CFM RISE: GE & Safran To Develop Open Rotor Engine!
General Electric and Safran, the two CFM partners, are launching CFM RISE, a program for an ultra-efficient sustainable-fuel, open rotor engine. They hope a new engine will be ready for service by the middle of the next decade. Hot on the heels of news from Airbus,...
Cryogenic Hydrogen: Airbus Chooses Metallic Fuel Tanks
Airbus is establishing two development centres on existing sites, for cryogenic hydrogen fuel tanks. And it’s a major challenge, to say the least. Starting from last September, Airbus started a programme that will lead to a future fleet of hydrogen-powered aircraft....
Freedom Flight Prize – Innovation Through Motivation?
The Freedom Flight Prize fund will reward the first zero-carbon transatlantic flight. But there are some strict rules for participants. There is a great tradition of prizes for firsts in aviation. It’s a tradition literally as old as aviation itself. Whether it was...
