http://ec.europa.eu/research/transport/projects/index_air_en.htm

http://ec.europa.eu/research/transport/projects/items/vivace_en.htm

VIVACE intends to achieve a 5% cost reduction in aircraft development and a 5% reduction in the development phase of a new aircraft design, combined with a contribution to a 30% reduction in the lead time and 50% reduction in development costs respectively for a new or derivative gas turbine. The results will be achieved through a re-engineering and optimisation of the entire design process by modelling and simulating in an advanced, concurrent engineering environment. VIVACE will deliver a virtual product design and validation platform, based on a distributed concurrent engineering methodology supporting the virtual enterprise.