To integrate advanced propulsion systems and to assess and verify the related benefit (e.g. fuel burn, noise) suitable design, evaluation and measurement tools are required. For that reason, the so-called Cross-Capability-Demonstrator (XDC) has been set up as one major activity of the Large Passenger Aircraft (LPA) Platform 1 of the Clean Sky 2 initiative. The XDC is intended to demonstrate high-fidelity CFD-tools, further developed prediction tools for noise and aero-elastics as well as advanced testing tools for measuring e.g. the flow field, the deformation and the acoustics. The article will provide an update on activities within the XDC and presents some examples of recent accomplishments related to this demonstrator
