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.
The SESAR 3 Joint Undertaking, operating under Horizon Europe, funds one Research and Innovation Action for this topic as a lump-sum grant, with a EUR 1,000,000–2,000,000 EU contribution and a maximum project duration of 30 months. Proposals go through the standard single-stage EU Funding & Tenders Portal process, and winners must proactively share results with the other grants funded under the sa…
This call funds research into how air traffic management must adapt for hydrogen, battery-electric and hybrid-electric aircraft, which fly, refuel and turn around differently from today's kerosene-powered fleet. It wants an assessment of impacts on trajectory-based operations, wake-turbulence separation, route design, airport and network operations, and traffic-demand forecasting, plus future fleet-mix scenarios for 2035 and beyond. It also wants proposals to identify what needs to change in the regulatory framework for air navigation and aerodromes to support these aircraft safely.
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