Russian Company Bench Tests 500-kW Hybrid-Electric Powerplant

UEC-Klimov’s 500-kW hybrid powerplant was on display at the Innoprom exhibition in Yekaterinburg, Russia, on July 8-11.

Credit: Rostec
Russia’s United Engine Corp. (UEC) is bench testing a 500-kW hybrid powerplant as the base module for turbine-electric propulsion systems producing up to 1.5 megawatts to power heavy transport drones, air taxis and vertical- and ultrashort-takeoff-and-landing aircraft. Developed by the Klimov...
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