The HERA project’s annual ad-hoc meeting was successfully held on May 28-29, 2024, in Naples, Italy. This key event was attended by the CAJU Project Officer, Antonello Marino, the HERA coordinator, Massimiliano Di Giulio, the HERA Use Case chief engineers and relevant specialists from different organizations involved in the project.

The focus of this review was to evaluate and drive progress towards the following:

• Update on the progress of recommendations from the previous review
• Strategic technical and financial plans leading to project completion
• Progress made in the first four months of 2024

The ad-hoc annual review meeting featured open and constructive discussions, tackling key challenges and issues within the project. A highlight was EASA’s participation, marking the beginning of their collaboration with the HERA consortium.

Overall, it was concluded that the HERA consortium has efficient activity management, having successfully achieved most of the key objectives of the project.

Thomas Reichert (Fraunhofer) showcased and discussed the HERA poster while the HERA promo video captivated a wide-ranging audience during the ILA Berlin - Pioneering Aerospace event on June 5-9.

On June 26-28, during the Workshop "Sustainable Future: Disruptive Technologies Applied to the Aerospace Industry", Lucía Martínez Tejada (Airbus), involved in the structural configuration study, in the frame of HERA, presented the activities of the project focusing on the decarbonizing aircraft propulsion.

On July 3-4, in Madrid, HERA led the 3rd Cooperation Hybrid Electric Regional Thrust Workshop. Organized by Leonardo Aircraft and hosted by Airbus Defense and Space, the event brought together key players in the Clean Aviation sector. In addition to HERA, seven other innovative projects actively participated in this collaborative workshop including AMBER, HE-ART, HECATE, THEMA4HERA, HERWINGT, HERFUSE, and ODE4HERA.

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