For the next two months, H3 Dynamics’ Toulouse team will conduct wind tunnel testing on a long-range unmanned hydrogen test aircraft.
H3 Dynamics and ISAE-Supaero launched MERMOZ in 2018, with funding from the Occitanie Region and the European Fund for Regional Development. In future phases of the Mermoz program, Toulouse-based enterprises like Delair will help with long-range aircraft operations.
A full-scale distributed hydrogen propulsion and refueling system for aircraft was patent-protected in 2018. The Company’s engineering centers in Austin and Toulouse are now working on hydrogen-electric propulsion systems.
“H3 Dynamics has the ambition to bring to market the most advanced and reliable hydrogen systems for aviation, but we will not cut corners on passenger safety. While Hydrogen-electric propulsion can accelerate the transition to a greener air transportation, we will progress cautiously from autonomous aerial data and cargo services, to manned cargo and passenger flights.” stated Taras Wankewycz.
Work on the physics behind airplane integration of hydrogen-electric systems with universities and specialized laboratories is underway at H3 Dynamics.
Having worked on hydrogen fuel cell flight for over 16 years, H3 Dynamics’ staff understands the issues. It is still participating in over a dozen zero-emission hydrogen flight research programs worldwide, including the AeroDelft hydrogen aircraft and the INSA STORK hydrogen UAV.
