Europe’s aerospace technology program Clean Aviation has approved €152 million in EU funding for eight new projects that target breakthrough technologies for commercial aviation. If all public and private investments are included, the latest round totals €380 million. The eight projects…
GE Aerospace has shared more details about the hybrid-electric technology demonstration project that was awarded funding in October under Europe’s Clean Aviation research program. Called AMBER, the program will be led by GE’s Italian business unit Avio Aero to study the…
Pratt & Whitney, MTU Aero Engines, GKN Aerospace, Collins Aerospace, and Airbus are joining forces in a consortium to research and develop a new, sustainable and efficient turbofan engine concept that could become available around the mid-2030s. It’s probably not…
European aerospace OEMs like Airbus, Dassault, Pipistrel, Rolls-Royce, and Safran can continue or start their research and development programs of disruptive technology for new commercial aircraft. Fourteen projects have been granted a combined €735 million for Phase I under the Clean…
Japan’s aerospace industry confirmed this week again that it is keen to get involved in the development of hydrogen as the fuel for future civil aircraft. On April 12, Kawasaki Heavy Industries (KHI) and Airbus signed a Memorandum of Understanding to…
Airbus is planning to apply for funding from the new Clean Aviation program to develop a successor to the wing program that is currently tested on a C295 testbed. The follow-on program should research wings for future hybrid-electric or hydrogen…