As the entire air transport market slowly recovers from the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, the engine-makers are rapidly adjusting strategic development plans to the demands of a more sustainable future.

The main response has been to dramatically expand research into hybrid-electric and all-electric propulsion, along with investments into studies of new combustors capable of handling sustainable aviation fuels (SAF) and even hydrogen.
Credit: Pratt & Whitney
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