Collins Completes Integration Testing On Electric Powertrain For Hybrid GTF

GRID Switch RTX

The electric powertrain subsystem for the Switch project was tested in The Grid, Collins' power systems laboratory.

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Electrical subsystems required to hybridize Pratt & Whitney’s Geared Turbofan (GTF) have completed initial integration testing in the U.S. and been shipped to Airbus in Germany for aircraft-level integration testing. The hybrid-electric GTF is being developed under the Switch project within Europe’s...
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