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The Air Force’s Project FIERCE opened a new era for the jet fuel supply chain. The unmanned jet took flight with synthetic jet fuel made from captured carbon dioxide. The hangar doors are opened at Hsu STEM Range in Laurel Hill, Florida, July 27, 2022. The most recent round of testing confirmed it as the first fuel made entirely from carbon dioxide emissions that matches the properties and performance of Jet A-1, and contains all necessary components of jet fuel, including aromatics. In recent years, energy companies, engine/aircraft manufacturers and airlines have come together to explore new fuel synthesis technologies that would not require blending with fossil fuels.īeginning in fall 2021, as part of the Chief of Staff of the Air Force’s Blue Horizons Fellowship, Project FIERCE partnered with the Air Force Research Laboratory, AIR COMPANY and the Hsu Educational Foundation to create and test a fully synthetic “drop-in” replacement jet fuel from captured carbon dioxide and water. Most of these alternative fuels require refinement or blending by large refineries. Since 2008, the Air Force has used alternative fuels, known as sustainable aviation fuels (SAF), that require blending with traditional fossil fuels. Led by the Air Force’s Project FIERCE, this was the first demonstration of a technology that could allow flightlines and airports to generate fuel on-site in the future. WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio (AFRL) - Jet fuel relies on a complex network of drillers, refiners and shippers, but those who were near the Hsu STEM Range in Laurel Hill, Florida, July 27, 2022, heard the sounds of a small jet flying, heralding a new era for the jet fuel supply chain. She is now an innovative solutions strategist at Air Force Futures.

Nicole Pearl was a Blue Horizons Fellow in 2021 who served as co-lead on Project FIERCE.

Kaleb Mitchell, Air Force Futures/AFRL Published Nov 8, 2022Įditor’s note: Maj.