Avio Aero plans rig tests of hybrid-electric Catalyst engine

GE Aviation's Catalyst turboprop on the wing of Beechcraft King Air 350 in Berlin

Source: GE Aviation

Avio Aero will in the mid-2020s perform rig tests of a GE Aerospace Catalyst turboprop engine boosted by an electric motor driven by hydrogen fuel cells as part of an EU-funded programme.

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