£300m boost to help advance cleaner, greener future of flight

Posted on 27 Aug 2019 by Jonny Williamson

UK innovators are set to benefit from a £300m investment in more sustainable flight solutions for people and goods, with researchers developing electric planes and cleaner jet fuels set to receive an additional £5m boost.

Those developing cleaner forms of fuel and new technological platforms such as flying urban taxis, electric passenger planes and even freight-carrying drones, are all expected to benefit from this latest round of funding. The government will provide £125m, which will be supported by industry co-investment of up to £175m. Five new transport research networks will…

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