The Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner ecoDemonstrator Explorer will begin flight tests at Glasgow Airport in Montana to evaluate a new prototype air inlet with advanced acoustic treatment on the Rolls-Royce Trent 1000 engine, as well as operational procedures using intelligent trajectory algorithms designed to reduce fuel consumption and mitigate noise. The joint evaluations by the American manufacturer, the engine group and Lufthansa will begin in late July and extend through mid-August.<\/p>\n
The experimental aircraft, which will later be delivered to the German company for regular commercial service, will integrate the Next Generation air inlet. This shorter-length structure reduces aerodynamic weight and drag while maintaining acoustic performance and enabling the use of higher-performance powerplants on future platforms.<\/p>\n
Pilots will also perform modified takeoff and approach maneuvers through algorithm-based route calculation. The software computes multiple aeronautical and meteorological data variables to detect the best descent trajectories in real time, simultaneously reducing fuel consumption and noise pollution near airport surroundings, according to a company statement.<\/p>\n
“Boeing works tirelessly to develop the most advanced innovations for the aerospace sector,” said Lane Ballard, director of Technology at the American manufacturer. “The more efficient air inlet and the intelligent flight routes we will test on this year’s ecoDemonstrator Explorer are just some of the promising concepts being worked on at the company,” the executive added, highlighting the value of the improvements for customers and suppliers.<\/p>\n
The participation of the European consortium consolidates a long-standing relationship in flight testing. “The Lufthansa Group and Boeing have been collaborating in aviation for many years. It is an honor for us to participate this year in the ecoDemonstrator Explorer program alongside Rolls-Royce,” said Grazia Vittadini, Chief Technology Officer of the German holding company, noting that the goal of the agreement is to drive the industry’s transformation under real operating conditions.<\/p>\n
On the British side, the teams contributed the adaptation engineering and monitoring of the engine fitted with the experimental propulsive component. “This program is the culmination of a decade of collaboration with Boeing, built on the shared ambition to reduce noise, improve efficiency and make flying more sustainable,” said Alan Newby, Director of Research and Technology at Rolls-Royce.<\/p>\n
The modifications evaluated on the 787 Dreamliner are part of Phase III of the Federal Aviation Administration’s (FAA) CLEEN (Continuous Lower Energy, Emissions and Noise) program. This initiative promotes collaboration between the public and private sectors in the United States to certify technologies aimed at reducing energy consumption in commercial aircraft. “These tests demonstrate how the public-private collaboration of the CLEEN program supports the development and integration of advanced technologies in current and future aircraft,” said Julie Marks, Executive Director of the Office of Environment and Energy at the regulatory agency.<\/p>\n
The ecoDemonstrator project has accumulated more than 260 technologies tested outside laboratories since its creation in 2012, seeking to respond to the demands of global operators. “It helps us continue creating improved products that meet our customers’ needs, including better fuel consumption and lower noise pollution,” confirmed Allison Melia, Vice President of Sustainability at Boeing, who highlighted the need to mature these developments to underpin fleet renewal strategies in the sector.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner ecoDemonstrator Explorer will begin flight tests at Glasgow Airport in Montana to evaluate a…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":56222,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[21169],"tags":[1000,1678,30325],"class_list":["post-56221","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-lufthansa","tag-boeing","tag-lufthansa","tag-rolls-royce"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/germany\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56221","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/germany\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/germany\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/germany\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/germany\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=56221"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/germany\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56221\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/germany\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/56222"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/germany\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=56221"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/germany\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=56221"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/germany\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=56221"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}