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Washington State Invests in Hydrogen Propulsion

Washington state just made its second $350,000 investment in ZeroAvia's hydrogen propulsion R&D facilities at Paine Field.
At the Paris Airshow on June 19, 2023, Governor Jay Inslee (left) and ZeroAvia founder and CEO Val Miftakhov (right) announced a new investment by Washington state into ZeroAvia's facilities in Moses Lake, Washington. (Photo: Hanneke Weitering)
Aircraft

Electric VTOL Upstarts Take Center Stage in City of Light

In a historic moment, Volocopter's eVTOL aircraft opened the flying display, silently demonstrating how these vehicles could transform crowded cities.
Volocopter 2X eVTOL aircraft
Engines

H2Fly Launches Higher Performance Hydrogen Fuel Cells

German propulsion pioneer H2Fly says the H175 family of fuel cells could power both new and existing aircraft carrying between 20 and 80 passengers.
H2Fly's H175 hydrogen fuel cell systems will power regional airliners.
Environment

Parker Aerospace Emerges Even Stronger Post-merger

Parker Aerospace has a broader aircraft systems portfolio after the combination of Parker-Hannifin and Meggitt.
Parker Aerospace
Environment

Airbus Reports ‘Great Progress’ on H2-powered Aircraft

Airbus has also started to trial in-flight auxiliary power entirely generated by hydrogen.
Airbus hydrogen chart
Engines

Monte Secures First Deliveries from ZeroAvia

Monte Aircraft Leasing has secured the first production slots of ZeroAvia's ZA600 hydrogen fuel cell conversion kits for regional turboprops.
ZeroAvia
Environment

Boeing Launches Dashboard to Monitor SAF Production

A new Boeing tool tracks potential SAF availability, underscoring the need to close the supply-demand gap.
Boeing SAF dashboard
Aircraft

Daher Targets New Hybrid Propulsion System

A new partnership with French start-up Ascendance is likely to spur Daher’s decarbonization drive.
Daher booth
Aircraft

GKN Spends Big to Chase NetZero Technology Leadership Role

UK aerospace group GKM wants to be a key enabler of the aviation industry's commitment to achieve net zero carbon emissions by 2050.
GKN's automated fiber-placement machine.
Airlines

EU Sets World’s Largest SAF Blending Mandate

New European rules call for an obligation for minimum sustainable aviation uplift for flights within and departing the EU from 2025.
KLM has used SAF blends for all its flights departing Amsterdam
Aircraft

Honeywell APU Upgrade for B737s Lowers CO2 Emissions

A high-efficiency upgrade for auxiliary power units on Boeing 737NG and Max airplanes can lower fuel consumption and emissions by about 2 percent each.
Article image
Environment

Ortec Explores Low-carbon Engineering Solutions

Ortec Engineering is supporting customers with 3-D printing, building information modeling, and virtual training and skills development services.
Ortec Engineering
Engines

Pratt & Whitney Measures Gas Turbine Emissions With Lasers

Researchers at Virginia Tech and Pratt & Whitney have discovered a new way to measure gas turbine emissions without the need for bulky sensor probes.
FRST
Environment

Bird Aerosystems Launches Environmental Monitoring System

Fears are growing of another catastrophic oil spill as the tanker fleet ages, and Bird's system can help detect such catastrophes.
Bird Aerosystems
Engines

Supercomputer Helps GE Aerospace Evaluate Open-fan Engine

GE Aviation is using the Frontier supercomputer to evaluate fluid dynamics of open-fan engines.
CFM Revolutionary Innovation for Sustainable Engines (Rise) program
Aircraft

Future Fliers Flock to Paris

This week many Paris Air Show visitors will get their first glimpse of new eVTOL aircraft designed to transform how people and things move around cities.
Volocopter's eVTOL demonstrator aircraft
Engines

Raytheon Hybrid-electric Demo Completes 1st Engine Run

Raytheon is developing a portfolio of sustainable aviation technologies, including the STEP-Tech hybrid-electric propulsion demonstrator.
Raytheon STEP-Tech
Aircraft

Aviation Chases Carbon Cutting Quantum Leap

With climate change metrics intensifying, air transport has a mountain to climb to achieve the legally-binding net-zero carbon requirement in 2050.
JetZero's Blended Wing Body airliner concept
Aircraft

Hydrogen Business Jet Could Turn Private Aviation Green

French start-up Beyond Aero said its hydrogen-fuel-based propulsion system will support range of up to 800 nm while carrying four passengers.
Beyond Aero BYA-I hydrogen powered business jet
Aircraft

ATR Touts Strong Growth Prospects

ATR, the Toulouse-based turboprop manufacturer, plans to reveal orders at the Paris Airshow and prove a sustained interest in its regional airframes.
ATR 72-600 powered by Pratt & Whitney PW127 turboprops
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GKN Aerospace Open Global Tech Center in the Netherlands

GKN Aerospace's new Global Technology Center in Hoogeveen will explore lightweight thermoplastic composites and high-power electrical systems.
GKN Aerospace thermoplastics R&D
Engines

MTU Backs Electric Motors for Zero-Emission Flight

Engine maker MTU acquired eMoSys, a German electric motor developer, earlier this year.
MTU booth
Aircraft

ATR Shows Off Purpose-built Freighter Variant

European turboprop manufacturer ATR brought two aircraft to the Paris Airshow, including the ATR 72-600F, which will take part in the flying display.
ATR Cargo variant
Aircraft

Embraer and Nidec Partner on Electric Propulsion Systems

Embraer and Nidec, a Japanese manufacturer of electric motors, will jointly develop propulsion systems for electric aircraft, including Eve's eVTOL.
(L to r) Nidec’s Takamitsu Araki and Michael Briggs appear with Embraer’s Francisco Gomes Neto and Dimas Douglas Tomelin.
Aircraft

CFM Could Spool Up Rise Engine Tech Demonstrator By 2025

The alliance between Safran and GE is ordering hardware to keep up the development pace with the open-fan engine that could power new narrowbody aircraft.
CFM tests high pressure turbine blades for its Rise open fan engine.
Aircraft

Boeing Brings Full Portfolio to Paris

Boeing says its upcoming airplane models will help pave the way to achieving net-zero emissions by 2050.
Boeing 737 Max
Environment

New Study Will Examine Sustainable Fuel Feedstocks

The latest biomass study by the U.S. Departments of Energy and Agriculture, will examine the volumes and locations of sustainable fuel feedstocks.
Switchgrass fields and facilities in East Tennessee
Airports

Commercial Aviation’s Hydrogen Play Poses Myriad Challenges

Hydrogen-powered aircraft programs attract increased attention and public funding, but the task of building a green hydrogen ecosystem will prove daunting.
Hydrogen propulsion
Environment

Sustainable Aviation Fuels: The Numbers Just Don't Add Up

A weighty scientific report raises doubts about net-zero alternatives to jet fuel.
sustainable aviation fuel
Environment

CAAFI: SAF Now Firmly Entrenched in Aviation

Speaking at the start of a two-day virtual SAF conference, CAAFI head Steve Czonka noted that renewable fuel is now seeping into all corners of aviation.
Line worker refueling business jet with sustainable aviation fuel from tanker truck