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The dual-fuel combustor concept is designed to enable current-generation single-aisle airliners to operate on both SAF and hydrogen.

Calhoun wants new types that delivers in the neighborhood a 20-30% improvement over today’s airplanes.

Google co-founder Sergey Brin’s LTA Research is preparing to begin outdoor flight tests of its Pathfinder 1 large rigid airship.

Airbus has begun work on a next-generation aircraft to enter service in 2035, opting for a novel architecture that may enable use of open-rotor engines.

Study shows steps to speed up sustainability are clear and feasible.

Clean Aviation structures a large part of the European effort toward future aeronautics, while research and technology are involved in early testing.

High-temperature fuel cells; Hydrogen afterburner; SAF report card; and Spaceplane flies on rocket power.

Destinus has flown a subscale prototype configured with a hydrogen-fueled afterburner.

The project is supervised by Gyeongsang National University and brings together 11 organizations from industry, academia and research institutes.

The funding will support a feasibility study for a hydrogen production and distribution hub at the Scottish airport.

T&E commissioned the study, which was carried out by research group Steer, to examine operating costs of hydrogen aircraft within Europe.

Readers write about hydrogen fuel cells, F-16 tech, Artemis III spacesuits. Plus: Behind the Scenes at Rolls-Royce’s UltraFan Testbed 80 facility.

AI in aviation; flying hydrogen lab; Seoul’s UAM routes; and Alder’s fuel progresses.

First flight tests are planned as early as 2024.

ICAO pivots to prioritize sustainability over safety.

Lithium-metal battery; composite LH2 tanks; agricultural eVTOL; and MTU adds electric motors.

CEO says Airbus is simultaneously pursuing its hydrogen aircraft project and looking at a more conventional propulsion system for entry into service in 2035-40.

Condensed-matter battery; DLR’s sustainable designs; Bivalent hydrogen engine; and Subscale cargo UAV flies.

A project has been launched to develop a concept for a center of excellence to help industry embrace liquid hydrogen as a fuel for aviation.

Evolito debuts electric power; Autonomous cargo in Alaska; Maeve picks advanced batteries; and New Zealand’s stratospheric UAV.

ZeroAvia plans to enter the market in 2025 with the 600-kW ZA600 fuel-cell powertrain retrofit for 9-19-seat regional aircraft.

Airbus has opened a research center in Suzhou, China, as part of its pursuit to develop alternate energy such as hydrogen.

Airbus has just selected Liebherr-Aerospace as a supplier for its hydrogen fuel cell demonstration program on a modified A380.

Liebherr-Aerospace is developing an air supply system for the propulsion fuel cell Airbus intends to flight-test beginning in 2026.

The company’s unorthodox methods can be seen in its preparations for ATR 72 flight tests.