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Collins Produces First Prototype Motor for Airlander 10

The Airlander 10 hybrid airship promises zero-emissions flight by 2030.

HAV plans to offer a hybrid-electric version of the Airlander 10 in 2026. (Image: HAV)

By Peter Shaw-Smith • Contributor - Middle East

July 20, 2022

Collins Aerospace has produced the first working prototype of a 500-kW electric motor suitable for powering the Hybrid Air Vehicles (HAV) Airlander 10 helium-buoyed hybrid airship. Collins also has begun basic characterization testing of the motor at the University of Nottingham.

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