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GE Recruits BAE Systems to Provide Energy Management for NASA’s Hybrid Electric Aircraft Technology
NASA’s Electrified Powertrain Flight Demonstration project aims to advance hybrid electric technologies for commercial aviation.
BAE Systems makes energy management systems.
BAE Systems is producing an energy management system for the hybrid-electric propulsion technology demonstrator GE Aviation is working on for NASA. (Photo: BAE Systems)

GE Aviation has chosen BAE Systems to supply energy management equipment and expertise for the recently announced hybrid-electric propulsion technology demonstrator program. The companies announced on April 21 that as part of the NASA research project, BAE Systems will design, test, and supply energy management components for electric aircraft in the megawatt power class.

 NASA’s Electrified Powertrain Flight Demonstration project aims to advance hybrid electric technologies for commercial aviation. The project calls for the execution of ground and flight-test demonstrations over the next five years.