Hydrogen-powered Aircraft

California-based green energy startup HyPoint and aircraft developer Piasecki Aircraft Corporation have announced they are partnering to develop hydrogen fuel cell systems for electric vertical takeoff and landing vehicle (eVTOL) applications. The multiphase agreement, announced Tuesday, seeks to deliver a customizable Federal Aviation Administration-certified, zero carbon-emission hydrogen fuel cell system to the global eVTOL marketplace […]

ZeroAvia—the start-up company pursuing the goal of regionally optimized hydrogen-cell-powered airplanes—saw the first flight in the UK on June 22 of the Piper M-class airplane it had moved to Europe late in 2019. The move from Hollister, California, to Cranfield, England, followed the awarding of a grant from the UK government to pursue sustainable, zero-emission […]