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32 SAAB ANNUAL REPORT 2013
Saab is one of the main suppliers to Clean Sky, a Joint Technology
Initiative  nanced equally by the EU and the industry. Clean Sky aims to
bring the European aviation industry together to meet the 2020 environ-
mental goals set by the Advisory Council for Aeronautic Research in
Europe (ACARE). This includes reducing CO2 emissions per passenger
km  own in European airspace by 50 per cent, nitrogen oxides by 80 per
cent and noise levels around airports by half. The project is now more
than halfway complete and the results are beginning to be seen.
The project includes Saab’s development of a wing that will utilise inno-
vative design and construction technology to reduce wind resistance,
thereby cutting fuel consumption by up to eight per cent. Initial produc-
tion testing was conducted in 2011 and 2012 and a full-scale test is
being prepared. The wing will be tested on an Airbus aircraft in the latter
part of 2015.
ENVIRONMENTALLY FRIENDLY
DEVELOPMENT OF AIR TRANSPORT
The Single European Sky is an ambitious EU initiative launched by the Euro-
pean Commission in 2004 to reform the architecture of European air traf c
management. As part of the Single European Sky initiative, SESAR (Single
European Sky ATM Research) represents its technological dimension. It will
help create a “paradigm shift”, supported by state-of-the-art and innovative
technology.
The total estimated cost of the development phase of SESAR is EUR 2.1 bil-
lion. Within SESAR Saab AB participates in the areas of Remotely Operated
Towers, Traf c Flow Management, Integrated Tower solutions and Turn-
around ef ciency.
SESAR is targeting a signi cant enhancement of the European air traf c man-
agement system to minimise the following environmental impacts: noise and
local air quality at and around airports as well as climate change, which is
driven by the release of emissions from aircraft fuel burn.
The following high level SESAR targets have been established:
• By implementing the SESAR concept in 2020, ATM-related CO2 emissions
should be reduced by 10% per  ight (against a 2005 baseline).
• Improve the management of noise emissions and their impacts through
better  ight paths, or optimised climb and descent solutions.
• Improve the role of ATM in enforcing local environmental rules by ensuring
that  ight operations fully comply with aircraft type restrictions, night
movement bans, noise routes, noise quotas, etc.
INNOVATIVE WING REDUCES EMISSIONS
SUSTAINABLE INNOVATIONS