March 8th, 2011
The EU-US Memorandum of Cooperation on Civil Aeronautics Research has been signed on 3 March by the EU and the US on the sidelines of the conference on the Single European Sky in Budapest.
The Council authorized on 28 Feb the signing and provisional application of the memorandum of cooperation with the US, aimed at promoting civil aviation research and development activities and ensuring interoperability between the next generation of European and American air traffic management (ATM) programmes.
The public documents published by the Council can be found at:
http://www.consilium.europa.eu/uedocs/cms_data/docs/pressdata/en/trans/119522.pdf
45http://register.consilium.europa.eu/pdf/en/11/st06/st068.en11.pdf
http://register.consilium.europa.eu/pdf/en/11/st06/st06454.en11.pdf
See also news site from FAA: http://www.faa.gov/news/updates/?newsId=62576&omniRss=news_updatesAoc
A formal EC press release will follow after the end of the conference.