(Sept. 13) – Alenia Aermacchi took part in the ILA Berlin Airs Show 2012, during which the Italian Group signed a Letter of Intent to cooperate for the second phase of the European Clean Sky programme, joining 13 leading aerospace industry and research partners. Clean Sky 2 is an extension of the European Commission’s “Clean Sky” Joint Technology programme to achieve a reduction of air transport CO2 emissions per passenger kilometer by as much as 75 percent by 2050 and to enhance citizens mobility across the continent. For this initiative industry would invest jointly with the EC a total of €3.6 billion over seven years on research activities. Alenia Aermacchi is currently playing a leading role in the Clean Sky research programme, being a key contributor to the programme focusing on research on the future generation regional aircraft (the green regional aircraft), advanced low weight fuselage, electric systems and low noise, high efficient aerodynamics and mission trajectory management. Alenia Aermacchi, in cooperation with ATR, is currently developing a modified ATR 72 for flight test demonstration to start in 2015. Clean Sky 2 will take the industry’s collaborative research to the next level to prepare for a new wave of technologies. (red)
