November 10th, 2026

The Association of European Research Establishments in Aeronautics (EREA) and the European Aerospace Science Network (EASN) have jointly released a new position paper on the Smart and Clean Aviation moonshot concept.

This moonshot proposed by the European Commission is considered an overarching concept uniting various European funding sources and approaches under a common scheme, that will promote the crucial cross-border and cross-sectoral cooperation of all European Aviation Stakeholders according to their roles in the research, innovation and deployment ecosystem. Building on the lessons learned from previous and present European aviation partnerships, EREA and EASN are recommending the use of an updated European instrument to implement such a European conceptual approach.

Read the full position paper here.