Airbus ZEROe research wins Clean Aviation funding boost

On September 17th, the European Union’s Clean Aviation initiative announced a significant investment of €290 million across nineteen projects in its penultimate round. Airbus's ZEROe program has secured a crucial boost through two selected research and technology projects dedicated to its advancement. These projects will receive funding as part of Clean Aviation’s broader efforts to accelerate sustainable aviation technologies. Specifically, the awarded projects focus on supporting key aspects of the ZEROe programme’s development. This injection of capital represents a vital step towards realizing Airbus’s ambition for zero-emission flight concepts.