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June 20, 2023 | DLR and Deutsche Aircraft sign purchase agreement for new D328 UpLift research aircraft
An aircraft will become a 'flying hydrogen laboratory'
A Dornier 328-100 Model 20 is being converted into a 'flying testbed' for disruptive hydrogen technologies as part of the UpLift project.
UpLift plans to test promising propulsion, fuel and system technologies for the decarbonisation of air transport under real flight conditions.
The new research aircraft will be stationed at DLR's Braunschweig site.
On 20 June 2023, the German Aerospace Center (Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt; DLR)
and Deutsche Aircraft signed a contract at the Paris Air Show in Le Bourget
for the acquisition of a Dornier 328-100 Model 20.
The contract includes the purchase of the aircraft and its gradual conversion into a research aircraft.
The acquisition, conversion and use as a 'flying testbed'
for research into hydrogen technologies in air transport is part of the UpLift project.
The conversion of the D328, a classic regional aircraft,
into a flying testbed
is another bridge from research to a practical application for climate-friendly flight.
DLR is acting as project leader for UpLift.
Deutsche Aircraft is a project partner and is contributing its expertise as an aircraft manufacturer.
The funding for the years 2023 to 2025
is part of the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action
(Bundesministerium für Wirtschaft und Klimaschutz; BMWK) aeronautics research programme 'LuFo Klima',
the central instrument with which the German government
supports the aviation industry on its way towards carbon dioxide neutrality and climate compatibility.