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Towards flying testbeds
for novel long-range aircraft

THE NEED

Address the need for more radical changes in long range aircraft configurations and propulsion concepts to drastically cut carbon emissions of long-range flights and to accelerate the potential entry-into-service of such aircraft to before 2050.

THE APPROACH

Pre-design and evaluation of novel flying testbeds that are needed for de-risking the development of disruptive future long-range aircraft configurations and constituting technologies.

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Investigate the potential emissions reduction of long-range air traffic offered by promising blended wing body aircraft configurations and by hydrogen-powered tube-and-wing configurations, including their constituting radical new technologies.
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Develop roadmaps, but also operational and business plans, for the further development of the EXAELIA flying testbeds and the use of these assets in the development of the future long-range aircraft.
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THE IMPACT

  • Reduction of carbon emissions of long-range aircraft by 50-100% with respect to 2020 aircraft.
  • Maintain European industrial leadership in commercial aviation.
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CONSORTIUM

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