UAM hydrogen fuel cells in Hanwha Aerospace future

The South Korean company is aiming to develop the tech to improve performance and shrink system weight.Hanwha Group subsidiary, Hanwha Aerospace, has announced that it is starting the development of hydrogen fuel cells for an urban air mobility (UAM) system.The company seeks to improve the performance of H2 while shrinking the weight of a complete system by 2025.The new hydrogen fuel cells system aligns with the order recently won by the company for the “Fuel Cell Lightweight Technology Development for Aviation Mobility”. That project was announced by the South Korean Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy, and the Korea Energy Technology Evaluation Institute.The development project will run for four years and will cost about $17 billion (21 billion won). The company intends to secure core H2 aviation technologies by 2025. These will include everything from system weight…

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