The Allplane Podcast #95 - with Jenny Kavanagh, Cranfield Aerospace Solutions
Jenny Kavanagh is Chief Strategy Officer at Cranfield Aerospace Solutions, one of the leading players in the UK’s emerging sustainable aviation ecosystem.
Although its shares a name and its roots with Cranfield University (it is, in fact, spun-off from this renowned academic institution over two decades ago), Cranfield Aerospace Solutions is an independent business that until recently was focused on the design and certification of aircraft and aircraft modifications.
With sustainability quickly becoming a major driving force for innovation in the aerospace industry, Cranfield Aerospace Solutions has switched its focus to the search of new propulsion technologies and the design of greener aircraft.
Cranfield Aerospace Solutions is currently involved in several initiatives that involve the use of hydrogen as aviation fuel. It is, for example, an active participant in Project Fresson, a project funded by the Aerospace Technology Institute (ATI), a British governmental entity that support research in green aviation and it has also merged with Britten-Norman, the manufacturer of the iconic Islander regional aircraft, in order to develop an hydrogen-powered airliner.
So, in this episode of the podcast we chat with Jenny about this and other aspects of the Cranfield Aerospace Solutions operations, to better understand the role this company plays in making of the UK one of the leading hubs of the hydrogen-powered aviation industry.
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Things we talk about in this episode:
Jenny’s professional background
What is Cranfield Aerospace Solutions
What is the relationship between Cranfield Aerospace Solutions and Cranfield University
Why Cranfield Aerospace Solutions has pivoted towards the search for sustainable technologies in aviation
The Britten-Norman deal
Project Fresson
The role of Cranfield Aerospace Solutions in the UK’s sustainable aviation ecosystem
Resources:
The Britten Norman Islander & Trislander (actually when I refer to the Britten-Norman aircraft as “funny-looking” I had more the Trislander in mind, rather than the Islander)
Aerospace Technology Institute (ATI)
Cranfield University (and the podcast we did with Keith Mason, who heads its Centre for Air Transport Management)
Podcast Music: Five Armies by Kevin MacLeod
Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3762-five-armies
License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Interview Transcript:
(please note that, although we strive to make it as close as possible to the original recording, the transcript may not be 100% accurate)