EIR2025/00752: NERC/FAAM Aircraft & Private Contractor Involvement
Case reference EIR2025/00752
Received 23 August 2025
Published 1 December 2025
Request
Request Received: 23 August 2025
Under the Environmental Information Regulations 2004, please provide the following information held by NERC (Natural Environment Research Council) in connection with the FAAM Airborne Laboratory (BAe-146 aircraft) for the period 1 January 2022 – present:
1. A list of all contracts, agreements, or funding arrangements involving BAE Systems, Rolls-Royce, Airbus, or European Astrotech.
2. Copies of any grant applications or awards relating to FAAM flight campaigns where those companies were named as partners.
3. A list of email subject lines or correspondence references (not full bodies) between NERC/UKRI staff and the above companies containing the terms “FAAM”, “SRM”, or “geoengineering.”
Response
Response Sent: 22 October 2025
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