GE Aerospace Conducts Testing of Hybrid-Electric Turboshaft Engine

GE Aerospace (GE) recently announced that it has conducted a successful demonstration of a hybrid electric turboshaft propulsion system for the U.S. Army. The project was undertaken as part of a $5.1 million research and development contract—the Applied Research Collaborative Systematic Turboshaft Electrification Project (ARC-STEP). GE Aerospace performed the research, development and testing of one megawatt class electrified powerplant to combine this with an existing CT7 turboshaft engine. It's worth noti ...