Implementation of Civil Planes Powered by Hydrogen Engines
Wild Card's progress: basic
This Wild Card came from:
European Commission Framework Programme for RTD
The theme/scheme related to this Wild Card:
Theme 7 - Transport (including aeronautics)
The sub-theme that best relates to this Wild Card:
AAT: Piloting the air transport of the future
Likelihood timeframe and scenario features :
now-2050
Wild Card's description
Research is conducted on hydrogen turbofan for civil planes which are able to reach velocities up to 6000 km/h (Mach5). This follow-up of the Concorde using ramjets instead of turbofans reaches hypersonic and enables antipodal flights in 2-4 hours.
