Saxony, Brandenburg, and the EU Network Clean Aviation Are Pooling Their Expertise in Sustainable Aircraft Technologies

The Memorandum of Cooperation (MoC) extends the existing collaboration between academia, industry, and government in the region to the European level.

The goal of this collaboration is to work together in the future on new technologies for more efficient and cleaner aviation. To this end, regional and European expertise will be pooled. Lusatia plays a particularly important role in this context. Significant investments have already been made in the region, including AERO-Lausitz (research and flight testing center for autonomous and electric flight), CircEcon (research center for greenhouse gas-neutral circular economy), chesco (center for research on hybrid-electric and electric systems for the mobility sector), PtX Lab (practical laboratory for electricity-based fuels and raw materials derived from green hydrogen), and the Smart Mobility Lab (research center for automated driving and flying). These projects are exploring future aviation technologies across various fields and providing new impetus. The Memorandum of Cooperation is thus an important step toward supporting the transformation of Lusatia and strengthening it as a European hub for climate-friendly aviation technologies.

“With this joint memorandum of understanding, we are giving companies and research institutions a boost. After all, aviation is an international business that requires a significant investment of trust and time to achieve long-term success,” said Sebastian Scheel, State Secretary for Economic Affairs, Labor, Energy, and Climate Protection in the Federal State of Saxony. 

Axel Krein, Managing Director of Clean Aviation, added: “Many aviation companies and research institutions based in Brandenburg and Saxony are pioneers in innovations in the field of clean technologies. They contribute significantly to the design, development, and production of a new generation of environmentally friendly and globally competitive aircraft. We at Clean Aviation therefore welcome the memorandum and are very pleased to take our collaboration with this European high-tech region to a new level. In this way, we can pool regional and European expertise, skills, and resources to strengthen the competitiveness and sustainability of the European aviation sector.”

• About the Clean Aviation Joint Undertaking

The Clean Aviation Joint Undertaking is the European Union’s leading research and innovation program for aviation. Its goal is to accelerate and support the transformation of aviation toward a sustainable and climate-neutral future. The technologies developed under the program are intended to help reduce CO₂ emissions from short- and medium-haul as well as regional aircraft by 30 percent over the coming decade.

The Clean Aviation Joint Undertaking works in collaboration with the European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) and creates synergies with other complementary partnerships, such as the Clean Hydrogen Partnership, as well as with other EU funding instruments (e.g., the European Regional Development Fund) and national and regional innovation programs.