Japan Funds Research Into Next-Gen Hydrogen-Electric Airliner

IHI Prototype of megawatt-class engine-embedded electric machine

IHI is testing a prototype of the megawatt-class engine-embedded electric machine that will be used in the NEDO project.

Credit: IHI
Japan’s government has selected four research themes for funding support under a program to develop hydrogen-electric propulsion technologies for next-generation commercial aircraft with the goal of enabling carbon neutrality in aviation by 2050. The themes have been selected by Japan’s New Energy...
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