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NEWS NEWS

SPECIALISED SOLUTIONS ZERO

EMISSION
orn out of a passion for aerospace
Band to use it for solving everyday
problems in the commer-cial and humani-
tarian fields, a newly formed South African AIRCRAFT

company is currently developing a new
range of VTOL UAVs.
These unique unmanned aerial vehicles
can be used for a variety of missions includ-
ing survey-ing, monitoring and last mile All of these concepts rely on
delivery of medical supplies – all tailored to hydrogen as a primary power for the future of zero-emission A turboprop design (up to 100

specific needs. source - an option which Airbus flight,” said Guillaume Faury, passengers) powered by hydro-

Airbus CEO.

The company’s design philosophy is Broughton and Kreelan Padaychee are ware-in-the-loop simulation (HILS) for 3rd irbus has revealed believes holds exceptional gen combustion in modified

driven by the extensive use of high-fidelity both aeronautical engineers with more party airframes. HILS is used by unmanned Athree concepts for the promise as a clean aviation fuel “I strongly believe that the gas-turbine engines, capable

modelling and simulation, system identifi- than 30 years combined experience in the aircraft and other airborne system devel- world’s first zero-emission com- and is likely to be a solution use of hydrogen - both in of traveling more than 1,000

cation and multidisciplinary optimisation. aerospace and defence industry. This in- opers to reduce the risk of losing airframes mercial aircraft which could for aerospace and many other synthetic fuels and as a primary nautical miles and

“This approach allows for complex cludes years as researchers at the CSIR and early in their flight test programmes. This enter service by 2035. industries to meet their cli- power source for commercial A “blended-wing body”

control system development, accurate later at a private company that specialised simulation-linked technology is used to test These concepts each repre- mate-neutral targets. aircraft - has the potential to design (up to 200 passengers)
significantly reduce aviation's

performance model-ling and thorough in the flight testing of military air-craft. actual onboard systems and associated sent a different approach to “This is a historic moment climate impact.” concept in which the wings

offline testing of smart system behaviour They are joined by Elena Broughton, a software on the ground while the aircraft achieving zero-emission flight, for the commercial aviation merge with the main body of

the aircraft with a range similar

(driven by AI principles) prior to first business professional and economist with is put through virtual flight profiles and exploring various technology sector as a whole and we The three concepts - all to that of the turbofan concept.

flight, which significantly reduces the risks more than 15 years’ experience in the field. made to "believe" that it is in actual flight. pathways and aerodynamic intend to play a leading role in codenamed “ZEROe” - for a first

involved during flight testing,” said Bennie In addition to their vast experience, they all It allows early de-tection of problems, configurations in order to the most important transition climate neutral zero-emission The exceptionally wide

Brough-ton, one of the three founders of hold ad-vanced degrees in their respective improvement and optimisation of the flight support the company’s ambi- this industry has ever seen. commercial aircraft include: fuselage opens up multiple

the company. areas of specialisation. control laws, general evaluation of perfor- tion of leading the way in the The concepts we unveil today A turbofan design (120-200 options for hydrogen storage

Their design workflow allows for ex- Besides their own UAVs currently under mance and the testing of system failures decarbonisation of the entire offer the world a glimpse of our passengers) with a range of and distribution, and for cabin

ploring a less conservative design space, development, they also support other prior to flight,” said Broughton. aviation industry. ambition to drive a bold vision 2,000+ nautical miles, layout. Q

giving the compa-ny confidence to push the developers of both UAVs and manned The company’s focus is in the health, ag-

boundaries of current aerospace technol- aircraft through a number of specialised ricultural, built environment, security and

ogies. Their target market includes UAV aeronautical engineering ser-vices. These humanitarian domains.
operators and service providers who are services are naturally linked to their own The company can be contacted on

looking for performance gains over more design workflow. www.aviorlabs.com/ or an email sent to Join the

traditional multicopter configurations. “One example is the provision of hard- queries@aviorlabs.com. Q
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al for swam applications of drones in With its swarming approval, the com- effectively and at a lower overall cost.” Q
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