New Technology

EADS and Scottish scientists are working on new storage tanks for hydrogen in aircraft and car engines. This would deliver huge benefits to the environment and if it is successful, EADS plans to fly an unmanned hydrogen-powered test plane in 2014.

EADS Innovation Works, the Group’s corporate research arm, is working with university researchers to find a new solid state storage system for hydrogen. This technology would make it possible to use hydrogen as a clean alternative to traditional hydrocarbon-based fuels in aeroplane and car engines...