The funding will be utilized for 20 aviation research and innovation programmes from across the industry.
Rolls-Royce has announced that the company has been awarded funding of over €700m for the European Union’s Clean Aviation programme. The funding will be utilized for 20 aviation research and innovation programmes from across the industry. Following the due process evaluation of the first Call for Proposals and a proportion of this funding that will be subject to successful completion of grant preparation. This will enable Rolls-Royce and its partners to carry out ground-breaking research that will help to accelerate the sustainable propulsion and decarbonization research for zero-emission flying.
The Clean Aviation program initiative by the European Union is a Joint Undertaking and is the Union’s leading research and innovation program aimed at transforming aviation towards a sustainable and climate-neutral future.
Alan Newby, Director of Aerospace Technology and Future Programmes, Rolls-Royce said: “We are delighted to be asked to proceed to grant preparation by the European Union’s Clean Aviation programme. Rolls-Royce is focused on advancing sustainable power and propulsion systems and this will build on our existing expertise to help accelerate the technological breakthroughs that could help deliver net zero carbon by 2050 and transform the way that we travel.”
Rolls-Royce will be a partner in six programmes including the lead co-ordinator in the three research and innovation projects outlined below:
HEAVEN – Hydrogen Engine Architecture Virtually Engineered Novelly:
The consortium is led by Rolls-Royce and contains key academic, research and industrial partners across France, Germany, the Netherlands, Spain and the United Kingdom. This project aims to significantly develop the company’s scalable UltraFan architecture and suite of technologies for future civil aviation opportunities. The project also intends to provide a platform for Hydrogen technology and hybrid-electric technology to be suitably incorporated into Rolls-Royce’s civil aerospace portfolio.
HE-ART – Hybrid Electric propulsion system for regional AiRcrafT:
This consortium consists of a diverse industrial, research and academic team that is led by Rolls-Royce along with partners from Austria, Belgium, France, Germany, Italy, Norway, Poland, Romania, Spain, and the United Kingdom. HE-ART will focus on demonstrations that will enable technologies for hybridization by ground demonstration of a hybrid-electric thermal turboprop (e-TP) while taking important steps towards an optimized hybrid propulsion system for future regional aircraft.
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CAVENDISH – Consortium for the AdVent of aero-Engine Demonstration and aircraft Integration Strategy with Hydrogen:
The consortium, led by Rolls-Royce will involve significant academic, research and industrial partners from Brazil, France, Germany, the Netherlands, Portugal, Spain and the United Kingdom. CAVENDISH will integrate liquid hydrogen systems onto a modern donor engine for ground testing. The project will also explore alternative enabling technologies in the form of a dual fuel combustor system, a cryo-compressed tank system and define requirements and activities for a flight demonstration.
