What Happened
European Consortium Develops Megawatt-Class Power Source For Future Aircraft
A Honeywell Aerospace led alliance has made a major breakthrough in developing a megawatt-class hydrogen-electric propulsion system for future aircraft. The consortium, which includes 18 European companies, successfully integrated individual subsystems into a functional hydrogen power source capable of generating and supplying electrical energy for an aircraft. The next step will be an integrated ground demonstration of the complete propulsion system. The project, funded by the European Union, aims to build one of the world’s most powerful hydrogen-electric aircraft propulsion systems. This development was first reported by AeroTime.