Engines First → Passenger Aircraft

Program Overview

A stepwise, cert-aligned program: generate engine evidence (emissions, stability, safety), prove airport-ready storage & delivery at 350–700 bar, and build toward mid–long range passenger aircraft. Engines first—aircraft next.

Program Phases

Evidence flows from lab to certification to flight. Modules are reusable across engine families and aircraft sizes.

P1
P1 — Engine Evidence

Pressurized single-sector hot-fire, NOx & stability maps, flashback margins.

P2
P2 — Core Run

Core-engine hydrogen ground run; controls, transients, and health monitoring.

P3
P3 — Flight Testbed

Testbed approvals with DOA/ODA; emissions & ops procedures under real constraints.

P4
P4 — Passenger Scale

Mid–long range sizing, cert pathways across authorities, airport pilot programs.

Program Governance & Safety

Certification is baked into planning: hazards traced to design mitigations and test evidence.

ARP4754A / ARP4761
FHA/PSSA/SSA; requirements → architecture → analysis → test → evidence.
DO-160 / DO-178C
Environmental qual + SW lifecycle; advisory AI kept out of safety-critical path.
Airport Operations
PRD strategy, ventilation, purge, detection; turnaround playbooks.
Traceability
Automated data capture, audit-ready artifacts, multi-authority mapping.

Funding Plan

Pre-Seed
US$1.5–3.0M

Pressurized single-sector hot-fire; initial NOx & stability maps; safety/means-of-compliance v1.

Seed
US$10–12M

Core-engine H₂ ground run, flight testbed kick-off, global cert mapping (EASA/FAA + partners).

Series A
TBD

Testbed campaign, airport pilots, supply chain scale-up for passenger program.

Non-Dilutive
Ongoing

R&D grants, industry MoUs, airport partnerships for ops validation.

Work With Us

Co-develop modules, share test data, and accelerate certification-ready products for mid–long range missions.

Combustor Modules
Micromix variants, injectors, liners, optical rigs.
Storage & Delivery
Type-IV tanks, PRD, manifolds, ventilation & detection.
Controls & SW
Transients, analytics, advisory AI pipelines.
Airport Pilots
Turnaround playbooks, fueling bays, maintenance flows.

KPI Snapshot

Program health metrics driving decisions and pacing.

Hot-Fire Readiness
Rig hardware 90%
Instrumentation & interlocks in progress.
Emissions Map Coverage
φ grid 0→70%
Extending to high-load regime.
Airport Ops Playbook
v0.7
PRD, purge, detection, turnaround targets.
Cert Artifact Set
v0.5
FHA/PSSA baseline; MoC draft in review.

FAQs

What’s unique about your program?

Engine-level evidence now, with certification front-loaded and airport operations baked in—then scale to mid–long range passenger aircraft.

Why non-cryogenic gaseous H₂ early?

Fewer operational constraints and faster iteration to de-risk combustion, emissions, and safety while building partner traction.

How do you handle multi-authority certification?

Traceable artifacts aligned to ARP4754A/4761 and DO-160/DO-178C; early DOA/ODA engagement and authority-specific pack assembly.

How do partners engage?

Module co-development, data-sharing MoUs, airport pilots; focus on combustor, storage/delivery, controls, and test operations.