The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has awarded $125m in contracts to develop and demonstrate technologies to reduce commercial jet fuel consumption, emissions and noise.

The contracts are a part of the continuous lower energy, emissions and noise (CLEEN) programme to accelerate the introduction of green technology into aviation.

Boeing, General Electric, Honeywell, Pratt & Whitney, and Rolls-Royce North America, are the five firms that won the contracts under a cost-sharing agreement, and will match or exceed the FAA’s contribution bringing the total value of the programme to $250m.

Under the CLEEN programme, Honeywell will mature technology to reduce fuel burn and test aviation biofuels in its gas turbine engines.

Pratt & Whitney intends to further develop and mature new jet engine technologies.

Boeing plans to develop and test technologies including adaptive wing trailing edges and acoustic engine nozzles in demonstration flights on its 737 aircraft.

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The firms will also research and demonstrate technologies including optimised flight trajectories using onboard flight management systems, and open rotor and geared turbofan engines.

Through the programme, the FAA plans to introduce the new technologies into the commercial aircraft fleet from 2015.

With the technologies, FAA is aiming for a 33% reduction in fuel burn, 60% reduction in NO2 and a cumulative reduction in aircraft noise levels by 32db.