CORDIS · 101071876 · HORIZON
THRUST THRUST - SUBSTITUTING HELICOPTERS WITH CLIMATE-FRIENDLY FIXED-WING DRONES FOR INFRASTRUCTURE INSPECTION
Coordinator: UAB AERODIAGNOSTIKA (LT)
In EU alone total length of overhead electricity lines reaches staggering 5.3 million km. That is more than 5 million km of potential fail points, that need to be inspected and maintained in order to ensure the reliability of electricity supply. Currently, these inspections are carried out by helicopters or walking inspection crews. However, the walking crews are slow and inefficient, while helicopters are expensive and damaging our climate (helicopters consume 60 liters of fuel per hour).Our solution – substituting helicopters and walking crews with our new generation unmanned aerial vehicle…
About Horizon Europe (2021–2027)
Horizon Europe is the EU's current research and innovation programme, covering 2021 to 2027 with a budget of roughly €95.5 billion. Its three pillars are Excellent Science (frontier research and mobility), Global Challenges and European Industrial Competitiveness (mission-driven collaborative projects in health, climate, digital, security and food) and Innovative Europe (the EIC and EIT). It also funds five EU Missions targeting cancer, climate adaptation, smart cities, oceans and soils.
0 EU contribution: €75k awarded to the consortium. The project runs over approximately 0.7 years from 2022-06-01 to 2023-02-28.
Full record on CORDIS — partners, deliverables, publications, news.
Open on cordis.europa.eu → Grant DOI ↗More from LT
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Frequently asked questions
- Who funds this research project?
- This project is funded by the European Union through the Horizon Europe (2021–2027) programme, under the HORIZON-CSA funding scheme.
- What is the EU contribution?
- The European Commission contributes €75k.
- Which EU programme funds it?
- The project is funded under Horizon Europe (2021–2027), call HORIZON-EIE-2021-SCALEUP-01.
- Who coordinates the project?
- The project is coordinated by UAB AERODIAGNOSTIKA (LT).
- What is the project timeline?
- The project runs from 2022-06-01 to 2023-02-28 — approximately 0.7 years.
- Where can I find the full project record?
- The complete record — partners, deliverables, publications and news — is published on CORDIS under project ID 101071876.