The Ministry of Science and Innovation has announced an increase in the budget allocation for the 2023 call of the Aeronautical Technology Program (PTA), from the 41.6 million initially planned to 70 million euros.
In total, together with the two previous calls, the Government will grant nearly 190 million euros through this program, which aims to generate new capabilities in the aeronautical sector of our country and create opportunities for our talent and companies in this field.
Thanks to the budget increase, the latest call of the PTA, closed on May 16, 2023 and which has European funds from the Recovery, Transformation and Resilience Plan, will finance more than half of the grant applications received.
Specifically, 50 consortium projects have been submitted to this latest call, 23 of which are led by large or medium-sized companies and 27 by SMEs, with a total of 160 participating companies and 195 participations (counting companies participating in more than one consortium).
Aeronautical Technology Program (ATP)
This program, managed by the Center for Technological Development and Innovation (CDTI), finances projects in competitive concurrence around the challenges identified in the sector on emissions reduction, unmanned aerial vehicles, systems and intelligent and advanced manufacturing (digitalization).
The PTA will enable the national industry to be trained in disruptive and strategic technologies, in addition to positioning Spanish companies to achieve a better participation in major international programs for the development of new aircraft.
The aeronautical industry is one of the most R&D intensive sectors, with high added value products and fundamentally export-oriented. For this reason, the program is aimed at consortium proposals that allow strengthening cooperation between agents, as well as encouraging cooperation with technology centers and research organizations.
The PTA responds to the public effort to strengthen support for the aeronautical sector, thus facilitating the maintenance of R&D intensity in companies that allows addressing the technological changes needed to decarbonize the sector in favor of non-polluting fuels such as hydrogen or the multi-application of drones and air cabs.
Source: Ministry of Science and Innovation of Spain
