Plane lands at dusk

Flight path to net zero

22 September 2024

Global aviation could be on a flight path to net zero if industry and governments reach just four goals by 2030, according to a new report from the University of Cambridge.

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Louisa Michael in the lab at Boeing

The future of flying

16 February 2023

Cambridge and Boeing have been working together for 20 years. Today they are combining their research strengths and industry know-how to speed aviation towards a carbon-neutral future.

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Demonstrator aircraft

Watts up - aeroplanes go hybrid-electric

23 December 2014

An aircraft with a parallel hybrid engine – the first ever to be able to recharge its batteries in flight – has been successfully tested in the UK, an important early step towards cleaner, low-carbon air travel.

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Boeing's 787 factory in Everett

DIAL B for Boeing

18 November 2014

Duncan McFarlane, Professor of Industrial Information Engineering and head of the Distributed Information & Automation Laboratory (DIAL) at the University's Institute of Manufacturing (IfM), and members of his research team have been working with Boeing since 2005, finding intelligent solutions to some challenging industrial problems.

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