Airbus UpNext, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Airbus, has launched a new technology demonstrator to accelerate the maturation of superconducting technologies for use in the electric propulsion systems of future hydrogen-powered aircraft. Known as Cryoprop, the new demonstrator will integrate and mature a two-megawatt superconducting electric propulsion system cooled by liquid hydrogen through a helium recirculation circuit, developed by Airbus teams in Toulouse, France, and Ottobrunn, Germany. “Our previous demonstrators have shown that superconducting technologies would be a key enabler for the high-power electrification of future hydrogen-powered aircraft. I truly believe that the new demonstrator will lead to performance improvements of … Continue reading Airbus’s Hydrogen-Powered Future Flights with 2-MW Cryoprop Superconducting Tech: Does it Save Fuel Costs?