ZeroAvia will be offering some of its ‘key components designed for its hydrogen-electric engines’ to other clean aviation innovators, allowing the company to ‘build upon [its] multi-billion dollar per annum market for its hydrogen-electric powertrain family’. The company adds it is in ‘active discussions on potential deals with a number of companies working on electric and hydrogen aviation innovations’.
Following component market research, the electric-hydrogen innovator sees ‘significant opportunity’ in a variety of areas. These include advanced electric motors for aviation, silicon carbide inverters (designed and produced with aerospace standards in mind), low-temperature proton exchange membranes, high-temperature full cell stacks and full power generations systems, and aviation fuel cell compressors.
To facilitate production of electric propulsion systems for its own requirements and those of external customers, ZeroAvia is also to open a new manufacturing facility – the ‘propulsion centre of excellence’ - at Paine Field in Everett, north of Seattle. The company also plans to open a second separate hydrogen-specific facility, stating it is ‘currently exploring site selection’.
ZeroAvia launches component offering
