Clean Sky JTI
The Joint Technology Initiative (JTI) concept is one of the major novelties of the Seventh Framework Programme. This new instrument represents a clear decision to support research of long duration.
‘CLEAN SKY’ is to be among the first of the new JTIs to get off the ground under FP7, CLEAN SKY will bring together EU-funded projects and major industrial stakeholders in the aeronautics and aerospace sectors to move important technologies even closer to market, ensuring the highest level of European competitiveness in this area.
The Joint Technology Initiatives represent a completely new approach. Led by industry and backed by the private sector, they will provide a significant level of support for research and will deliver innovative solutions in the area of transport. CLEAN SKY, for example, will create various technology demonstrators, including flight test vehicles that will be essential for successful market introduction.
With the JTI concept, the public sector, and of the European Union in particular, has taken another great leap in the direction of breaking down barriers and bringing together diverse industrial, academic, research and institutional partners.