UK: Protium secures funding through the Future Flight Challenge 25 Jan 2021 Protium has partnered with Blue Bear Systems and ZeroAvia to deliver a major new project. Grant will enable the consortium to complete the feasibility and design works for future deployment of passenger planes powered entirely from green hydrogen. The hydrogen will be produced entirely from renewable resources and will provide a pathway to zero emission airport operations. Protium Green Solutions, the UK-based green hydrogen energy services company, has secured a significant grant for Project HEART from the Future Flight Challenge in partnership with Blue Bear Systems and ZeroAvia. Blue Bear Systems is the leading supplier of innovation and products in unmanned systems, and ZeroAvia is a US-based innovator and leader of decarbonising commercial aviation. Other consortium members include Britten-Norman, LoganAir, Inmarsat, Highlands & Islands Airport, Weston Williams & Partners, Fleetondemand and Edinburgh Napier University.