New Technologies That Could Boost Aviation’s Decarbonization Goal

Electra’s 200-seater aircraft

With distributed hybrid-electric propulsion, Electra’s 200-seater would consume half the fuel of today’s narrowbodies.

Credit: Electra.aero
How radical is the aviation industry prepared to be to meet its stated goal of being carbon net-zero by 2050? That is the question increasingly being asked by researchers and startups prepared to challenge the industry’s assumptions. One of those assumptions is that sustainable aviation fuel (SAF)...
Graham Warwick

Graham leads Aviation Week's coverage of technology, focusing on engineering and technology across the aerospace industry, with a special focus on identifying technologies of strategic importance to aviation, aerospace and defense.

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