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£84m for green aviation projects announced
1st February 2021 14:55 Europe/London
The Government has announced £84m is being invested in three projects to make aviation greener. Half of that total is coming through the govt’s ATI programme with the rest matched by industry.
The three projects are:
GKN Aerospace-led project H2GEAR will receive a £27.2m government grant to develop an innovative liquid hydrogen propulsion system for regional air travel, which could be scaled up for larger aircraft and longer journeys
ZeroAvia’s HyFlyer II will receive a £12.3m government grant to scale up its zero-emissions engines for demonstration on a 19-seater aircraft (this had already been announced)
By Dominic Perry2021-01-29T10:34:00+00:00
Blue Bear Systems Research is celebrating a double funding win after securing UK government backing for a pair of projects that could eventually boost sub-regional aviation through the deployment of pilotless, hydrogen- or electric-powered aircraft.
As the leader of Project HEART – or Hydrogen Electric and Automated Regional Transportation – Blue Bear and its consortium partners will demonstrate advanced autonomous controls on a Britten-Norman BN-2 Islander that are sufficiently robust to allow single-pilot operations.
Source: Britten-Norman
Autonomous systems will be tested on Islander
In addition, the practicality of using hydrogen power – including infrastructure and operational issues – for short-range flights will be examined with consortium members including ZeroAvia, Scottish carrier Loganair, and Highlands & Islands Airports, which runs facilities in the north and west of Scotland.
by Stephen Chapman
Mobilleo is to help deliver a ground-breaking project to make regional air travel “greener, more automated, safer and more cost effective.”
Project HEART (Hydrogen, Electric and Automated Regional Transportation) is a new initiative that enables hydrogen-electric powered light aircraft to carry between 9 and 19 passengers on short journeys of less than 500 nautical miles.
Up to 100 licenced airfields will be made available as part of the initiative, which is due to start in 2025.
Saltaire-based Fleetondemand is creating a bespoke version of its Mobilleo app to integrate the simulated sub-regional flight options alongside local multi-modal ground travel options already available within the platform.