GEA-BAE to manage NASA's EPFD

BAE Systems has been selected by GE Aviation to provide energy management solutions for the recently announced hybrid electric technology demonstrator program. 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 (EPFD) project aims to progress hybrid electric flight technologies for commercial aviation. The project includes ground and flight-test demonstrations to be conducted over the next five years at GEA's facility at Endicott. NY, facility. Plans are to conduct ground and flight tests of a megawatt (MW) class hybrid electric propulsion system by the mid-2020s. Hybrid electric technology will be flight-tested with a modified Saab 340B testbed and GE’s CT7-9B turboprop engine. Mississippi Note: General Electric (GE) Aviation has a facility in Ellisville, Miss, that produces advanced composite components for jet engines and systems. (AeroSpace Manufacturing 04/22/22) BAE and GE Aviation partner on NASA electric aircraft demonstrator - Aerospace Manufacturing (aero-mag.com)