Hydro Wind Energy combines wind energy, desalination and subsea storage The project will develop a concept for satellite manufacture and assembly in space, which could help avoid some costs and challenges of rocket launches. The European Commission has awarded Airbus a contract worth 3m euros to develop a low-Earth orbit manufacturing demonstrator. Led by Cranfield Aerospace Solutions (CAeS), the project had previously planned to use batteries in an all-electric powertrain. Ricardo UK will use its expertise in fuel cell development and Innovatus Technologies will bring its innovative Scottish Hydrogen Fuel Tank (SHyFT) technology to Project Fresson, which is developing a retrofit powertrain for the Britten-Norman Islander. Hydrogen fuel cells will power an island-hopping nine-seater plane in a project aimed at demonstrating commercially viable sustainable flight. Hydrogen trumps batteries in sustainable flight project One of the projects will use flexible, marine animal-inspired materials in wave energy converters in an attempt to survive extreme waves and fatigue. The University of Strathclyde has received funding from the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council for two projects aimed at harvesting wave energy. Animal-inspired materials could harvest wave energy Virgin said it offers improved maintenance access and flight rate compared to earlier vehicles. Featuring a chrome livery, the craft will carry people and experiments to sub-orbital space. Virgin Galactic has revealed VSS Imagine, its second piloted space plane.
Virgin Galactic reveals shiny new space plane They hope it could simplify relatively complex manufacturing processes. The team developed a new technique that mimics the biological processes behind the formation of the ridges on our fingertips, or the spots on a cheetah. The biological mechanism of spontaneous pattern forming could be replicated for more efficient and sustainable manufacturing, a group of researchers from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign have said. Manufacturing process mimics biological pattern forming The vehicle will have a cruise speed of 280km/h and a range of 250km+, the company announced. German firm Lilium has unveiled a seven-seater flying taxi, described by New Atlas as more of an ‘air minibus’. The demonstrator engine, which has a fan diameter of 3.56m, will be completed by the end of the year. Work on the first UltraFan module is underway at the firm’s DemoWorks facility in Derby.
Rolls-Royce has started building the world’s largest aero-engine, claiming it will “help redefine sustainable air travel for decades to come”. Rolls-Royce building world’s largest aero-engine
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