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Environmental targets to tackle climate change and make flying greener mean the industry is facing some of the biggest engineering hurdles in its history. Ed Hill hears how GKN Aerospace is developing a range of technologies to meet the goals.
Technology being hatched under Europe’s newly launched Clean Aviation aeronautics research program could help decarbonize business aviation.
UK-based major propulsion and power systems group Rolls-Royce has announced that the first tests of its new-generation aircraft turbofan engine technology demonstrator, the UltraFan, has been successful. The UltraFan is the first totally new aeroengine architecture developed by the company in 54 years and is 10% more efficient than the most efficient large aeroengine currently in service (which is another Rolls-Royce product, the Trent XWB). The tests were run using only 100% sustainable aviation fuel (SAF), provided by Air bp. The SAF was derived mainly from waste-based feedstocks, including ...
The first tests were conducted using 100% Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF).
Rolls-Royce’s new UltraFan engine is expected to improve transport aircraft efficiency today and into the 2030s.