A hybrid-electric jet engine may seem as absurd as a horse-drawn Zeppelin, but GE Aerospace is ground testing a new megawatt-class hybrid turbofan engine and its full powertrain that is powerful ...
Rolls-Royce is developing a hybrid jet engine designed to reduce flight emissions by roughly 30%, a target that places the ...
In addition, replacing all those mechanical parts makes the engine cheaper – an important point with what is essentially a disposable power plant. For testing, the engine installed in the ATLAS Flight ...
Motors found in a Lotus Evija are being tested in aircraft engines A hybrid-electric architecture can mimic a turbofan Both military and civilian applications are being considered We could soon see a ...
Five years ago, in 2021, American space agency NASA announced it is working on yet another project that doesn’t involve, well, space: the Hybrid Thermally Efficient Core (HyTEC). Since then, NASA’s ...
Astro Mechanica’s ground demonstrator, based on a GE CT7 turboshaft, drives a generator powering two propulsors. Credit: Astro Mechanica U.S. startup Astro Mechanica plans to take its hybrid-electric ...
One of the two motor-generators in GE Aerospace’s hybrid-electric Passport test engine is attached to the low-pressure spool aft of the exhaust mixer. Credit: GE Aerospace GE Aerospace has started ...
GE Aerospace and Kratos have concluded high-altitude testing of a small jet engine intended to power uncrewed fighter aircraft. The pair, which announced their intent to jointly develop the GEK800 ...
Engine maker GE Aerospace and defence manufacturer Lockheed Martin have teamed up to test a novel ramjet propulsion system for powering hypersonic flight. The pair say they completed a series of ...