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EcoPulse Partners Report on Hybrid-electric Flight Tests
Technology demonstrator based on TBM aircraft logged 100 flight hours
EcoPulse hybrid-electric technology demonstrator
The EcoPulse hybrid-electric technology demonstrator logged 100 flight hours between November 2023 and July 2024. © Daher/Safran/Airbus

EcoPulse, the distributed hybrid-electric propulsion demonstrator aircraft developed jointly by Daher, Safran, and Airbus, has completed its flight test campaign. During a press conference in France on Tuesday, the partners reported that the project has provided “crucial insights” into the potential design, certification, production, and operation of such an aircraft.

Since its first flight from Tarbes-Lourdes-Pyrénées Airport in the southwest of France on Nov. 29, 2023, the EcoPulse demonstrator accumulated 100 flight hours in around 50 sorties. The last of the flights was in July, and since then the partners have been assessing the data collected.