GE Aerospace Saab 340B Testbed Marks Hybrid-Electric Takeoff Milestone

GE Saab 340B

GE Aerospace’s modified Saab 340B 

Credit: GE Aerospace
GE Aerospace’s modified Saab 340B megawatt-class hybrid electric testbed has successfully demonstrated the use of electrically augmented power during takeoff, marking the first time an aircraft designed to operate at commercial airliner altitudes has employed hybrid propulsion for this phase of...
Guy Norris

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