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SESAR 3 Joint Undertaking

SESAR 3 JU funds research and innovation actions carried out by universities and research institutes working across defined air traffic management research priorities.

European Union
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Programs17
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Total grants17
About

The SESAR 3 Joint Undertaking is a European Union body working on air traffic management research and innovation, describing its mission as "Delivering the Digital European Sky." It structures its priorities around the European ATM Master Plan, and funds research projects that span digital flight-data platforms, trajectory-based operations, drone integration and U-space, and the use of quantum sen…

Programs & grants under this funder
ATM impact on climate change

Funds research into how air traffic management affects noise, air quality and the climate.

1 grant
ATM impact on climate change
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Digital flight rules

Funds research designing a new digital flight-rules concept for certified crewed and uncrewed aircraft.

1 grant
Digital flight rules
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Investigate quantum sensing and computing applied to ATM

Funds research exploring quantum computing, post-quantum cryptography and quantum sensing for air traffic management.

1 grant
Investigate quantum sensing and computing applied to ATM
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Fundamental research for other topics

Funds curiosity-driven, TRL0 fundamental research on air traffic management ideas outside the other listed priorities.

1 grant
Fundamental research for other topics
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Research to help shape the future regulatory framework for a DES

Funds research generating the technical evidence EASA needs to regulate automation, AI and safety in future air traffic management.

1 grant
Research to help shape the future regulatory framework for a DES
Closed
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Integration of the next generation aircraft for zero/low emission aviation

Funds research on integrating hydrogen, battery-electric and hybrid-electric aircraft into European air traffic management.

1 grant
Integration of the next generation aircraft for zero/low emission aviation
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Transformation to trajectory-based operations

Funds industrial research building the flight-planning and network systems needed for trajectory-based air traffic operations.

1 grant
Transformation to trajectory-based operations
Closed
€20M pool
Transition towards high performance of air-ground connectivity (multilink)

Funds industrial research on next-generation air-ground datalinks, digital voice and using aircraft as weather sensors.

1 grant
Transition towards high performance of air-ground connectivity (multilink)
Closed
€14M pool
Next generation ATS platforms for en-route and TMA operations

Funds industrial research building AI-enabled, cyber-resilient next-generation air traffic control platforms.

1 grant
Next generation ATS platforms for en-route and TMA operations
Closed
€93M pool
Next generation ATS platform for airport operations

Funds industrial research building AI-enabled, cyber-resilient next-generation airport air traffic control platforms.

1 grant
Next generation ATS platform for airport operations
Closed
€24M pool
Smart airports, airports as multimodal nodes and passenger experience

Funds research on smart, connected airports that integrate landside, network and multimodal transport data.

1 grant
Smart airports, airports as multimodal nodes and passenger experience
Closed
€6M pool
Increased automation assistance for the pilot for ATM tasks

Funds research on single-pilot operations and cockpit automation that assists pilots with air traffic management tasks.

1 grant
Increased automation assistance for the pilot for ATM tasks
Closed
€30M pool
Highly automated ATM for all airspace users

Funds research on detect-and-avoid sensors, drone integration, space-launch coordination and robust satellite navigation for ATM.

1 grant
Highly automated ATM for all airspace users
Closed
€30M pool
Airborne capabilities for supporting reducing ATM environmental footprint

Funds research on climate-optimised flight trajectories, wake-energy retrieval and geometric altimetry to cut aviation's footprint.

1 grant
Airborne capabilities for supporting reducing ATM environmental footprint
Closed
€30M pool
Fast-track U3 U-space advanced services and CNS capabilities

Funds innovation projects building advanced drone traffic-management services for shared airspace with crewed aircraft.

1 grant
Fast-track U3 U-space advanced services and CNS capabilities
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Fast-track Extending U-space eco-system

Funds innovation projects building 5G-based communication, navigation and surveillance capabilities for drones and vertiports.

1 grant
Fast-track Extending U-space eco-system
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Fast-track Enabling innovative air mobility (IAM) / Vertical take-off and landing capable aircraft (VCA) (crewed and uncrewed) operations

Funds innovation projects on vertiport management, automated flight and IFR procedures for crewed and uncrewed air taxis.

1 grant
Fast-track Enabling innovative air mobility (IAM) / Vertical take-off and landing capable aircraft (VCA) (crewed and uncrewed) operations
Closed
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