GKN Aerospace delivers electrical wiring for Clean Aviation’s hybrid aircraft project - Charged EVs

U.S. Army Hybrid-Electric Aircraft Research Contract with Electra — Global Defense Insight

The U.S. Army has awarded a new contract to Electra, a Virginia-based aerospace company, to explore hybrid-electric aircraft propulsion systems for next-generation short takeoff and landing (STOL) aircraft. The $1.9 million Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase II award will help mature technologies intended to reduce fuel demand, improve flexibility, and support operations in austere environments. Electra announced the award on July 1…

GKN Aerospace delivers electrical wiring for Clean Aviation’s hybrid aircraft project - Charged EVs

UK-based components supplier GKN Aerospace has completed and delivered the first high-voltage Electrical Wiring Interconnection System (EWIS) for the Clean Aviation SWITCH project. The AC wire harnesses, designed, assembled and tested at GKN Aerospace’s site in Papendrecht, the Netherlands, enable megawatt-class hybrid electric propulsion. Additional units will be shipped in July to Collins Aerospace’s advanced electric power systems lab, The Gr…