Cranfield Aerospace Solutions provides end‑to‑end aerospace engineering services, including hydrogen‑powered powertrain integration, aircraft conceptual design, performance optimisation, and manufacturing support.
Funding
$12.4M raised to dateRaised to date based on public sources. This may differ from the amount the company actually raised and is based only on what is publicly available on the internet.
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Product
Problem
Aircraft operators and logistics providers face increasing pressure to reduce carbon emissions while maintaining performance, yet existing airframes lack readily adaptable zero‑emission powertrain solutions and certification pathways for hydrogen use.
Solution
Cranfield Aerospace Solutions offers a modular, scalable approach to retrofit existing aircraft and develop new platforms with hydrogen‑powered powertrains. Leveraging three decades of certification‑grade modelling, the company integrates hydrogen storage, safety segregation, and power‑train components into airframe‑constrained designs, ensuring compliance with CAA DOA and MAA standards. It also provides end‑to‑end engineering services—from conceptual design and performance optimisation to manufacturing support and flight‑test instrumentation—enabling customers to certify and operate zero‑emission aircraft more quickly. The proprietary Stingray hydrogen cargo drone demonstrates the firm’s capability to deliver long‑endurance, zero‑emission logistics and surveillance solutions. Additional expertise includes defensive‑aids and weapons integration for military platforms, supported by bespoke data‑collection hardware and flight‑test suites.
Target Audience
Primary customers are commercial airlines and cargo operators seeking hydrogen retrofits, as well as defense contractors and military services requiring certified integration of weapons or defensive systems on existing platforms.
Features
- Modular hydrogen powertrain packages designed for retrofit or line‑fit installation on diverse airframes
- Integrated hydrogen safety analysis and segregation engineering meeting CAA DOA and MAA certification requirements
- Aircraft conceptual design and performance optimisation tools that account for airframe packaging constraints and range targets
- Full manufacturing support including design for assembly, structural modifications, and certification documentation
- Flight‑test instrumentation suites with real‑time data acquisition, inertial measurement, and cockpit integration for validation and training
- Stingray unmanned cargo drone platform offering zero‑emission, long‑duration flight for logistics and surveillance missions
- Defensive‑aids integration hardware compatible with standard flare magazines, enabling rapid safety assessments for military aircraft