Clean Aviation Targets Urgent Next-Gen Airliner Propulsion Goals

UltraFan

The €35.6 million Heaven project aims to scale the UltraFan concept to the medium-range market as well as integrate it with both hybrid-electric technology and direct hydrogen combustion.

Credit: Rolls-Royce
Aviation’s hopes of meeting future sustainability goals hinge on disruptive rather than evolutionary breakthroughs in propulsion technology—a change in pace driven by the urgency of the task at hand. Nowhere is this shift reflected more clearly than in the lineup of initiatives under study in the...
Guy Norris

Guy is a Senior Editor for Aviation Week, covering technology and propulsion. He is based in Colorado Springs.

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