformation and
code generation tools.
General information
Short description of the organisation’s re-
search and development capabilities
The main educational, research and develop-
ment activities at the Department of Measure-
ment and Information Systems are related to:
a) Embedded Information Systems,
b) Intelligent System Design,
c) Dependable Systems and Model-Driven Sys-
tems Engineering.
Avionics related research focus is mainly related
to the Fault Tolerant Systems Research Group,
which was founded in 1994; currently it con-
sists of 25 researchers, including 6 PhDs and
2 DSc. The main research field of the group is
the model-driven development and analysis of
dependable computer systems, including sys-
tems modeling and formal analysis, depend-
ability assessment and validation of IT systems.
Development of modern design software en-
vironments to support such activities is also a
major focus.
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BME
(Budapest University of Technology and Economics)
Department of Polymer Engineering
Faculty of Mechanical Engineering
Address: H-1111 Budapest, Műegyetem rkp. 3.
Telephone: +36 1 463 2003
Website: www.pt.bme.hu
E-mail: pt@pt.bme.hu
Managing Director: Tibor Czigany
Contact: Andrea Toldy
Contact’s e-mail: atoldy@mail.bme.hu
Languages: English, German, French, Spanish
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Main areas of interest
1 Area of Interest
A2.1 Basic Materials
List of the results achieved in the selected
area:
1. Design and preparation of polymeric com-
posites of reduced weight
1.1. Design and preparation of self-reinforced
composites
1.2. Design and preparation of multifunctional
composites varying their multilayer structure
2. Design and preparation of environmentally
friendly polymeric composites
2.1. Preparation of natural fiber reinforced com-
posites
2.2. Preparation of thermosetting composites
from renewable resources
2.3. Preparation of composites of high technical
value with high recycled material content
3. Design and preparation of flame retarded
polymer composites
3.1. Flame retardancy of carbon fiber reinforced
epoxy resins
4. Design and preparation of hybrid and nano-
composites
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4.1. Development of novel carbon nanofiber
production technology and its scaling-up
4.2. Development of novel carbon nanofiber
reinforced composites with increased con-
ductivity
4.3. Development of hybrid composites
E-mail address of the person in charge of the
specified area: atoldy@mail.bme.hu
Project participation
List and short description of the projects
• 2012 – 2014 Development of an innovative
bio-based resin for aeronautical applications
(Clean Sky) FP7 project (identification number:
298090)
• 2011 – 2014 Development and characteriza-
tion of epoxy resin-based shape memory poly-
mer (SMP) systems Hungarian project (identifi-
cation number: 83421)
• 2010 – 2012 Resin, Laminate and Industrial
Nanoparticles Concept and Application. Indus-
trialization (Clean Sky) FP7 project (identifica-
tion number:270599)
• 2009 – 2011 Development of technologies
for utilization of organic materials from car
and electronic waste for avoiding future land-
fill dumping project in Jedlik Ányos Program
(identification number: OM-00278/2008)
•2 008 – 2012 Magnetic sorting and ultrasound
sensor technologies for production of high purity
secondary polyolefins from waste (W2PLASTICS)
FP7 project (identification number: 212782)
• 2008 – 2011 Preparation and realization of
transport safety innovations in production of
prototype of new 4 person composite aircraft
project in Jedlik Ányos Program (identification
number: OM-00168/2008)
General information
Short description of the organisation’s re-
search and development capabilities
The Department of Polymer Engineering at the
Budapest University of Technology and Eco-
nomics deals with education, research and de-
velopment in the field of polymer engineering.
The Department has a well-equipped material
testing laboratory, which was the very first in
Hungary where the ISO 9001 Quality Manage-
ment System has been introduced.
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Main areas of interest

1 Area of Interest
A2 Aero-structures

Corvus Hungary Ltd. List of the results achieved in the selected area:
• building UL and LSA category aircraft
Address: Ballószög, II. körzet 73/d • unlimited aerobatic aircraft

Telephone: +36 30 489 9341 E-mail address of the person in charge of the
specified area: sales@corvus-hungary.com
Website: www.corvus-hungary.com

E-mail: sales@corvus-hungary.com

Managing Director: Imre Katona

Contact: Csaba Farkas

Contact’s e-mail: sales@corvus-hungary.com

Languages: English, German

Establishment: 2011

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General information
Short description of the organisation’s re-
search and development capabilities
Corvus is strong in composite material testing,
developing new structures, also in engineering
of different systems and solutions for aeronauti-
cal applications.
Number of persons in development area: 3
Corvus Hungary is acclaimed for being one of
the largest innovators in the general aviation
sector of Hungary. In parallel with the produc-
tion of the two-seater ultralight Corvus Fusion
product line, a wide scale of aircraft types, as
well as supporting technologies are under devel-
opment. Corvus, as a founding partner of Mag-
nus Group offers its capabilities in the following
fields of research and development:
• Composite technologies, wet-layup an prepreg
• Prototyping
• Welding and metal parts design and devel-
opment
• Aeronautical system integration
• Type certification
• Finite element optimization
• 3d modelling, technical documentation
The company is represented on most continents,
with an R&D focal point located in Hungary.
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Main areas of interest

1 Area of Interest
A5.2 Electrical Systems

ELTEC Holding Ltd. List of the results achieved in the selected area:
Research, development and production the ca-
Address: 1106 Budapest, Tünderfürt u. 3-5. ble systems for Corvus Aircraft

Telephone: +36 1 335 8330 E-mail address of the person in charge of the
specified area: id@eltec.net
Website: www.eltec.net

E-mail: info@eltec.hu

Contact: Istvan Domeny

Contact’s e-mail: id@eltec.net

Languages: English, German, Polish

Establishment: 1994

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General information
Short description of the organisation’s re-
search and development capabilities
Develpoment and manufacture of cable systems
for ultralight and LSA aircraft.
We have full infrastructure with 3D software and
four development engineers.

Our firm is the first EN 9100 certified company

in Hungary.
We are prepared to meet further research and
development challenges in the area of the aero-
nautical and space industries.

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Main areas of interest

1 Area of Interest
A5 On-board Systems & Equipment

List of the results achieved in the selected

Gamma Technical area: Development of airborne radiation recon-
naissance system in service with the Hungarian
Corporation Defence Forces.

Address: 1097 Budapest, Illatos út 9.

Telephone: +36 1 205 5771

Website: www.gammatech.hu

E-mail: gamma@gammatech.hu

Managing Director: Attila Zsitnyányi

Contact: Balázs Dedek

Languages: English

Establishment: 1920

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General information
Short description of the organisation’s re-
search and development capabilities
Gamma Technical Corporation was founded in
1920 for the manufacture of precision mechani-
cal and optical products. The company has been
developing and manufacturing radiation meas-
urement devices since 1960, while the produc-
tion of meteorological instruments and monitor-
ing systems began in the 1980s. Throughout this
period, Gamma has been supplying the Hungar-
ian Armed Forces and other government organi-
sations with the instruments of NBC defence.

Gamma’s primary product lines continue to focus

on devices for civil and military protection. Main
fields of application include reconnaissance, dis-
aster management, incident evaluation, accident
stabilisation and early warning systems.

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Main areas of interest

1 Area of Interest
A5 On-board Systems & Equipment
Hilase Development,
Production, Service List of the results achieved in the selected
area: Within the CARIBIC project (www.car-
and Trading Limited
ibic-atmospheric.com) a dual channel Hilase-
Hygro instrument has been operating on-board
Address: 8000 Székesfehérvár, Berényi út 72-100. of a commercial aircraft (Airbus A340-600 of
Lufthansa) since May 2005. It measures atmos-
Place of business: 6727 Szeged, Irinyi J. u. 1.
pheric humidity and/or total water concentration
over wide dynamic ranges with a fast response
Telephone: +36 20 411 2044
time and with high accuracy. Other Hilase-Hygro
Website: www.hilase.hu instruments were tested at research aircraft.
Measuring atmospheric humidity is very impor-
E-mail: zoltan.bozoki@hilase.hu tant for improving meteorological forecast and
climate research.
Managing Director: Dr. Zoltán Bozóki

Contact: Dr. Zoltán Bozóki

Contact’s e-mail: zoltan.bozoki@hilase.hu

Languages: English

Establishment: 2004

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General information
Short description of the organisation’s re-
Project participation search and development capabilities
Hilase is specialised in developing, prototyping
List and short description of the projects and producing instruments for measuring the
Hilase is participating “The IAGOS for the GMES concentration of gases or aerosols in various
Atmospheric Service” (IGAS, EU FP7) project. applications. Hilase is a spin-off company of the
The new IGAS collaborative project serves to University of Szeged.
establish in-service aircraft measurements as a
distributed infrastructure for the European Com-
mission’s Earth Observation Programme. IGAS
brings together 13 partners in atmospheric re-
search; it is coordinated at the Max Planck Insti-
tute for Biogeochemistry. In this project task of
Hilase is development of a compact water va-
pour and total water instrument (Hilase-Hygro)
and developing for the instrument various self-
checking algorithms, which ensure the reliability
of its long term unattended operation. http://
www.igas-project.org.

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Main areas of interest

Centre of Research, 1 Area of Interest

A12.4 Other (Airspace research, development
Development and simulation)
and Simulation
List of the results achieved in the selected
area: CRDS, HungaroControl’s research and
Address: 1097 Budapest, Könyves Kálmán krt. 11.
development centre is Central Europe’s larg-
(Népliget Center)
est advanced air navigation simulation facility.
It provides simulation, training and consultancy
Telephone: +36 1 293 4234
services for air navigation service providers, func-
tional airspace blocks and research & develop-
Website: www.crds.eu
ment partners worldwide.
E-mail: crds@hungarocontrol.hu

Contact: G
 abriella Jéhn

Contact’s e-mail: crds@hungarocontrol.hu

Languages: English

Establishment: 2011

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Project participation
List and short description of the projects
CRDS provided a real-time simulation in 2012 for
Croatia Control, the Croatian air navigation serv-
ice provider to optimise the capacity utilisation
of their airspace sectors.
As its first multi-country project in 2013, CRDS
worked with the air navigation service providers
of Hungary, Poland and Slovakia to validate new
air navigation routes across these three coun-
tries. The new routes will help airlines reduce
fuel consumption and carbon dioxide emission,
in line with the objectives of the EU’s Single Eu-
ropean Sky programme.
Also, CRDS provides real-time simulation serv-
ices for HungaroControl on a permanent basis
to validate changes to air navigation routes in
the Hungarian airspace and to test new tools
and procedures developed to further improve air
traffic management.
General information
Short description of the organisation’s re-
search and development capabilities
CRDS currently employs eight full-time special-
ists (human factors analyst, simulation experts,
HMI programmers and simulator engineers),
and involves several other HungaroControl pro-
fessionals such as air traffic controllers, pseudo
pilots, supervisors and system designers in its op-
erations. Additionally, CRDS has a high-capacity
simulator platform (with 26 controller and 14
pilot working positions), provides a flexible work
environment to its customers, works with high
performance ACE compliant software and uses
a number of advanced air traffic management
tools and applications.
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Main areas of interest

1 Area of Interest
A2.2 Material Processing

List of the results achieved in the selected area:

Lóránd Eötvös • Produce of insulating materials (aerogels an
University, Institute cryogels) for space objects
• Bioceramics
of Chemistry • Inorganic oxide nanopowders

Address: 1117 Budapest, Pázmány P. u. 1/a. Project participation

Telephone: +36 1 372 2500 List and short description of the projects
EU 6th and 7th Framework Programmes
Website: www.elte.hu

E-mail: sinko@chem.elte.hu

Managing Director: Mezey Barna rektor

Contact: Dr. Sinkó Katalin Our researchers won altogether 39 FP6 projects.
The total value of the FP6 grants are more than
4.2 million euros. The different types of Marie
Curie actions were in the greatest quantity (16)
in the ratio of all FP6 grants, among these, in
one case our university was the coordinator.

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More than 30 of the university’s FP7 projects
have been granted up to now. The total value
of the FP7 grants is more than 7.2 million eu-
ros by now. Eötvös Loránd University is unique
with regard to the ERC Starting Grants, because
this institution is the only one in Central East-
ern Europe, which could be the host institution
of 2 granted researchers. In view of Advanced
Grants, we have 2 contracted researchers. These
indicate the excellence of our university.
General information
Short description of the organisation’s re-
search and development capabilities
The University has formal agreements for co-
operation and exchange with 120 universi-
ties in Europe, Asia, Africa, North and South
America at an institutional or a faculty level.
The main areas of cooperation are joint train-
ing and research projects, joint participation in
international conferences and workshops, ac-
creditation of courses and also the exchange of
students and guest lecturers.
ELTE is one of the members of EUA (European
University Association), UNICA (Universities
from Capitals of Europe), the Coimbra Group,
the Utrecht Network and the Danube Rectors
Conference.
In the faculty of Sciences there are 5 Institutes; bi-
ology, chemistry, mathematics, physics, and earth
sciences. There are 40 departments. Number of
the full-time graduate students: 30 767 at ELTE
and 5500 students study in Faculty of Science,
the number of the instructors: 435.
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Main areas of interest

1 Area of Interest
Lufthansa Technik A7.1 Collaborative Working

Budapest Ltd. List of the results achieved in the selected

area: We can support research and development
Address: 1
 185 Budapest, Liszt Ferenc activity with our experience in maintenance and
International Airport modification of aircraft structures and systems.
We can test developed materials and equipment
Telephone: +36 1 296 3000 in our maintenance environment, can provide
limited manufacturing capability.
Website: www.lht-budapest.com
E-mail address of the person in charge of the
Managing Director: Elmar Lutter specified area: sandor.szomora@lhtb.hu

Contact: Sandor Szomora

Contact’s e-mail: sandor.szomora@lhtb.hu

Languages: English

Establishment: 2000

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Project participation
List and short description of the projects
Participation in FP6 SuperSkysense project:
Hydraulic Fluid Health Monitoring and Recondi-
tioning System
For more details see: http://cordis.europa.eu/
documents/documentlibrary/122807231EN6.pdf

General information
Short description of the organisation’s re-
search and development capabilities
We have about 20 engineers and 80 aircraft
mechanics having several years experience in
aircraft repair and overhaul, plus we have 4
NDT specialists in ultrasonic, eddy current, elec-
tromagnetic, dye penetrant testing, X-ray and
thermograhic methods.

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Main areas of interest

1 Area of Interest
A2.1 Basic Materials

List of the results achieved in the selected area:

• Magnetic Adaptive Testing (MAT) is a recently
MFA developed non-destructive magnetic measure-
ment method, which is based on systematic
(Institute for Technical Physics and Materials Science)
measurement and evaluation of minor mag-
netic hysteresis loops.
Address: 1121 Budapest, Konkoly-Thege u. 29-33. • On ductile cast iron specimens having various
temperature profiles the structural changes
Telephone: +36 1 392 2587 could be successfully traced by the non-de-
structive magnetic measurement. Contrary to
Website: www.mfa.kfki.hu traditionally used eddy current measurements,
their newly developed method delivers inde-
E-mail: info@mfa.kfki.hu pendent of temperature correlated results be-
tween magnetic characteristics and hardness
Managing Director: Prof. Istvan Barsony as well as electric conductivity.
Numerous tests were carried out using the
Contact: Dr. Bela Pecz magnetic imaging method on helicopter rotors
and on different plane parts both in laboratory
Contact’s e-mail: pecz@mfa.kfki.hu and on site.

Languages: English E-mail address of the person in charge of the

specified area: gasparics.antal@ttk.mta.hu

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Project participation
List and short description of the projects
FP6 projects:
• CADRES, Co-Ordination Action On Defects Rel-
evant To Engineering Advanced Silicon-Based
Devices, IST, CA (I. Bársony, G. Battistig)
• Network for Nanostructured Materials, SSA
(L.P. Bíró)
• Biophot, Complexity and evolution of photonic
nanostructures in bio-organisms: templates for
material sciences. (L.P. Bíró)
• SEMINANO, SEMICONDUCTOR NANOCRYS-
TALS, NMP4 (Zs. J. Horváth)
• NAPILIS, Nanocomposites for Piston/Liner
Systems,NMP3, (B. Pécz)
• INNOVATIAL, Innovative processes and materials
to synthesise knowledge-based ultra-perform-
ance nanostructured PVD thin films on gamma
titanium aluminides, IP, NMP3 (P.B. Barna)
• FOREMOST, Fullerene-based Opportunities for
Robust Engineering: Making Optimised Surfac-
es for Tribology, IP, NMP3 (G. Radnóczi)
• HYPHEN, Hybrid Substrates for Mass Production,
of High Frequency Electronics, IST (B. Pécz)
• ANNA, European Integrated Activity of Excel-
lence and Networking for Nano- and Micro-
electronics Analysis, I3 (I. Bársony, P. Petrik)
FP7 Projects:
• High-EF, Large grained, low stress multi-crys-
talline silicon thin film solar cells on glass by
a novel combined diode laser and solid phase
crystallization process
•
CORRAL, Corrosion protection with perfect
atomic layers
• MORGaN, Materials for Robust Gallium Nitride
• NANO_MAG_DYE, MAGNETIC NANOPARTICLES
Combined with submicronic bubbles and dye
for oncologing imaging
•
RODSOL, All inorganic nano-rod based thin
film solar cells
• CONTACT, Mechanical and electrical properties
of CNT-filled composites
• P3Sense, Polymer Photonics Multiparametric bi-
ochemical SENSor for Point of care diagnostics
• ENIAC-2008-1 SE2A
• ENIAC-2009-Cajal4EU, Chip Architectures
by Joint Associated Labs for European di-
agnostics”,
• OSIRIS, Optimized Strategies for Risk Assess-
ment of Industrial Chemicals through Integra-
tion of Non-Test and Test Information
• UNION, Ultra-versatile Nanoparticle Integra-
tion into Organized Nanoclusters
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General information 2) Department of Complex Systems

The main scientific activity of the department is
Short description of the organisation’s re- focused on the research of complex systems us-
search and development capabilities ing the concepts and tools of statistical physics
The Institute for Technical Physics and Materi- in evolutionary games and non-equilibrium sys-
als Science (MFA) is a member of the Research tems on inhomogeneous graphs exploration of
Centre for Natural Sciences, Hungarian Acad- relatedness in large databases by developing the
emy of Sciences. MFA operates with a scien- appropriate algorithms.
tific staff of 80 researchers in 6 departments,
supported by a technical and administrative 3) Thin Film Physics Department
staff of 50. The task of the Department is to explore the
relationship between the structure evolution
The six scientific Department together with in polycrystalline layers and structural-physical
their main activity are the following: properties, development of application orient-
ed microelectronic and hard coatings, optimisa-
1) Nanostructures Department tion of the wide bandgap semiconductor layers
The scientific activity of the Department is fo- by learning their defect structure, preparation
cused on the production and characterization
of different nanoarchitectures (nanosystems
built from individual nanostructures) with spe-
cial emphasis on the preparation and study of
graphene nanostructures and nanoarchitec-
tures; besides the research of natural photonic
crystals and preparation of bio inspired artifi-
cial photonic nanostructures and the develop-
ment lithographic techniques of nanometric
resolution.

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and modelling of two dimensional layers and
the methodical development of the appropriate
electron microscopy (TEM) techniques.
4) Microtechnology Department
The task of the department is fundamental re-
search on new sensor principles, materials, MEMS
and NEMS related 3D technologies and ion-solid
interaction supporting MEMS development; re-
search on integrated microsystems, microfluidic
and photovoltaic structures and the system inte-
gration of functional nanostructures according to
the “More than Moore” principle. The growing
demand of the biomedical research on fluidic
systems, label-free bio-detection, Lab-on-a-Chip
systems requires high level of multidisciplinary co-
operation with the partners.
5) Photonics Department
The task of the Department includes non-destruc-
tive magnetic characterisation of metals, develop-
ment of sensor systems for molecular level detec-
tion using optical and magnetic read-out primarily
in medical applications, and to support the research
on functional materials by optical characterisation
(spectroscopic ellipsometry, Makyoh-topography).
6) Nanocomposites Department
The main task of the department is the investigation
of mechanical, electrical, thermal, sensorical and
biological properties of various nanocomposites.
The department develops carbon nanotube silicon
nitride nanocomposites, 1D, 2D and 3D semicon-
ductor oxides for sensor devices, and hydroxyapatite
biocomposites for medical and enviromental uses.
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Main areas of interest

1 Area of Interest
A5 On-board Systems & Equipment
Hungarian Academy
List of the results achieved in the selected area:
of Sciences • Development of redundant small unmanned
Systems and Control aerial vehicle hardware architecture
Laboratory at MTA SZTAKI •Development of analogue and digital inertial
measurement units including GPS receivers also.
Address: 1111 Budapest Kende u. 13-17.
E-mail address of the person in charge of the
Telephone: +36 1 279 6159 specified area: soumelidis.alexandros@sztaki.
mta.hu
Website: www.sztaki.hu/scl

E-mail: vanek@sztaki.mta.hu

Managing Director: Inzelt Peter

Contact: Bálint Vanek

Languages: English

Establishment: 1987

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2 Area of Interest
A7 Integrated Design & Validation
List of the results achieved in the selected area:
• Development and flight testing of unmanned
aerial vehicle autopilots.
• Software- and hardware-in-the-loop test
environments for simple and redundant un-
manned aerial vehicle architectures. Test
of autopilots in these environments before
flight testing.
E-mail address of the person in charge of the
specified area: vanek@sztaki.mta.hu
3 Area of Interest
A12.2 Safety
List of the results achieved in the selected area:
• Application of failure mode and effect analy-
sis (FMEA), fault tree analysis (FTA) and other
methods in the design and certification of un-
manned aerial vehicle hardware and software
architectures.
E-mail address of the person in charge of the
specified area: bauer.peter@sztaki.mta.hu
Project participation
List and short description of the projects
ADDSAFE FP7 project from 2010 to 2012, Ad-
vanced Fault Diagnosis for Sustainable Flight
Guidance and Control: Based on the scientific
relations with key players in space and avionic
system developers, companies, universities
and research institutions, the research project
ADDSAFE aims to develop advanced methods
and technologies for the detection of faults
and system malfunctions in airplane structures.
This is done in an attempt to make advanced
aircraft construction and design more economi-
cal, environmentally aware and sustainable. The
novel approach contributes to the establishment
of new, more efficient and environment friendly
airplane production technologies at Airbus.
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ACTUATION 2015 FP7 project from 2011 to
2014, Modular Electro Mechanical Actuators for
ACARE 2020 Aircraft and Helicopters: ACTUA-
TION 2015 aims to develop and validate a com-
mon set of standardised, modular and scalable
EMA resources for all actuators (flight control,
high lift, main landing gear, door, thrust reverser)
and all types of aircraft (business/regional/com-
mercial airplanes and helicopters).
Standardising EMA modules (motors, power
drive electronics, mechanics, sensing) will be a
key enabler to succeed in achieving cost objec-
tives and developing the supply chain. Stand-
ardisation will start during the project with the
support of a standardisation body (CEN).
provoke a change in aircraft transport towards:
“Full-time, all-event availability of performance-
enhancement electrical fly-by-wire”. This will be
achieved by developing advanced parameter and
fault estimation/diagnosis approaches, reconfig-
urable G&C methods, integrated approaches for
estimation, diagnosis and G&C, and other ad-
vanced clearance approaches for such systems.
The investigation will focus on off-nominal/ab-
normal event scenarios directly affecting the air-
craft flight control system. The techniques will
offer the capability to adjust and adapt to the
abnormal event during flight.

RECONFIGURE FP7 project from 2013 to 2015,

REconfiguration of CONtrol in Flight for Integral
Global Upset REcovery: The goal of RECONFIG-
URE is to investigate and develop aircraft G&C
technologies that facilitate the automated han-
dling of off-nominal events and optimize the air-
craft status and flight while maintaining, or even
improving, its safety level. These technologies
will extend the operation of the current G&C
functionalities that assist the pilot and optimize
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Sense and Avoid project financed by the (US)
Office of Naval Research. The goal is to develop
a single camera based sensing system which es-
timates the intruder aircraft’s (other aircraft close
to the unmanned aerial vehicle in the airspace)
flight direction, distance and velocity. Using this
data the system estimates the time to collision
and designs an avoidance manoeuvre.
Safety Critical UAV Avionics project from
2010-2012: project financed by the Computer
and Automation Research Institute. The goal is to
develop a redundant and fault tolerant hardware
and software architecture for small unmanned
aerial vehicles and demonstrate its capabilities in
real flight tests.
General information
Short description of the organisation’s re-
search and development capabilities
MTA SZTAKI
MTA SZTAKI, the Computer and Automation
Research Institute of the Hungarian Academy
of Sciences, is a member of ERCIM and a Center
of Excellence of the EU. The Institute performs
basic and application-oriented research in an
interdisciplinary setting combining computer
science, engineering, information technology,
intelligent systems, process control and net-
working. The Institute also conducts contract-
based target research and development, and
provides training and expertise for domestic
and foreign academic, industrial, governmental
and other partners.
MTA SZTAKI SCL
The Systems and Control Laboratory (SCL)
currently employs 30 full-time staff members
including 20 with scientific degrees and sev-
eral part-time staff. The majority of the mem-
bers are scientists working in research related
to systems and control theory with applica-
tion domains of automotive, aerospace and
(nuclear) power generation. The scientists
have academic background, ranging from
electrical engineering, computer-science/IT,
mechanical engineering, transportation en-
gineering and mathematics. There are nine
researchers, members of the Aerospace Guid-
ance, Navigation and Control (AERO GNC)
group, involved in aerospace related research
projects covering mechanical and electrical
engineering expertise.
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Main areas of interest

1 Area of Interest
A7.2 Computing
Department of
List of the results achieved in the selected
Distributed Systems area: Activities of MTA SZTAKI DSD involve the
at MTA SZTAKI development of distributed systems, middle-
ware systems - in cloud, Grid and P2P-based
Address: 1111 Budapest, Lágymányosi utca 11. environments, semantic web-service architec-
tures, platforms, methods and tools that re-
Telephone: +36 1 279 6212 quire context-aware approaches enabling the
personalization and dynamic composition of
Website: dsd.sztaki.hu services. We also contribute to the field of cri-
sis management, that requires special expertise
E-mail: laszlo.kovacs@sztaki.hu and DTN-PSN network-technology know-how.
MTA SZTAKI DSD is an active community mem-
Managing Director: Dr. Péter Inzelt ber of S-Cube for Software Services and Systems
Network in Europe with professional experience
Contact: Dr. László Kovács in JAVA, XML, RDF, OWL, SPARQL and {L,W,M}
AMP technologies.
Contact’s e-mail: laszlo.kovacs@sztaki.hu
Main research and development fields in
Languages: English the area of computing:
• Semantic web, web service architectures, plat-
forms, methods and tools; dynamic composi-
tion of web services; Linked Open Data.

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•Cloud-based systems; cloud federation; SLA
and scalability research;
• Middleware software (SOA, Grid, cloud, P2P-
based, pervasive systems); architecture and
service adaptation research; mobile P2P sys-
tems; IoT (Internet of Things).
• Emergent interoperability research in crisis
managment, pervasive DTN-PSN networking.
2 Area of Interest
A7.1 Collaborative Working
List of the results achieved in the selected area:
MTA SZTAKI DSD performs research and devel-
opment to create flexible business-, and service-
models, offering the most advanced knowledge
technologies to radically improve the integrated
IT background to enhance the collaboration
among and within enterprises. We primarily aim
at ensuring the IT background for platform-inde-
pendent access, information- and content-shar-
ing, content-forwarding and -storage, together
with defining collaborative and operational tasks,
the forms of task execution and workflows.
MTA SZTAKI DSD has also implemented and
conducted research in the architectural, func-
tional and user interface aspects of group-based
project management systems with context-
awareness, workflow systems, meeting support
systems, distributed whiteboards, discussion
forums, group calendar, agenda applications,
voting, rating, annotation and collaborative fil-
tering facilities.
Main research and development fields in
the area of collaborative working:
• paradigmatic and architectural questions of
collaborative services;
• groupware and CSCW applications;
• project management- and workflow-systems;
• whiteboards;
• architectural, functional and user-interface-
related questions of discussion forums, voting,
rating and recommendation systems;
• management and handling of context aware-
ness in distributed environments.
3 Area of Interest
A12.1 Maintenance
List of the results achieved in the selected
area: MTA SZTAKI DSD participates in the re-
search and development aimed at digital library
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and archiving systems and e-Science services both
in technological and methodological terms, en-
suring usability, accessibility, scalability and long-
term preservation of digital data. The department
has significantly contributed to the promotion of
sophisticated digital archive solutions.
MTA SZTAKI DSD also specializes in develop-
ing and running networked services: online
dictionaries, plagiarism-search service, search
tool for cultural assets, online voting and sev-
eral services related to the field of e-Science,
as to make the knowledge created/acquired
and the R&D activity carried out in national
and international projects usable and adapt-
able for the whole community. Outstanding of
the offered public services are Sztaki Diction-
ary, the most visited online dictionary service
in Hungary and KOPI, the unique plagiarism-
search tool.
Main research and development fields in
the area of archiving:
• architectures and services of digital library and
archiving systems;
• long-term digital preservation
• public on-line services
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Sztaki Dictionary, KOPI Plagiarism Search Portal,
online voting system, NDA@sztaki (search in
cultural heritage items)
Project participation
List and short description of the projects
MTA SZTAKI DSD has participated in numerous
(20+) European joint R&D projects in FP5-FP7
framework programs, and worked for large
multinational companies such as RICOH (Ja-
pan), Nuance (USA), RIM (Canada), EADS Space
Transportation (France), INRIA (France), Tel-
efonica I+D (Spain), Atos Origin (Spain), Price-
WaterhouseCoopers (Luxembourg), Fraunhofer
Gesellschaft (Germany).
Selected European joint research projects:
S-Cube: European Network of Excellence in
Software Services and Systems (IST-215483)
BREIN: Business Objective Driven Reliable and In-
telligent Grids for Real Business (IST-FP6-034556)
ABILITIES: Application Bus for InteroperabiLITy
In enlarged Europe SMEs, (IST-FP6-027306)
DELOS Network of Excellence on Digital Libraries
(IST-FP6-507618)
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INFRAWEBS: Intelligent Framework for Generat-
ing Open (Adaptable) Development Platforms for
Web-Service Enabled Applications Using Semantic
Web Technologies, Distributed Decision Support
Units and Multi-Agent-Systems, (IST-FP6-511723)
GeneSyS: Generic Systems Supervision (IST-
2001-34162)
Selected industry peer-to-peer projects:
N-Cloud: Nuance - SZTAKI cooperation for
cloud service development
DONAU: RICOH - SZTAKI cooperation for con-
text-awareness and real-time web-based col-
laborative systems
T-SOA: T-Com - SZTAKI cooperation for concur-
rent transaction handling in service oriented ar-
chitectures
Selected national projects:
Chaoster: Context-aware Collaboration Plat-
form for Crisis/Chaos Management based on the
Concept of Emergent Interoperability and DTN-
PSN Network Technologies
InterpreterGlove: Recognition of DACTIL lan-
guage via gestures
General information
Short description of the organisation’s research
and development capabilities
MTA SZTAKI
MTA SZTAKI, the Computer and Automation
Research Institute of the Hungarian Academy of
Sciences, is a member of ERCIM and a Center of
Excellence of the EU. The Institute performs ba-
sic and application-oriented research in an inter-
disciplinary setting combining computer science,
engineering, information technology, intelligent
systems, process control and networking. The
Institute also conducts contract-based target re-
search and development, and provides training
and expertise for domestic and foreign academ-
ic, industrial, governmental and other partners.
MTA SZTAKI
Established in 1994, MTA SZTAKI Department of
Distributed Systems (DSD) has specialized in the
research and development of software in the ar-
eas of distributed systems, applications and mid-
dleware, cloud and pervasive computing, social
and collaborative computing, groupware appli-
cations and services and digital archive systems
on different (desktop and nomadic) platforms.
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Main areas of interest

1 Area of Interest
A11 Innovative Concepts & Scenarios

Rea-Tech Kft. List of the results achieved in the selected area:

The Gabriel project is a typical “out-of-the-box”
Address: 1115 Budapest, Somogyi u. 28-30/a. project that envisions innovative solutions to
overcome some of the present limitations of the
Telephone: +36 30 581 9373 European air transportation system. One of the
ideas that came from the Out of the Box project
Website: www.rea-tech.eu was to launch and recover aircraft by using
ground-based power.
E-mail: drohacs@rea-tech.eu
E-mail address of the person in charge of the
Managing Director: Daniel Rohács specified area: drohacs@rea-tech.eu

Contact: Jozsef Rohacs

Contact’s e-mail: jrohacs@rea-tech.eu

Languages: English

Establishment: 2006

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2 Area of Interest 4 Area of Interest

A1 Flight Physics (aerodynamic, flight dynamic
and control)
List of the results achieved in the selected area:
The staff of Rea-Tech had been taken part as ad-
visors in development of the Corvus Racer 540
aerobatic aircraft.
Rea deals with investigation of aircraft take-off
and landing, takes part in development of the
rendezvous control for aircraft landing using the
GABRIEL concept, etc.
A4 Avionics
List of the results achieved in the selected area:
Hungarian projects were run with the goal of de-
veloping low cost avionics for personal and small
aircraft including cockpit layout, special sensors
and instrument, and conflict detection and reso-
lution system.
E-mail address of the person in charge of the
specified area: drohacs@rea-tech.eu

E-mail address of the person in charge of the

specified area: jrohacs@rea-tech.eu

3 Area of Interest
A9 Airports

List of the results achieved in the selected area:

The staff of Rea-tech contributed to airport termi-
nal design, airport security plan and manuals de-
velopment (PPLANE project), airport improvement
for accommodation of the GABRIEL concept.

E-mail address of the person in charge of the

specified area: jrohacs@rea-tech.eu

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Project participation
List and short description of the projects
PPLANE has been developed as a special per-
sonal and small aircraft. Rea-Tech has worked
on development of safety philosophy, security
problems, including – for example – the produc-
tion of small airport security plans and manuals,
developing the engine emission models, etc.
GABRIEL EU FP L1 level project coordinated by
Rea-Tech is focused on a system using magnetic
levitation technology to assisting the aircraft take-
off and landing. This unique solution is envisioned
to reduce aircraft fuel consumption since aircraft
weight could be reduced, as possibly no undercar-
riage might be needed, less fuel would be needed
to carry on-board and engines could be smaller as
less thrust would be needed.
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The owners of REA-Tech participated in
the following projects:
• 1977 – development of the aircraft emission
scattering simulation at airport region;
• 1997 – 98 -development of a measurement
technology for the infrared radiation originat-
ing from the helicopter engines
• 2000 – lifetime evaluation of a small aircraft
composite wing for PHARE Regional Develop-
ment Fund
• 2001 – development of a virtual laboratory
• 2002 – 2003 – development of the emergency
technology management
• 2003 – 2004 airport multifunctional building
design
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• 2004 -2005 evaluation of the SpaceCom General information

project, – 2006 – development of the building
security evaluation methods Short description of the organisation’s re-
• 2007 – development of a training program for search and development capabilities
the transport accident investigators Rea-Tech Kft. is a privately owned Hungarian
• 2007 -contracting with EUROCONTROL for the company in air transportation and aeronautics.
analysis of the problems associated with small Rea-Tech’s activities are focused on R & D, spe-
aircraft, cialist consulting, engineering, training and inno-
• Projects with Corvus Aircraft (Corvus Racer vation process management.
540, new small aircraft development, produc-
tion system development)
• 2008 – 2011, cost sensitive avionics develop-
ment (Kerulovaz Ltd., National project)
• PPLANE, 2008 – 2012
• GABRIEL, 2011 – continuing
The owners also made about 40 expert reports
on the flight accident investigations, juridical ex-
pert reports, etc. and published about 120 scien-
tific articles related to the original and innovative
solutions The company’s mission is to contribute to na-
tional and international projects for the im-
provement of air transport systems. Rea-Tech
continues to actively participate in a variety
of EC projects under different Framework Pro-
grammes and collaborates with a number of re-
search institutions, organisations, private com-
panies and universities.

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Main areas of interest

1 Area of Interest
SGF Technology A5 On-board Systems & Equipment

Associates Ltd. List of the results achieved in the selected area:

Address: 1121 Budapest, Pipiske u. 1-5/20.
Letters: 1525 Budapest, P.O.Box 49.
Telephone: +36 20 344 2537
Space application:
• Fault Tolerant Central Control and Data Acqui-
sition System for ESA’s Rosetta Lander
Aeroplane application
• Data Archiving Box and Analyzing System for
small airplanes.

Website: www.sgf.hu E-mail address of the person in charge of the

specified area: szalai@sgf.hu
E-mail: info@sgf.hu

Managing Director: Dr. Sándor Szalai

Contact: Dr. Sándor Szalai

Contact’s e-mail: szalai@sgf.hu

Languages: English

Establishment: 1996

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2 Area of Interest General information

A7.3 Simulation
Short description of your organisation’s re-
search and development capabilities
SGF Ltd. activity covers software developments
and circuit design for aerospace-related em-
bedded systems including electrical ground
support equipment. The available manpower in
the field of software development has expertise
in different native and high level programming
languages, OCAM, Forth, Pascal, Java, C, C++
and in different operating systems (Linux, Win-
dows). Embedded systems development based
on diverse microprocessors (Intel processors,
Inmos, Rabbit, Microchip, AMD, Harris, etc.)
List of the results achieved in the selected area: and different type of FPGAs have used (Xilinx,
Space application: Actel, Altera, etc.).
• Spacecraft Interface Simulators for
• NASA’s Cassini S/C The company’s strengths are based on their hu-
• ESA’s Rosetta Orbiter man resources and the relevant expertise has
• Rosetta Lander been obtained from tasks for payload and sys-
• ExoMars tem design and development of the different
• BepiColombo space missions.
• Russian Segment of International Space Station

E-mail address of the person in charge of the

specified area: sulyan@sgf.hu

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Main areas of interest

1 Area of Interest
A9 Airports

Slot Consulting Ltd. List of the results achieved in the selected

Address: Csáth Géza u. 1/D. V/3
1183 Budapest Hungary
Telephone: +36 1 290 3498
Website: www.slotconsulting.eu
E-mail: slot@slotconsulting.hu
Managing Director: Ms. Helen Guraly
Contact: Mr. Roland Guraly
Contact’s e-mail: rolandguraly@slotconsulting.hu
Languages: English
area: The Airport2050 FP7 project explores
new airport concepts with radical and novel
solutions to prepare airports for 2050 and be-
yond. It builds on the High Level Target Con-
cepts from the Advisory Council for Aeronautics
Research in Europe (ACARE) Strategic Research
Agenda 2. The approach is to develop concrete
concepts taking into account input from exist-
ing studies like the out of the box project and
input from other stakeholders like universities,
research institutes, airports and industry. The
project provides a scientific methodology to
develop and evaluate innovative airport con-
cepts. The output of the project shows which
step change innovation is proposed to prepare
the different types of airports for the second
half of this century.

Establishment: 2001 E-mail address of the person in charge of the

specified area: noemikral@slotconsulting.hu

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2 Area of Interest
A8.1 Communications
List of the results achieved in the selected
area: The SANDRA FP7 project is currently
the largest communications related aviation
research project in Europe. The project de-
signs, implements and validates a new air-
borne integrated aeronautical communica-
tions system based on an open architecture,
a common set of interfaces and well-prov-
en industry standards. Slot Consulting is in
charge for contributing to the architecture
specification and designs and maintains the
project website.
E-mail address of the person in charge of the
specified area: balazskerulo@slotconsulting.hu
3 Area of Interest
A7.2 Computing
List of the results achieved in the selected area:
Slot Consulting has an own research programme
called 3D Vision, which aims to search for novel
solutions for stereo 3D visions in aviation.
In relation to this programme, the company also
develops its digital media capability. Slot Con-
sulting performs animations in several European
research projects (e.g. AP2050, GABRIEL, etc.)
to visulalise the project results for the external
stakeholders.
The company also has in house system specifica-
tion and programming capability. NOMOGRAM
is a project exclusively developed by Slot Consult-
ing for general aviation and is based on the idea
of Computational Performance Modeling.
E-mail address of the person in charge of the
specified area: balazskerulo@slotconsulting.hu
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Project participation
List and short description of the projects
Slot Consulting has participated in several EC
FP5, FP6 and FP7 and EUROCONTROL research
and development projects.
The list of the FP7 projects by category are
as follows:
Research organisation:
as coordinator: Aero-Ukraine, CEARES, CEARES-NET
as participant: AeroPortal, CANNAPE
Aviation study: CargoMAP (coordinator), MON-
ITOR
Aircraft related: GABRIEL, SANDRA
Airport related: AP2050, ATOM, TITAN
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General information
Short description of the organisation’s re-
search and development capabilities
Slot Consulting is a leading Hungarian SME in
the participation of aeronautics and air trans-
port related research projects. Our mission is to
create world-class business value by high-end,
efficient and environment-conscious aviation re-
search activity.
We commit ourselves that our colleagues are
qualified to the highest level of expertise, and
keep their focus on quality cooperation with our
Partners.
SLOT Consulting also takes responsibility to-
wards sustainable growth, and green business
philosophies.
We are continuously seeking for the latest tech-
nologies, know-how and the most efficient intel-
lectual resources all over Europe.
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As being member of different consortiums we
work together with numerous outstanding re-
search institutes, universities, airports, airlines
and innovative companies, few examples are
AENA, Airbus, DFS, DLR, INECO, NATS, NLR, SE-
LEX, THALES, UCL.
We are up-to-date about the always-changing
relation of the aviation industry and global
economy. This knowledge we use extensively in
customer-tailored analyses.
Apart from aeronautical related R&D activities,
Slot Consulting is involved in ICT aspects of
different projects as well. The level and area
of involvement could be different however
due to existing ICT competencies and flexibil-
ity Slot Consulting tackles all the challenges
successfully. Besides project involvement, Slot
Consulting also participates in programs and
initiatives serving the integration of the in-
ternational aeronautical industry in the field
of R&D. These projects usually assist R&D re-
sources of a specific country or region by de-
veloping international connections encourag-
ing international cooperation.
Under the umbrella of a self-financed initiative
called “Greenflight”, Slot Consulting started a
few sub-projects for the long-term greening of
air transport, to the extents of a computational
air traffic emission model and the definition of
global outlooks of emission.
SLOT Consulting gained high-end experience in
some special areas of aviation such as flight per-
formance modelling, airport collective decision
making and turnaround procedures.
In the need of either RAD-based relational
databases, or larger scale SQL, we can surely
assist. From MS Access to object-relational
DB’s, we most probably have the experience
required.
Since in most of the projects we contribute to we
are responsible for dissemination tasks, we had
to take care of web design resources. Aviation-
related web content creation and management
is in our everyday workflow.
From the concepts to the implementation, with
the help of our well trained colleagues in the
fields of human-machine communication and
interface design. Should it be a conventional 2D
HMI, or one optimized for 3D displays, we can
set it up efficiently.
Based on the experience gained in aviation,
Slot Consulting has recently started IT devel-
opment activities in the field of marine/sailing
applications.
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T h e H u ng a r i a n Aeron a u t i cs R & D S ec t or
Hungarian Investment and Trade Agency
The Hungarian Investment and Trade Agency (HITA) was established by the Hungarian
Government to encourage investments in Hungary by foreign businesses, to promote
bilateral trade, and to support the foreign trade activities of Hungarian undertakings.
It performs its objectives and tasks by organising
events (collective presence on specialised exhibi-
tions, business meetings, trainings, etc.), offering
personal and tailored consultations, and publish-
ing various documents. Its activities involve ex-
tensive domestic and international cooperation
with various ministries, professional associations,
and professional chambers.
Business development
Hungarian Investment and Trade Agency offers
small and medium sized enterprises means and
methods to implement their business plans (export
sales, capital allocation to acquire markets, etc.).
In line with the previously successful export de-
velopment practices, the Agency handles the
various corporate needs broken down by sec-
tors, in order to maximise the results of the ex-
port efforts of Hungarian SMEs.
The Agency organises company surveys and
visits for two purposes:
• to acquire information on the suitability of the
product base to be exported, and on the vari-
ous innovative technologies and services, and
• to establish personal relations and to give ad-
vise on business development.
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In short, the Hungarian Investment and Trade
Agency offers the following business develop-
ment services
• Continuous information provision on support
trends, and information for Hungarian SMEs
(at both EU and national level)
• Participation opportunity at foreign exhibi-
tions at the exhibition booths furnished by the
Agency
• identification of targeted export opportunities
and potential foreign partners for Hungarian
undertakings
• advise on foreign trade related technical, cus-
toms, legal, taxation affairs, and other state
grant related matters
• participation in the business meetings organ-
ised by the Agency
• World Bank tender monitoring service
• preparations for specific business meetings
and organisation of specific professional fo-
rums abroad
• advise on capital placement and information
provision
 T h e H u ng a r i a n Aeron a u t i cs R & D S ec t or
Contacts:
Ms. Katalin Gyöngy BAJDOR (ex Járay)
senior adviser
EU FP7 – SECURITY and TRANS PORT PC
and NCP for HUNGARY
Department of International Affairs
Unit for International Relations
National Innovation Office
Hungary - 1061 Budapest, Andrássy út 12
Tel: +36 1- 484-2535
e-mail: katalin.bajdor@nih.gov.hu
www.nih.gov.hu
Mr. Roland Guraly
Hungarian representative at ACARE
AirTN technical participant (NIH)
Business Development Director
Slot Consulting Ltd.
Hungary - 1183 Budapest,
Csáth Géza u. 1/D. 1.sc. V/3.
Tel: + 36 1 290-3498
e-mail: rolandguraly@slotconsulting.hu
www.slotconsulting.hu
All rights reserved ©HITA
Mr. Mihaly Hideg MBA, MSc.
Chairman of the Hungarian Aviation
Industry Foundation
President of the Hungarian Aerospace
Technology Platform (Aviation)
Hungarian Aviation Industry Foundation
Hungary - 1185 Budapest, Jeges u. 9.
Tel: +36 1 294-1351
e-mail: aerocluster@gmail.com
www.haif.org
Dr. Jozsef Rohacs Ph.D.
EASN contact for Hungary
Head of Department
Department of Aeronautics, Naval Architect
and Railway Vehicles
Budapest University of Technology and Economics
Hungary - 1111 Budapest, Stoczek u. 6.
Building J. 4th floor
Tel: +36 1463-1922
e-mail: jrohacs@rht.bme.hu
www.bme.hu
Hungarian Investment
and Trade Agency

H-1055 Budapest,
Honvéd u. 20.
Telephone: +36 1 872 6520
Fax: +36 1 872 6699
Email: info@hita.hu,
www.hita.hu

Mr. András Wittek

Head of Unit,
consultant for machinery /
aerospace industries

Tel: +36 1 872-6666

E-mail: andras.wittek@hita.hu