GE successfully tests high-power, high-voltage hybrid-electric engine at altitude

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Source: Lewis Harper/FlightGlobal

GE Aviation has successfully proved operation of a megawatt-class and multi-kilovolt hybrid-electric propulsion system at 45,000ft, meaning the research programme can move on to flight-testing in the coming years.

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