Aviation Life Cycle and Impact Assessment
How can global air transport be made accessible to everyone whilst also being climate-compatible? What new aircraft technologies and operational procedures are needed to achieve this? How great is the demand for renewable energy sources and sustainable aviation fuels? As part of its ALICIA research initiative, the German Aerospace Center (DLR) is working to answer these pressing questions.
ALICIA – the Aviation Life Cycle and Impact Assessment – is a pioneering digital assessment platform developed by DLR to support industry and government in making decisions affecting the future of air transportation. ALICIA enables the analysis of different scenarios and their impacts across the entire aviation life cycle, incorporating meaningful indicators for climate effects, energy demand and value creation. An interactive dashboard helps makes complex relationships understandable and clearly presents results – for example, of revolutionary technologies and innovative flight operation procedures.
ALICIA brings together DLR’s expertise and research data from various disciplines. The assessment methodology is based on the latest scientific findings and integrates data ranging from simulation models to flight experiments. DLR ensures that both short- and long-term impacts on the performance and sustainability of the air transport system are taken into account. ALICIA’s impact and life cycle assessments provide detailed insights into the climate and environmental impacts of aviation. Overall, DLR is making an important contribution to shaping climate-compatible and economically viable aviation.
At the DLR stand at the Paris Air Show 2025, visitors can explore current research into climate-compatible aviation. The interactive dashboard invites visitors to explore the effects of different scenarios and ‘what-if’ analyses.
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German Aerospace Center (DLR)
Institute of System Architectures in Aeronautics
E-Mail contact-dlr@DLR.de
