UK startup flies ‘world’s largest’ hydrogen-electric plane

A 19-seater plane powered by a hydrogen-electric engine took to the skies above Gloucestershire

Wind turbines cannot slip beneath the radar!

A radar has been deployed at Lowther Hill, Scotland to mitigate the impact of onshore wind turbines on commercial flights

‘Airlines miss all but one climate target in 20 years’

This is due to the aviation sector regulating themselves, a new report claims

UK bans Russian aircraft and sanctions trade

The government has now made it illegal for Russian aircraft to land in Britain

New $140m US programme for first-of-a-kind critical minerals refinery

Rare earth element and critical minerals are essential materials used in a broad range of technologies such as advanced aircraft, wind turbines, EVs, semiconductors and hydrogen fuel cells

Rolls-Royce and Airbus studying 100% SAF in conventional jet engines

Aircraft are currently only allowed to use a 50% blend of SAF with regular kerosene fuel – the study looks to change this

Royal Air Force makes a Guinness World Record setting path to jet zero

The RAF completed the first flight of an aircraft that was entirely and solely fuelled by synthetic fuel

Sustainable aviation fuel tech gets £15m funding

This funding is part of the Prime Minister’s Ten Point Plan and could see up to a 70% reduction in emissions compared with fossil fuels

Net zero supersonic flights?

Holidaymakers could supposedly travel from San Francisco to Tokyo in only six hours using sustainable fuels

British green aerospace manufacturing jets off with £90m boost

A 3D printing machine that will produce smaller components for aircraft has secured a share of the funding