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GE Aerospace announced on January 26 that it reached a key milestone in hybrid-electric aviation, confirming a successful ground test of a commercial turbofan engine that can extract, transfer, and reinsert electrical power while running.
The te…
GE Aerospace has completed ground testing a hybrid-electric propulsion system that using a modified Passport turbofan engine, marking the first time the company has demonstrated the technology on a powerplant derived from a production commercial aircra…
Through an initial phase of ground testing completed late last year, GE Aerospace demonstrated key capabilities of the turbine-based hybrid-electric propulsion system it is developing for possible deployment on the next generation of narrowbody passeng…
Company’s first ground test of a commercial hybrid electric engine demonstrator
NASA project advances understanding of turbofan engine and electric system integration and controls
Paves way for more electric future of flight
CINCINNATI – GE Aerospac…
GE Aerospace recently started test running the Passport-turbofan-based hybrid-electric propulsion system it developed under NASA’s Hybrid Thermally Efficient Core (HyTEC) programme, one of several company efforts to advance technologies for future narr…
Part of NASA’s Hybrid Thermally Efficient Core (HyTEC) project, the new collaboration will see a GE Aerospace Passport engine modified with hybrid electric components. The prototype will not be reliant on energy storage. However, the partners believe t…
GE Aerospace is developing a hybrid electric demonstrator engine with NASA that will embed electric motor/generators in a high-bypass commercial turbofan to supplement power during different phases of operation.
This includes modifying a Passport eng…
Turbofan Engine Power Extraction Demonstration embeds motor/generators
Design doesn’t require energy storage
EVENDALE, OHIO –[1] GE Aerospace (NYSE: GE) is developing a hybrid electric demonstrator engine with NASA that will embed electric motor/gen…
GE Aerospace is to modify a Passport business jet engine with a hybrid-electric system through a NASA-led project that also supports development of the CFM International RISE open-fan demonstrator.
Ohio-based GE Aerospace will equip the Passport – a 2…