15 - Guest lectures
ULTRA-EFFICIENT AIRCRAFT AND PROPULSION ARCHITECTURES FOR LOW-EMISSION SHORT/MEDIUM RANGE [SMR] AIRCRAFT
M. Calvo Blanco, Belgium
The SMR Thrust in Clean Aviation will develop ultra-efficient propulsion and aircraft architectures to address the short- and medium-range needs with innovative aircraft architectures making use of highly integrated, ultra-efficient thermal propulsion systems and providing disruptive improvements in fuel efficiency. This will be essential for the transition to low/zero emission energy sources (synthetic fuels, non-drop in fuels such as hydrogen), which will be more energy intensive to produce, more expensive, and only available in limited quantities.rnAn integrated approach to the overall aircraft and its design, development, certification, production, and operations and close alignment to aviation policy and infrastructure development will be essential to enable widespread, rapid deployment, and ensure a cost-competitive and ultra-low emissions aviation system by 2050.