The UK’s Business and Trade Secretary Jonathan Reynolds has announced over UKP100 million of government-industry funding for sustainable aerospace tech projects to support greener air travel, at the launch of the 2024 Farnborough Airshow.
Just under UKP103 million of funding in total, delivered through the Aerospace Technology Institute (ATI) Programme, has been announced for five aerospace R&D projects led by GKN Aerospace, Queens University, Rolls-Royce, Short Brothers and ZeroAvia. Some of these projects have a direct advanced air mobility application.
The Advanced Fuel Cell for Aviation Decarbonisation (AFCAD) builds on ZeroAvia’s experience with the Hyflyer I and II projects, to take the high temperature (HTPEM) fuel cell stacks technology to commercialisation stage, enabling zero emission hydrogen flight, with applications for rotorcraft and eVTOL. Total project cost is UK17.5 million.
Scenic Composites – by developing a variety of high value testing and manufacturing equipment at the Advanced manufacturing Innovation Centre (AMIC), this project led by Queens University Belfast will build capability in the aerospace cluster in the Belfast region around composite materials. Total project cost is UK10.9 million.
H2FlyGHT – led by GKN Aerospace and a UK-based consortium of major aerospace suppliers and academic partners, including Parker-Meggitt Aerospace and the universities of Nottingham and Manchester aims to develop and test a fully integrated liquid hydrogen fuel system and 2 megawatt cryogenic electrical propulsion system for the next generation of zero emission aircraft. Total project cost is UK44 million.
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