AFS-Columbus nacelle build

Aurora Flight Sciences, as part of a Boeing team, will provide GE Aviation with airplane modification, system integration and flight-testing services as part of NASA’s Electrified Powertrain Flight Demonstration project using a modified Saab 340B aircraft and CT7-9B turboprop engines. Boeing and Aurora Flight Sciences will provide nacelle manufacturing, flight deck interface design and software, aircraft-level performance analysis, and systems integration. Aircraft systems engineering and testing work will be based at Aurora’s headquarters in Manassas, Va., with nacelle manufacturing taking place in its facilities in Columbus, Mississippi, and West Virginia. (Source: GE Aviation 02/03/22 GE Aviation to partner with Boeing on hybrid electric flight test demonstration program | GE Aviation