“Clean Sky” Joint Technology Initiative Launches Initial €25M Call for Research Proposals on Cleaner Air Transport
17 June 2009
| The Clean Sky JTI effort is arranged around six technology demonstrators. Click to enlarge. |
The European Clean Sky Joint Technology Initiative (JTI) launched a call for proposals for aeronautical R&D with a total value of more than €25 million (US$35 million), focused on the development of a new generation of quieter, more fuel-efficient and lower emitting aircraft.
The Clean Sky JTI is a major public/private partnership to develop technology that can reduce aviation CO2 emissions by 40%; NOx emissions by 60%; and noise by 50%. (Earlier post.) This call is the first in what will be one of Europe’s biggest ever research projects, with €1.6 billion (US$2.2 billion) to be invested up to 2014. The Clean Sky initiative will run until 31 December 2017.
The Clean Sky JTI is arranged around the six following Integrated Technology Demonstrators (ITDs):
- Smart Fixed Wing Aircraft,
- Green Regional Aircraft,
- Green Rotorcraft,
- Systems for Green Operation,
- Sustainable and Green Engines,
- Eco-Design.
In order to quantify the performance of the different ITDs, a Technology Evaluator will be developed. Clean Sky’s first Call for Proposals covers 72 individual research topics in 5 major areas:
Smart Fixed Wing Aircraft (9 topics, max. budget €4.25M) Topics in this area include wing design and structure and blades and pylons development for a counter rotating open rotor (CROR) engine.
Green Regional Aircraft (34 topics, max. budget €4.9M)
Green Rotorcraft (4 topics, max. budget €4.37M) Among the topics is this area is the development of a diesel piston engine for a light helicopter.
Systems for Green Operations (17 topics, max. budget €9.53M)
Sustainable and Green Engines (8 topics, max budget €9.3M) Among the topics in this are projects designed to support the development of a counter-rotating open rotor demonstration and development of a thermoelectricity generator for the supply of the engine control system.
The combined budget of all work topics in this call is €35.4 million, with maximum funding to a level of €25.6 million. Depending on the nature of the participant, the funding will be between 50% and 75% of the topic’s maximum budget.
Clean Sky current membership incorporates 120 organizations from 16 countries, 86 industrial partners, including 20 SMEs, 15 research centers and 17 universities.
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I thought Richard Branson had solved this problem...these people need to talk to his people.
Posted by: ejj | 17 June 2009 at 07:38 PM
I know that Delta Hawk has the option of vertical-axis mounting for rotorcraft use.
Posted by: Engineer-Poet | 19 June 2009 at 10:24 AM