CAeS Nears Investment Boost For Hybrid Islander Flight Tests

A Reaction Engines-developed annular heat exchanger

A Reaction Engines-developed annular heat exchanger is central to the yet-to-be-flight-tested CAeS hydrogen hybrid Islander.

Credit: Reaction Engines/CAeS
FARNBOROUGH—A Cranfield Aerospace Solutions (CAeS) executive says the company is “within weeks” of closing a £16 million ($20 million) funding round that will put it back on track to flight-test a hydrogen fuel cell propulsion system on a modified Britten-Norman BN-2 Islander. The 240-kW system is...
Guy Norris

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