Press Release: Greening air transport: ‘Clean Sky’ Joint Technology Initiative launches a €25 million first call for proposals for research on cleaner air transport

A new generation of greener, quieter and more efficient aircraft moved a step closer on 6 June, 2009, when the Clean Sky initiative launched a call for proposals for aeronautical R&D for a total value of €25 million. Clean Sky is a first-of-its-kind EU wide collaborative private-public partnership, including the participation of SMEs, universities and research centres as well as leading aeronautics manufacturers. This call is the first in what will be one of Europe’s biggest ever research projects, with €1.6 billion to be invested up to 2014.