iFACT (iodine Fed Advanced Cusp field Thruster) project was successfully launched in Friedrichshafen, Germany in January 2020. Funded by the European Commission as part of its Horizon 2020 Programme, the €2M project will run for 24 months.
The EU funded initiative FUTPRINT50 kicked-off in January 2020 and runs until December 2022 with the aim to accelerate technologies required for the entry-into-service of a commercial hybrid-electric aircraft in a class of up to 50 seats by 2035/40.
At global level aviation is challenging the mitigation of the sector's impact on the environment. The aviation community has realized that a change is required and therefore adopted the ambition to have a climate neutral aviation system by 2050 (FlightPath2050).
Call for Expression of Interest The European Parliament is issuing a call for Expression of Interest in order to compile a list of scientific/academic experts to provide independent and on-hand external expertise for the Committee on Transport and Tourism (TRAN).
Full papers presented at the ICEAFII Conference held in Mykonos - Greece June 2011 are availiable under http://www.easn.net/documents/
Date published: 07.07.2011
Bilateral Cooperation in the field of higher education. The European Commission has set up bilateral agreements between the European Union and some industrialised countries outside Europe to fund innovative projects that focus on academic cooperation and student mobility.
Date published: 10.03.2011
EU-US Memorandum of Cooperation on Civil Aeronautics Research The EU-US Memorandum of Cooperation on Civil Aeronautics Research has been signed on 3 March by the EU and the US on the sidelines of the conference on the Single European Sky in Budapest.
