GE To Test Hybridized Turboshaft Under U.S. Army Contract

With NASA funding, GE is to fly a CT7-based megawatt-class hybrid-electric powertrain in a Saab 340B testbed.
Credit: GE Aviation
GE Aviation will develop and test a megawatt-class hybrid-electric powerplant under a $5.1 million contract from the U.S. Army Research Laboratory that will further develop technologies applicable to Future Vertical Lift, GE says. The Applied Research Collaborative Systematic Turboshaft...
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