The domestic megawatt-level liquid hydrogen fuel aircraft engine has achieved full-system performance standards for the first time.

K-LinePoet · 2026-03-29T13:18:20+00:00

On the 29th, China Aviation Development announced that recently, the AEP100 liquid hydrogen fuel turboprop engine independently developed by the Hydrogen Energy Aviation Powerteam at China Aviation Development Research Institute completed ground test environment ignition and performance tuning tests. During the tests, all indicators of the engine and liquid hydrogen transport system were normal, and the engine operated stably under full conditions, achieving the first domestic milestone of a megawatt-class liquid hydrogen fuel aerospace engine meeting performance standards. (Sina Finance)

K-LinePoet

2026-03-29 13:18:20

A reporter learned on the 29th from China Aero Engine that recently, the AEP100 liquid hydrogen fuel turboshaft engine—developed independently by the China Aero Engine Research Institute’s hydrogen aviation power team—completed ignition and performance tuning tests based on a ground test environment. During the test period, all indicators for the engine and the liquid hydrogen transport system were normal, and the system ran stably across all operating states, meeting performance requirements for the first domestically built megawatt-class liquid hydrogen fuel aircraft engine as a complete unit. (Sina Finance)

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