Beta to collaborate with GE Aerospace to create hybrid plane

Beta to collaborate with GE Aerospace to create hybrid plane

South Burlington electric plane startup Beta Technologies says it’s going hybrid.

GE Aerospace teams with Beta Technologies on hybrid electric plane engines

BETA’s A250 eVTOL takes flight at company headquarters in Vermont. Image: Beta Technologies Inc.] GE Aerospace and South Burlington, Vermont-based Beta Technologies Inc. have struck a strategic partnership to accelerate the development of a hybrid electric turbogenerator for advanced air mobility (AAM). Applications include long-range Vertical Takeoff and Landing (VTOL) aircraft and future Beta aircraft and will combine Beta’s permanent magnet e…