Safran Launches Full-Scale Hybrid-Electric Engine Demonstration

Safran

Safran begins testing hybrid-electric engine demonstrator.

Credit: Safran/Ian Hanning/CAPA
LYON—Safran has launched ground testing of a full-scale engine demonstrator equipped with two motor-generators to reduce fuel consumption on next-generation narrowbodies, the company announced July 17. The evaluation campaign in Istres, France, is dubbed Phileas and funded by French civil aviation...
Thierry Dubois

Thierry Dubois has specialized in aerospace journalism since 1997. An engineer in fluid dynamics from Toulouse-based Enseeiht, he covers the French commercial aviation, defense and space industries. His expertise extends to all things technology in Europe.  

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