Rostec stated on Thursday that the United Engine Corporation (a subsidiary of the state-owned Rostec) has begun work on creating hydrogen-powered aircraft engines and ground-based power units.
“At the [MAKS-2021] International Aerospace Show, the United Engine Corporation inside Rostec announced that it is launching a program to build aircraft and ground-based power units utilizing hydrogen fuel,” Rostec stated in a statement.
“We are contemplating two main technologies: direct hydrogen fuel combustion in modified gas turbines and the fuel’s electrochemical transformation into electric power using fuel cells,” stated Yuri Shmotin, CEO of United Engine Corporation.
In the summer of 2021, the …
