Flight Path 2050 and ACARE Goals for Maintaining and Extending Industrial Leadership in Aviation: A Map of the Aviation Technology Space
Abstract
:1. Introduction
- Establishment of leading-edge technologies in all the sectors contributing to the design of aeronautical vehicles;
- Collaboration to integrate all of these cutting-edge technologies into efficient aircraft production, certification, and service support programs.
- The analysis of the capacity of the aviation industry to master key technological areas and to innovate within them.
- The assessment of the aerospace collaboration structures and their ability to cooperate effectively and aggregate the knowledge and efforts that have gone into the innovation path.
2. Materials and Methods
- Identification of key technological areas that are essential for future industrial leadership.
- Selection of innovation indicators and proper data.
- Assessment of the technology network’s structures.
2.1. Key Technological Areas
2.2. Selection of Innovation Indicators and Sources of Data
2.3. Assessment of Technology Network’s Structures
- Publication analysis.
- Patent analysis.
3. Results and Discussion
3.1. Assessment of the Aerospace Collaboration Structures on the Basis of Web of Science Database
- Country,
- Institution,
- Web of Science categories.
3.1.1. International Collaboration Networks
3.1.2. Collaboration Network of Institutions
3.1.3. Collaboration Networks in Aerospace Engineering Subfields
- Mechanical engineering (WD = 10173), including biomedical engineering (WD = 292), robotics (WD = 46), and manufacturing (WD = 886);
- Physics (WD = 187), automation (WD = 2020), telecommunications (WD = 6798), electric-electronic, and computer science (WD = 13218);
- Materials science optics (WD = 7937), nano-science and remote sensing (WD = 3409);
- Energy (WD = 1644) and polymer science (WD = 263);
- Acoustics (WD = 734), thermodynamics (WD = 1106), environmental studies (WD = 54) and geology (WD = 54).
3.2. Assessment of the European Aerospace Innovation Capacity on the Basis of Mapping Patents in Aviation Technologies
- Analysis of the trends of patents in aviation through the annual distribution analysis;
- Regional distribution analysis of the patents, including assignee analysis;
- Analysis of the patent structure detailing the technical fields in which patents are produced.
3.2.1. Trends of Patents on Aviation
3.2.2. Geographical Analysis
3.2.3. Patent Structure Analysis
4. Conclusions and Recommendations
- Mechanical engineering, including biomedical engineering, robotics, and manufacturing;
- Physics, automation, telecommunications, electric-electronics, and computer science;
- Materials science optics, nanoscience, and remote sensing;
- Energy and polymer science;
- Acoustics, thermodynamics, environmental studies, and geology.
Author Contributions
Funding
Conflicts of Interest
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Basic Patent Country | Patent Number |
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China | 11876 |
United States of America | 3249 |
Russian Federation | 2140 |
Soviet Union (USSR) | 1393 |
World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) | 1327 |
Korea (South) | 1308 |
European Patent Office | 637 |
Germany | 369 |
France | 305 |
Japan | 254 |
United Kingdom | 191 |
India | 98 |
Canada | 56 |
Brazil | 37 |
Australia | 28 |
Belgium | 28 |
Taiwan | 26 |
Romania | 19 |
Spain | 15 |
Poland | 14 |
Patent Assignees | Records |
---|---|
Stats Chippac Ltd | 369 |
Honeywell Int Inc | 233 |
Shenyang Liming Aero Engine Group Corp | 222 |
General Electric Co | 193 |
Univ Beijing Aeronautics & Astronautics | 189 |
Univ Nanjing Aeronautics & Astronautics | 165 |
Boeing Co | 151 |
Harbin Inst Technology | 145 |
State Grid Corp China | 142 |
Rockwell Collins Inc | 123 |
Univ Beihang | 106 |
Avic Comml Aircraft Engine Co Ltd. | 103 |
Aviation Ind Corp China Shenyang Engine | 99 |
Stats Chippac Pte Ltd. | 94 |
Univ Northwestern Polytechnical | 90 |
Aviation Materials Res Inst | 88 |
Univ China Civil Aviation | 83 |
Thales | 75 |
Avic Shenyang Engine Design Inst | 71 |
United Technologies Corp | 71 |
Code | % | Definition |
---|---|---|
G | 27.3 | Physics |
B | 24.9 | Performing Operations; transporting |
H | 16.2 | Electricity |
C | 13.1 | Chemistry; Metallurgy |
F | 12.2 | Mechanical Engineering; lighting; Heating; Weapons; Blasting |
A | 3.7 | Human Necessities |
E | 1.3 | Fixed Constructions |
D | 1.3 | Textiles; Paper |
Code | % | Definition |
---|---|---|
G01 | 12.7 | Measuring; Testing |
B64 | 9.3 | Aircraft; Aviation; Cosmonautics |
H01 | 6.2 | Basic Electric Elements |
G06 | 6.2 | Computing; Calculating; Counting |
H04 | 4.0 | Electric Communication Technique |
C08 | 3.1 | Organic Macromolecular Compounds; Their Preparation Or Chemical Working-Up; Compositions Based Thereon |
C10 | 3.1 | Petroleum, Gas Or Coke Industries; Technical Gases Containing Carbon Monoxide; Fuels; Lubricants; Peat |
F16 | 2.9 | Engineering Elements Or Units; General Measures For Producing And Maintaining Effective Functioning Of Machines Or Installations; Thermal Insulation In General |
F02 | 2.9 | Combustion Engines; Hot-Gas Or Combustion-Product Engine Plants |
H02 | 2.8 | Generation, Conversion, Or Distribution Of Electric Power |
B23 | 2.6 | Machine Tools; Metal-Working Not Otherwise Provided For |
G05 | 2.5 | Controlling; Regulating |
G08 | 2.0 | Signaling |
G09 | 1.9 | Educating; Cryptography; Display; Advertising; Seals |
C22 | 1.7 | Metallurgy; Ferrous Or Non-Ferrous Alloys; Treatment Of Alloys Or Non-Ferrous Metals |
Code | % | Definition |
---|---|---|
B64C | 4.1 | Aeroplanes; Helicopters |
B64D | 3.7 | Equipment For Fitting In Or To Aircraft; Flying Suits; Parachutes; Arrangements Or Mounting Of Power Plants Or Propulsion Transmissions |
G06F | 3.7 | Electric Digital Data Processing |
G01N | 2.2 | Investigating Or Analysing Materials By Determining Their Chemical Or Physical Properties |
G01C | 1.9 | Measuring Distances, Levels Or Bearings; Surveying; Navigation; Gyroscopic Instruments; Photogrammetry Or Videogrammetry |
G01M | 1.8 | Testing Static Or Dynamic Balance Of Machines Or Structures; Testing Structures Or Apparatus Not Otherwise Provided For |
C08L | 1.7 | Compositions Of Macromolecular Compounds |
H01L | 1.7 | Semiconductor Devices; Electric Solid State Devices Not Otherwise Provided For |
G01R | 1.4 | Measuring Electric Variables; Measuring Magnetic Variables |
B32B | 1.4 | Layered Products, I.E. Products Built-Up Of Strata Of Flat Or Non-Flat, E.G. Cellular Or Honeycomb, Form |
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Arnaldo Valdés, R.M.; Burmaoglu, S.; Tucci, V.; Braga da Costa Campos, L.M.; Mattera, L.; Gomez Comendador, V.F. Flight Path 2050 and ACARE Goals for Maintaining and Extending Industrial Leadership in Aviation: A Map of the Aviation Technology Space. Sustainability 2019, 11, 2065. https://doi.org/10.3390/su11072065
Arnaldo Valdés RM, Burmaoglu S, Tucci V, Braga da Costa Campos LM, Mattera L, Gomez Comendador VF. Flight Path 2050 and ACARE Goals for Maintaining and Extending Industrial Leadership in Aviation: A Map of the Aviation Technology Space. Sustainability. 2019; 11(7):2065. https://doi.org/10.3390/su11072065
Chicago/Turabian StyleArnaldo Valdés, Rosa Maria, Serhat Burmaoglu, Vincenzo Tucci, Luiz Manuel Braga da Costa Campos, Lucia Mattera, and Víctor Fernando Gomez Comendador. 2019. "Flight Path 2050 and ACARE Goals for Maintaining and Extending Industrial Leadership in Aviation: A Map of the Aviation Technology Space" Sustainability 11, no. 7: 2065. https://doi.org/10.3390/su11072065