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GE Aerospace Touts Hybrid-electric Propulsion Efforts

Engine maker is contributing its expertise to several cutting-edge projects

GE CT hybrid engine — A mock up of the GE CT hybrid engine at Verticon 2025. © Mariano Rosales/AIN

By Curt Epstein • Business Aviation Services Editor

March 11, 2025

GE Aerospace is highlighting its hybrid-electric propulsion advances this week at Verticon. The company has teamed with Sikorsky to provide a CT7 turboshaft engine, electric motor/generator, and associated power electronics for the latter’s HEX (Hybrid-Electric eXperimental) VTOL demonstrator, the power train test bed of which is currently under construction. HEX is viewed as Sikorsky's stepping stone to a larger commercial passenger hybrid-electric vehicle.

The engine maker is also a partner with the U.S. Army on the Applied Research Collaborative Systematic Turboshaft Electrification Project, which focuses on the research, development, and testing of a megawatt (MW) class electrified powerplant. It also will further evaluate how hybrid-electric systems can enhance military rotorcraft.

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