(Stuttgart) – A “Hydrogen Aviation Center” is being built at Stuttgart Airport. This creates “a central location with research and development infrastructure for companies and scientific institutes,” which offers the opportunity to “research and develop innovative concepts in the field of emission-free, hydrogen-electric aviation and use them on the ground and in the airport environment “To test air,” it said in a statement.
At the start button (from left to right): Nico Buchholz, CCO Deutsche Aircraft; Winfried Hermann, Minister for Transport of Baden-Württemberg; Anna Christmann, Federal Government Coordinator for Aerospace; Winfried Kretschmann, Prime Minister of Baden-Württemberg; Josef Kallo, co-founder and CEO of H2FLY; Walter Schoefer, spokesman for the management of Flughafen Stuttgart GmbH. © Stuttgart Airport
The new research facility will be equipped with a hangar, test stands, workshops, an integration environment for the installation and conversion of emission-free aircraft engines and an open area for testing hydrogen technologies in aircraft demonstrators. This infrastructure is intended to enable the development of components and sub-systems in the megawatt range as well as the integration and test operation of drive trains. The opening is planned for the end of 2024.
The state of Baden-Württemberg is supporting the project with co-financing of 5,5 million euros. The project management is the responsibility of H2FLY GmbH, a company founded by engineers from the German Aerospace Center in Stuttgart and the University of Ulm that develops hydrogen-electric propulsion systems for aircraft.
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This is what the hangar for the future “Hydrogen Aviation Center” could look like. © Stuttgart Airport
