{"id":23238,"date":"2022-07-21T12:44:45","date_gmt":"2022-07-21T07:14:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/?p=23238"},"modified":"2022-07-25T13:04:46","modified_gmt":"2022-07-25T07:34:46","slug":"airbus-to-conduct-experimental-test-on-a380-superjumbo-with-open-fan-engine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/index.php\/2022\/07\/21\/airbus-to-conduct-experimental-test-on-a380-superjumbo-with-open-fan-engine\/","title":{"rendered":"Airbus to conduct experimental test on A380 superjumbo with open fan engine"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The world’s largest passenger plane, the Airbus A380, has been selected as a demonstrator to test new cutting-edge open fan engine architecture that might help reduce carbon emissions by up to 20%.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Airbus and CFM International presented the project on Tuesday at the Farnborough Air Show, just outside of London, an annual trade event exhibiting the latest in aerospace innovation.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

It’s the latest innovation to be tested on the A380 “superjumbo<\/em><\/strong>,” which has had a rocky recent history. Due to a lack of demand, production of the much-loved plane was terminated in 2021. Airlines grounded existing planes during the epidemic, only to see a subsequent recovery because to increased travel demand.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

CFM has been creating cutting-edge propulsion technologies as a part of its Revolutionary Innovation for Sustainable Engine (RISE) demonstration programme. GE and Safran Aircraft Engines are the parent companies of CFM.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

With a flight test campaign on board this A380, which is scheduled to take to the skies in the latter half of this decade <\/strong>from the Airbus Flight Test Center in Toulouse, France, the goal is now to mature and expedite that.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Prior to that, CFM will conduct engine ground tests and flight test validation at the Victorville, California facility of GE Aviation’s Flight Test Operations.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The goals of the flight test programme are to demonstrate improved fuel efficiency that would reduce CO2 emissions by a fifth compared to today’s most efficient engines, to better understand engine\/wing integration and aerodynamic performance, and to ensure compatibility with 100% Sustainable Aviation Fuels (SAF).
This new technology could boost the aviation sector’s ambitious goal of achieving net-zero carbon emissions by 2050.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“New propulsion technologies will play a significant role in attaining aviation’s net-zero objectives, coupled with new aircraft designs and sustainable energy sources.”<\/em><\/strong><\/p>According to Airbus Chief Technical Officer Sabine Klauke<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

“The CFM RISE Program is all about pushing the boundaries of technology, rethinking what is possible, and assisting with greater long-term, sustainable growth for our sector”<\/em><\/strong><\/p>CFM International’s president and CEO, Gal M\u00e9heust<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

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Airbus stated earlier this year that it would test an experimental hydrogen engine on an A380 as part of yet another collaboration with CFM International in an effort to develop a zero-emission aircraft by the year 2035.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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