Two SESAR Deployment Manager projects selected for CEF funding

The CLEAN ATM 2 and the GREEN CNS initiatives, both prepared and coordinated by SESAR Deployment Manager, were selected as the two Air Traffic Management-related projects to receive funding in response to the Connecting Europe Facility (CEF) Transport Call for Proposals 2023. The two multistakeholder initiatives are set to receive over €140 million of EU public funding under the CEF, the main instrument established by the European Union to support and accelerate strategic transport investments.

ACI EUROPE has supported airports through participation in the SESAR Deployment and Infrastructure Partnership (SDIP) and as an implementing partner of the SESAR Deployment Manager (SDM). As a result of ACI EUROPE’s efforts to bring airports together to create multi-stakeholder applications, 12 airports will now receive over €69 million in funding.

The two projects will cover a variety of topics all aimed at optimising airspace, including the reduction of congestion, delays and unnecessary emissions through the Extended Airports Operations Plan, the adoption of standards, protocols and services that will further digitalise operations, communications infrastructure evolution to overcome existing limitations, and surveillance infrastructure modernisation.

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