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Ampaire Wins USAF, NASA Contracts For Hybrid Powertrains

Graham Warwick October 09, 2023

Ampaire’s Electric EEL testbed will be flown with the H270 hybrid powertrain driving the aft pusher propeller.

Credit: Ampaire

Startup Ampaire has received a U.S. Air Force contract to scale up its AMP-H570 hybrid-electric powertrain, under development for retrofit to the Cessna Caravan, to a megawatt-class propulsion system for both military applications and regional aircraft. Ampaire has not released details of the...

Graham Warwick

Graham leads Aviation Week's coverage of technology, focusing on engineering and technology across the aerospace industry, with a special focus on identifying technologies of strategic importance to aviation, aerospace and defense.

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