Airbus, Safran and Daher Team Up on Hybrid-Propulsion Aircraft
June 17 2019 - 8:54AM
Dow Jones News
By Olivia Bugault
Airbus SE (AIR.FR), Safran SA (SAF.FR) and French industrial
conglomerate Daher said Monday that they have teamed up to develop
a distributed hybrid-propulsion aircraft demonstrator known as
EcoPulse.
EcoPulse should start flying in 2022, the three companies
said.
The partnership aims to design and develop technologies that
will boost environmental efficiency in aircraft, they said.
"This distributed hybrid-propulsion demonstrator is a very
important step towards preparing the certification standards for a
more electric aircraft," the companies said.
The financial details of the deal were not disclosed.
Write to Olivia Bugault at olivia.bugault@dowjones.com
(END) Dow Jones Newswires
June 17, 2019 08:39 ET (12:39 GMT)
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