Daher Preparing To Fly EcoPulse On Hybrid-Electric Power

From left, Pascale Laguerre, Daher's CTO, Eric Dalbies, Safran's CTO and executive vice president for strategy, and Airbus CTO Sabine Klauke

From left, Pascale Laguerre, Daher's CTO, Eric Dalbies, Safran's CTO and executive vice president for strategy, and Airbus CTO Sabine Klauke at this year's Paris Air Show.

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LE BOURGET—Daher, Safran and Airbus expect to fly the EcoPulse distributed hybrid-electric propulsion demonstrator on electric power this fall. The team has completed 30 hr. of flight testing without power to the electric propellers to collect baseline aerodynamic data on the modified TBM 700...
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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