Ua hoʻolaha ʻo Boeing e hoʻoikaika ʻo ia i kāna hui ʻana me Iapana ma ka wehe ʻana i kahi kikowaena Boeing Research and Technology (BR&T) hou.
E kālele ana ka hale hou i ka hoʻomau ʻana a kākoʻo i ka ʻaelike hui hou me ka Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) o Iapana.
Boeing a ua ʻae ʻo METI e hoʻonui i kā lākou 2019 Cooperation Agreement e hoʻokomo i kēia manawa i ka nānā ʻana i nā wahie mokulele hoʻomau (SAF), nā ʻenehana uila a me ka hydrogen powertrain, a me nā manaʻo lele e hiki mai ana e hāpai i ka lele ʻana i ka hopena o ke aniau. Ma waho aʻe o ka ʻimi ʻana i ka uila a me ka hybrid-electric propulsion, nā pākahi, a me ka hana composite e hiki ai i nā ʻano hou o ka neʻe ʻana o ke kūlanakauhale.
"ʻOliʻoli mākou i ka wehe ʻana i kā mākou noiʻi honua hou a me ke kikowaena ʻenehana ma Iapana," wahi a Greg Hyslop, ka ʻenekini nui ʻo Boeing a me ka hope pelekikena hoʻokō o Engineering, Test & Technology. "Ke hana pū nei me nā hoa hana maikaʻi e like me METI, e hoʻonui ke kikowaena hou ma luna o Boeing-ākea mau hana i nā wahie hoʻomau a me ka electrification, a e ʻimi i ka intersection o digitization, automation a me nā mea hoʻohui aerospace kiʻekiʻe no ka hoʻomau ʻana i kā mākou huahana a me nā ʻōnaehana hana."
Aia ka BR&T – Japan Research Center ma Nagoya, kahi i noho mua ai no ka nui o nā hoa hana ʻoihana nui a Boeing. E hoʻonui hou ka hale i ka ʻimi noiʻi a me ka hoʻomohala ʻana o Boeing ma ka ʻāina, e komo pū ana nā kikowaena ma Australia, Kina a me Korea.
Ua kūpaʻa piha ʻo Boeing i ke kākoʻo ʻana i ka ʻoihana SAF o Iapana a ua ʻae ʻia ʻo ia ka lālā hou loa o ACT FOR SKY, he hui manawaleʻa o nā hui 16 e hana ana i ke kālepa, hoʻolaha a hoʻonui i ka hoʻohana ʻana i ka SAF i hana ʻia ma Iapana. Ua hoʻokumu ʻia e nā mea kūʻai mokulele Boeing All Nippon Airways (ANA) a me Japan Airlines (JAL), me ka hui ʻenekinia honua ʻo JGC Holdings Corporation, a me ka mea hana biofuel Revo International.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Masahiro Aika, ka ʻelele o ACT FOR SKY, "Hoʻokipa ʻo ACT FOR SKY i ke komo ʻana o Boeing. Manaʻo mākou i ka hui pū ʻana o Boeing me nā lālā ʻē aʻe e "ACT" no ka hoʻolaha ʻana, hoʻolaha a hoʻonui ʻia o SAF ma Iapana.
Ma waho aʻe o ka lilo ʻana i mau hoa ma ACT FOR SKY, he moʻolelo lōʻihi ko Boeing o ka hana hou ʻana me ANA a me JAL ma ka mokulele hoʻomau, ʻo ia hoʻi nā huakaʻi paionia SAF-powered a me ka hoʻokuʻu ʻana i ka honua-breaking 787 Dreamliner. I kēia lā, ua kau inoa lākou i nā ʻaelike e hana like e aʻo i nā ʻenehana hoʻomau holomua, e pili ana i ka uila, hybrid, hydrogen a me nā ʻōnaehana propulsion hou i mea e hoʻemi ai i ka wāwae kalapona o nā mokulele.
Ua hoʻohui ʻo Boeing Chief Sustainability Officer Chris Raymond, "No ka mālama ʻana i nā pōmaikaʻi lehulehu o ka mokulele i loaʻa i nā hanauna e hiki mai ana, pono mākou e hoʻomau i ka hui pū ʻana me nā mea hana hou a me nā alakaʻi e kākoʻo i ka hoʻokō ʻana o ka ʻoihana i ka neʻe ʻana o ka carbon carbon i ka makahiki 2050. Ua haʻahaʻa mākou. e hui pū me ACT FOR SKY a hui pū me nā lālā ʻē aʻe e kaʻana like i nā hana maikaʻi loa o ka honua a kōkua i ka piʻi ʻana a me ke koi o SAF ma Iapana. A mahalo mākou i ka wehe ʻana i ka Japan Research Center a hoʻonui i kā mākou hana me nā mea kūʻai mokulele ANA a me JAL ma nā ʻenehana holomua e ʻike ai i ka lele ʻana i ka hopena o ke aniau. Ma ke ʻano he alakaʻi ʻoihana aerospace honua, hoʻomohala ʻo Boeing, hana a lawelawe i nā mokulele kalepa, nā huahana pale a me nā ʻōnaehana ākea no nā mea kūʻai aku ma mua o 150 mau ʻāina. Ma ke ʻano he mea hoʻolaha kiʻekiʻe o ʻAmelika, hoʻohana ka ʻoihana i nā talena o kahi waihona mea hoʻolako honua e holomua i ka manawa waiwai, hoʻomau a me ka hopena o ke kaiāulu. Ua kūpaʻa ka hui like ʻole o Boeing i ka hana hou no ka wā e hiki mai ana, e alakaʻi ana me ka hoʻomau, a me ka hoʻoulu ʻana i kahi moʻomeheu e pili ana i nā kumu waiwai o ka hui ʻo ka palekana, ka maikaʻi a me ka pololei.