Boeing adalengeza kuti ilimbitsa mgwirizano wake ndi Japan potsegula malo atsopano a Boeing Research and Technology (BR&T).
Malo atsopano adzayang'ana pa kukhazikika ndikuthandizira mgwirizano womwe wangowonjezeredwa kumene ndi Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) ya Japan.
Boeing ndipo METI avomereza kufutukula Mgwirizano wawo wa Mgwirizano wa 2019 kuti tsopano uphatikizepo kuyang'ana kwambiri pamafuta oyendetsa ndege (SAF), matekinoloje amagetsi ndi hydrogen powertrain, ndi malingaliro amtsogolo oyendetsa ndege omwe angalimbikitse kusagwirizana kwanyengo. Izi zikuphatikizanso kuyang'ana magetsi ndi ma hybrid-electric propulsion, mabatire, ndi kupanga kompositi komwe kumathandizira njira zatsopano zamatauni.
"Ndife okondwa kutsegula malo athu aposachedwa kwambiri padziko lonse lapansi ofufuza ndiukadaulo kuno ku Japan," atero a Greg Hyslop, mainjiniya wamkulu wa Boeing komanso wachiwiri kwa purezidenti wa Engineering, Test & Technology. "Kugwira ntchito ndi othandizana nawo abwino ngati METI, malo atsopanowa adzakulitsa njira za Boeing popanga mafuta okhazikika ndi magetsi, ndikuwunikanso njira zopangira ma digito, ma automation ndi magwiridwe antchito apamwamba amlengalenga kuti azitha kukhazikika pazogulitsa zathu zam'tsogolo ndi kupanga."
Bungwe la BR&T - Japan Research Center likhala ku Nagoya, komwe kuli kale anthu ambiri ogwira nawo ntchito m'mafakitale a Boeing ndi ogulitsa. Malowa adzakulitsanso kafukufuku ndi chitukuko cha Boeing m'derali, lomwe limaphatikizapo malo ku Australia, China ndi Korea.
Boeing yadzipereka kwathunthu kuthandizira makampani a SAF aku Japan ndipo yavomerezedwa ngati membala waposachedwa wa ACT FOR SKY, bungwe lodzifunira lamakampani 16 omwe amagwira ntchito yotsatsa, kulimbikitsa ndi kukulitsa kugwiritsa ntchito SAF yopangidwa ku Japan. Idakhazikitsidwa ndi makasitomala andege a Boeing All Nippon Airways (ANA) ndi Japan Airlines (JAL), pamodzi ndi kampani yaukadaulo yapadziko lonse ya JGC Holdings Corporation, komanso wopanga mafuta a biofuel Revo International.
Masahiro Aika, woimira ACT FOR SKY, adati, "ACT FOR SKY ilandila kutenga nawo gawo kwa Boeing. Tikuyembekeza Boeing ikugwirizana ndi mamembala ena kuti "ACT" pamalonda, kukwezedwa ndi kukulitsa SAF ku Japan.
Kuphatikiza pa kukhala ogwirizana nawo mu ACT FOR SKY, Boeing ali ndi mbiri yakale yopanga zatsopano ndi ANA ndi JAL pazandege zokhazikika, zomwe zimaphatikizapo upainiya woyendetsedwa ndi SAF ndikuyambitsa 787 Dreamliner. Masiku ano, adasaina mapangano oti agwire ntchito limodzi kuti aphunzire zaukadaulo wotsogola, kuphatikiza magetsi, haibridi, haidrojeni ndi machitidwe ena atsopano oyendetsa ndege pofuna kuchepetsa kuchuluka kwa mpweya wa ndege.
Mkulu wa Boeing Sustainability Officer Chris Raymond anawonjezera kuti, "Kuti tiwonetsetse kuti phindu lalikulu la kayendetsedwe ka ndege likhalebe likupezeka kwa mibadwo ikubwerayi, tiyenera kupitiriza kuyanjana ndi akatswiri odziwa luso komanso atsogoleri kuti athandizire kudzipereka kwamakampani kuti athetse mpweya woipa wa carbon pofika 2050. Ndife odzichepetsa. kulowa nawo ACT FOR SKY ndikuthandizana ndi mamembala ena kugawana njira zabwino zapadziko lonse lapansi ndikuthandizira pakukula ndi kufunikira kwa SAF ku Japan. Ndipo ndife olemekezeka kutsegulira Japan Research Center ndikukulitsa ntchito yathu ndi makasitomala andege ANA ndi JAL paukadaulo wapamwamba kwambiri kuti tizindikire mayendedwe andege. Monga kampani yotsogola yazamlengalenga padziko lonse lapansi, Boeing imapanga, kupanga ndi kutumiza ndege zamalonda, zodzitchinjiriza ndi machitidwe amlengalenga kwa makasitomala m'maiko opitilira 150. Monga wogulitsa kunja kwambiri ku US, kampaniyo imagwiritsa ntchito luso laothandizira padziko lonse lapansi kuti ipititse patsogolo mwayi wachuma, kukhazikika komanso kukhudzidwa kwa anthu. Gulu losiyanasiyana la Boeing ladzipereka kupanga zatsopano zamtsogolo, kutsogolera ndi kukhazikika, ndikukhala ndi chikhalidwe chotengera zomwe kampaniyo imachita pachitetezo, khalidwe ndi kukhulupirika.