A Pratt & Whitney Canada hybrid-electric powertrain will replace the left-side PW120 turboprop on RTX’s Dash 8 demonstrator.
Credit: RTX
The drive to revive regional aviation by developing aircraft with lower fuel burn, emissions and operating costs is proving longer and more twisted than hoped, but it will move into high gear this year with planned tests of rival hybrid-electric propulsion systems. In Europe, multimegawatt hybrid...
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