ZERO EMISSIONS MILITARY AIRCRAFT UNDER DEVELOPMENT
The Royal Air Force (RAF) has developed a game plan to explore zero-emission alternatives for the replacement of its existing fleet of fossil fuel-powered military training aircrafts. For defence, the UK currently utilises fossil-fuel-powered light training aircraft, which are used across military and civil airfields for flying training, grading and assessment.
The RAF currently operates a fleet of light aircraft across a variety of sites in the UK. The RAF wishes to better understand the market capability in this area and seeks information on the development of relevant technologies and systems that are in development and maturing over the coming 4 years. This information will be used to inform the user requirement specifications for a replacement system. The target date for replacement of the existing fleet is 2027.
The Defence and Security Accelerator (DASA) is running a Market Exploration on behalf of the Air Capability Branch at Headquarters Air Command to investigate zero emission options for the replacement of the existing fleet of military light training aircraft.
The development of the new, environmentally friendly military aircraft aims to support the RAF’s goal to achieve net-zero emissions by 2040.