Airbus looks to be prioritizing emissions reduction in the construction of an H2-powered airliner.
While all A-Series aircraft will be fully compatible with Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) by 2030 — they are already 50% compliant – hydrogen is at the center of the company’s research and development. By 2035, authorities want to have an H2-powered jet in the air. It’s almost clear that this plane will be a turboprop.
Airbus vice president of research and technology Amanda Simpson said the business needs a demonstration project to verify the viability of an H2-powered jet before moving forward with full development. She said yesterday at the Pacific Northwest Aerospace Alliance’s annual conference that an announcement might come in two weeks. She declined to reveal what sort of aircraft will be utilized for the demonstration project in secondary comments.
“We are working on demonstration programs to mature many various technologies connected to hydrogen-powered ideas,” an Airbus spokeswoman stated separately, “but we don’t have anything more particular to give at the time.” However, later this year, we may have some exciting initiatives to discuss.”
Simpson presented various proposals for hydrogen-fueled airplanes during his talk. Earlier, a turboprop idea was demonstrated. According to Simpson, the US Air Force and a Soviet jet had already conducted H2-powered flights, some of which date back to 1957.
