TATEM "Technologies And Techniques for nEw Maintenance concepts" is a European Union (EU) part-funded Framework-6 Integrated Project. TATEM addresses the following objectives of the Aeronautics and Space Priority Plan:

• Strengthening Competitiveness
• Improving aircraft safety and security
• Increasing the operational capacity and safety of the air transport system

The project was launched in March 2004 and is planned to run for 4 years with an overall budget of around €40 M. The project comprises some 58 partners from across Europe, Israel and Australia.

The future operational environment will require a higher level of aircraft operability, i.e. lower maintenance related costs, better operational reliability and better aircraft availability. A higher level of aircraft operability will require an integrated Health Management approach, which is at the heart of the TATEM concept.

The goal of the project is to show how monitoring techniques and technologies can enable an integrated Health Management approach to significantly improve the aircraft operability and reduce maintenance related costs by 20 % in the 5 -10 year period and 50 % in the 10 - 15 year period