Fokker Next Gen Pivots To Clean-Sheet Hydrogen-Combustion Airliner

Fokker 100

Plans to modify the Fokker 100 were scrapped in favor of a clean-sheet design.

Credit: Fokker Next Gen
After determining that its original plan to retrofit the Fokker 100 with hydrogen-combustion propulsion entailed too much reengineering to be economically viable, Fokker Next Gen has shifted its focus to a clean-sheet design. A digital twin and an iron bird of the fuel system are the first major...
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