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ZeroAvia and Hybrid Air Vehicles Study Hydrogen-Electric Airship
Airlander could be first non-fixed-wing integration of ZA600 propulsion system
Airlander airship with ZeroAvia logo
The collaboration is targeting zero-emission in-flight operations for future aircraft variants carrying 100+ passengers © Hybrid Air Vehicles

Hydrogen-electric propulsion pioneer ZeroAvia is working with Hybrid Air Vehicles (HAV) on the development of a zero-emission Airlander airship. Under a new partnership signed on November 6, the two companies said they will collaborate on an alternatively-propelled variant of HAV’s Airlander 10.

The project will integrate ZeroAvia’s 600kW ZA600 hydrogen-electric propulsion system, which is set to be the company’s first commercial powertrain offering when certified. The partners will also assess future Airlander 10 operations to help define hydrogen fuel infrastructure requirements.

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