In exchange for its support, the French government demands that the aeronautical industry put into service a “zero emission aircraft” by 2035. “Our calendar has greatly accelerated since, in our roadmap presented in June 2019 at the Paris Air Show, we set 2050 as the launch date for a green plane , ” underlines Patrick Gandil, director general of civil aviation (DGAC).
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In his eyes, this deadline is credible. To hold it, industrialists, united within the Council for Civil Aeronautical Research (Corac), will optimize their action and go faster by working "on a single plane and, in parallel, on two propulsion systems: the first ultra- sober and the second, hydrogen, " says the boss of the DGAC.
He estimates that this device will require some 10 billion euros in R&D investment, divided equally between the State and industry. Bercy has already announced the release of 1.5 billion over three years to boost the Corac budget.
In order to reduce its CO2, Nox and greenhouse gas emissions to almost nothing, the successor to the A320, which will be the first super-sober aircraft, will have to lose many pounds.To develop
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