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    French firm teams up with JetZero on hydrogen-powered flight

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    Posted on August 20, 2025

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    Last updated: January 22, 2026

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    Quick Summary

    A French startup partners with JetZero to explore hydrogen-powered flight, focusing on innovative designs and fuel systems to achieve zero emissions.

    Table of Contents

    • Hydrogen-Powered Aviation Developments
    • Partnership Overview
    • Technical Innovations
    • Industry Reactions

    French Startup Collaborates with JetZero on Hydrogen Flight Innovation

    Hydrogen-Powered Aviation Developments

    By Tim Hepher

    Partnership Overview

    PARIS (Reuters) -A French technology startup unveiled plans on Wednesday to work with clean-aircraft venture JetZero to explore a potential hydrogen-powered variant of its futuristic all-wing design.

    Technical Innovations

    The move by SHZ Advanced Technologies is likely to rekindle a debate over the potential for zero-emission flight, six months after Europe's Airbus put the brakes on plans to develop the world's first hydrogen-powered airliner.

    Industry Reactions

    California-based JetZero aims to challenge the traditional duopoly of Airbus and Boeing by developing a so-called blended wing-body aircraft, which it claims will be able to cut fuel consumption - and therefore carbon emissions - in half.

    JetZero and SHZ now plan to work together under a NASA research programme to design systems capable of storing and distributing liquid hydrogen fuel, which could eliminate carbon emissions altogether and evolve into a variant of JetZero's Z4.

    Hydrogen is prized for its carbon-free emissions and high energy related to mass, which makes it lighter than normal fuel. However, it also takes up much more volume and must be cooled to -253 degrees Celsius, making storage a significant challenge.

    JetZero’s blended wing-body design features a V-shaped fuselage that acts as a wing and reduces friction in the air, rather than the familiar wings and cylindrical fuselage.

    "Due to the wider fuselage, the airframe is far more compatible with (liquid hydrogen) fuel tanks without sacrificing passenger seating, as a 'tube and wing' airplane would," SHZ Advanced Technologies said on Wednesday.

    Airbus said in February it was slowing down efforts to produce a hydrogen-powered regional plane and dropped a target date of 2035, blaming a lack of supporting infrastructure.

    Boeing, by contrast, has been cool on the commercial viability of hydrogen flight altogether.

    The concept of a blended wing-body design has been around since the 1940s and led to the U.S. B-2 bomber, as well as the X-48 research project between Boeing and NASA some 18 years ago.

    JetZero is revisiting such designs as the aviation industry struggles to meet a target of net-zero emissions by 2050.

    Airbus has argued that combining such radical changes to the shape of a plane with an entirely new propulsion system would be too ambitious, and is focusing instead on hydrogen-based fuel cells inside a normal tubular aircraft configuration.

    But SHZ Advanced Technologies' co-founder Eric Schulz - a former senior executive at Rolls-Royce and Airbus - said JetZero would approach the task in two phases with the initial focus on a conventionally powered all-wing plane. Any hydrogen-based variant would come in a second step, he told Reuters.

    The French firm says it has developed hydrogen tanks that save space by avoiding the usual cylindrical shape needed for pressurised vessels and can fit more easily into the flowing contours of the Z4's fuselage.

    JetZero, whose backers include United Airlines, said in June it was on track to fly a full-scale prototype of the revolutionary 250-passenger airplane in 2027.

    (Reporting by Tim HepherEditing by Mark Potter)

    Key Takeaways

    • •French startup collaborates with JetZero on hydrogen-powered flight.
    • •JetZero aims to reduce carbon emissions with blended wing-body design.
    • •Partnership focuses on hydrogen fuel storage and distribution systems.
    • •Airbus and Boeing have differing views on hydrogen flight viability.
    • •JetZero plans to fly a prototype of its innovative aircraft by 2027.

    Frequently Asked Questions about French firm teams up with JetZero on hydrogen-powered flight

    1What is hydrogen-powered aviation?

    Hydrogen-powered aviation refers to the use of hydrogen as a fuel source for aircraft, aiming to reduce carbon emissions and promote sustainability in the aviation industry.

    2What is a blended wing-body aircraft?

    A blended wing-body aircraft is a design that integrates the wings and fuselage into a single structure, improving aerodynamics and fuel efficiency.

    3What are zero-emission flights?

    Zero-emission flights are flights that produce no harmful emissions, often achieved through the use of alternative fuels like hydrogen or electric power.

    4What is liquid hydrogen fuel?

    Liquid hydrogen fuel is hydrogen that has been cooled to extremely low temperatures, allowing it to be stored and used as a fuel source for various applications, including aviation.

    5What is the significance of NASA's research program?

    NASA's research program plays a crucial role in advancing technologies for sustainable aviation, including the development of systems for hydrogen fuel storage and distribution.

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