Five Horizon Europe projects. One shared mission. HyperMorpH is officially part of the ATLAS Cluster – a connected ecosystem advancing materials, manufacturing, certification and propulsion for climate-neutral flight.
Behind every leap in aviation history, there has been a community pushing together. The ATLAS Cluster is the next one and HyperMorpH is in it.
Officially launched as a joint initiative of five Horizon Europe-funded projects, ATLAS (Advanced Technologies for Lightweight Aerostructures and Sustainability) Cluster is the connected ecosystem European aviation has been waiting for. All five were funded under the same call (HORIZON-CL5-2024-D5-01-08) and share one ambition: to deliver the technologies that will make European aircraft lighter, cleaner and more competitive on the path to climate neutrality.
Decarbonising aviation is a system-level challenge. Lighter composites only deliver their promise if manufacturing can produce them reliably. New propulsion concepts need certified pathways before they fly. Moreover, digital twins are powerful only when data flows seamlessly across design, test and production. Tackling those problems separately is slow. That is why ATLAS Cluster responds directly to that need – aligning methodologies, sharing dissemination, and building cross-project communities of practice.
Three pillars frame the work:
ATLAS Cluster connects five projects, each pushing forward one critical piece of the future-aviation puzzle. Together they cover the full lifecycle of aircraft development.
CompSTLar: next-generation composite structures
CompSTLar advances the design, manufacturing and validation of new composite structures for aircraft. The project partners develop innovative material architectures, joining techniques and damage-tolerance strategies. The goal: lighter, more resilient components that perform reliably under real-world loads, and reduce fuel consumption and lifecycle emissions.
Learn more https://compstlar.eu
PLEIADES: advanced composites and a digital supply chain
PLEIADES knits digital engineering, simulation and experimental validation into a single connected workflow. By developing high-fidelity modelling tools that reduce reliance on costly physical testing, it enables model-based certification and shorter, more agile development cycles for emerging aviation technologies.
Learn more → https://pleiades-project.eu
TOSCA: sustainable manufacturing processes
TOSCA targets manufacturing as the make-or-break layer of high-performance aeronautics. Combining sensors, real-time monitoring and predictive models, it optimises process chains so advanced materials can be produced reliably, with less waste. It strengthens the link between design intent and what comes off the production line.
Learn more → http://www.tosca-project.eu
pAIramid: AI-driven virtual certification
pAIramid develops a unified digital framework that simulates how materials and processes perform across mechanical, thermal and electromagnetic conditions. Its real innovation: enabling virtual certification pathways where digital evidence complements and sometimes replaces traditional testing, dramatically cutting qualification time and cost while preserving safety.
Learn more → https://pairamid.eu
HyperMorpH: hydrogen-powered propulsion (that’s us)
HyperMorpH is the cluster’s future-propulsion pillar. We develop a synergistic aircraft architecture. Thanks to it liquid hydrogen does double duty as fuel and as a cryogenic coolant for ultra-light, hyperconducting electric motor. Moreover, it is paired with self-morphing composite aerostructures and a Digital Twin design framework.
Learn more → https://hypermorph.eu
Aligning five projects creates value none could generate alone. ATLAS will deliver:
The cluster’s complementary nature is its strength. Materials (CompSTLar), manufacturing (TOSCA), digital engineering and certification (PLEIADES and pAIramid), and propulsion (HyperMorpH) are domains traditionally advanced separately. ATLAS knits them into a coherent ecosystem.
Smarter aircraft. Cleaner skies. Faster innovation.
ATLAS is officially live, and the work of weaving the five projects together is already underway: joint dissemination, cross-cluster events and coordinated stakeholder engagement. For HyperMorpH, this is the beginning of a much wider conversation. Our hydrogen-powered propulsion will progress alongside the materials, manufacturing and certification breakthroughs from our sister projects. Being a part of the cluster will help us multiply the chance that what we develop in the lab makes it certifiable, real-world aircraft technology
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Funded by the European Union. Views and opinions expressed are however those of the author(s) only and do not necessarily reflect those of the European Union or the European Climate, Infrastructure and Environment Executive Agency (CINEA). Neither the European Union nor the granting authority can be held responsible for them. This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon Europe research and innovation programme under Grant Agreement No. 101192711.