The agreement with the SESAR Deployment Alliance consortium aims to enhance the performance of Europe's ATM systems, in order to manage more flights in a safer and less-costly manner, while reducing the environmental impact of each flight.
Commissioner Violeta Bulc, responsible for EU transport policy underlined that the agreement was a great achievement for EU aviation, providing substantial changes in Europe's air navigation system, making it smarter, cheaper, greener, and safer.
She said that the agreement also marked an important step towards the accomplishment of the Single European Sky. Thus the agreement will translate into economic benefits for the EU member states GDPs a contribution of over €400 bn; with the creation of over 300,000 new jobs and saving 50 million tons of CO2 emissions.
SESAR Deployment Alliance consortium
The SESAR JU was established in 2007 to coordinate all the Air Traffic Management, ATM related research and development activities in the EU under the 2007-13 financial perspectives, which limited the duration of the Joint Undertaking to 31 December 2016. It is a unique public-private partnership that aims to develop a new generation of air traffic management system capable of coping with growing air traffic, under the safest, most cost-efficient and environmentally friendly conditions.
It is also the "guardian" of the European ATM Master Plan, the roadmap for all SESAR JU's activities and their future deployment.
The SESAR Deployment Alliance (SDA) consortium has been established specifically for the purpose of deploying SESAR through the concept of Common Projects; it represents a large number of the operational stakeholders impacted by the Pilot Common Project (PCP).
The Innovation and Networks Executive Agency (INEA) was created by the European Commission to manage the technical and financial implementation of several EU programs including the Connecting Europe Facility (CEF).
Applicants can answer to the first call for proposal related to SESAR deployment project up to 26th February 2015. Annual calls are expected in the future.
