13/10/2006 (Agence Europe) - In Vienna on 13 October, nine European companies in the aeronautics sector signed a memorandum of understanding to launch a joint technological initiative known as “Clean Sky”, to develop different technologies so that aircraft will be less polluting in the future. The budget earmarked for this research programme is estimated at €1.7 billion, part of which could be financed from the 7th Framework Programme on Research and Development (FPRD) being set up....