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New Boeing ecoDemonstrator Program Testing 30 Sustainable Technologies on a 777-200ER
India Strategic
|June 2022
Airplane will fly on a 30/70 blend of sustainable aviation fuel and conventional jet fuel. Boeing marks 10-year anniversary of its ecoDemonstrator program, celebrating tests of 230 projects on nine airplanes including 2022 platform
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SEATTLE. Boeing unveiled its 2022 ecoDemonstrator on June 16 with a livery that honors a decade of testing to reduce fuel use, emissions and noise. The latest ecoDemonstrator, a Boeing-owned 777200ER, will test about 30 new technologies aimed at improving sustainability and safety for the aerospace industry, including a water conservation system and technologies to improve operational efficiency.
"Boeing is committed to support our customers and enable the commercial aviation industry to meet our shared commitment to net zero carbon emissions by 2050," said Stan Deal, Boeing Commercial Airplanes president and CEO. "The ecoDemonstrator program's rigorous testing of new technologies further enhances the environmental performance of our products and services and is invaluable to continuously improving safety."
This story is from the June 2022 edition of India Strategic.
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