Abstract

This paper presents the RINGO (“Research Infrastructures – Needs, Gaps and Overlap”) project, a Coordination"br" and Support Action funded by the European Commission under H2020, and its approach for the identification"br" and assessment of needs, gaps and overlaps for strategic aviation research infrastructures in Europe. The"br" identification of research infrastructure needs to work towards the goals laid out in Flightpath 2050 produced by"br" the Advisory Council for Aviation Research and innovation in Europe (ACARE) will be performed by expert"br" interviews based on the Strategic Research and Innovation Agenda (SRIA), which serves as a roadmap for"br" aeronautical research for the next decades. The creation of a catalogue of existing research infrastructure is based"br" on available inventories and an additional search for specific needs dependent on interview outcomes. The"br" following synthesis and matching of needed and existing infrastructures will yield information about gaps and"br" overlaps. Initial results of expert interviews and first identified, existing research infrastructures are presented.