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NASA, GE test hybrid engine for next decade of flight

NASA and GE Aerospace in December hit a key milestone in their quest to develop hybrid-electric engine technology for the next decade of commercial aviation. The partners on Tuesday revealed they ...
New Atlas

Hybrid jet engines work to excel where pure-electric jets fail

A hybrid-electric jet engine may seem as absurd as a horse-drawn Zeppelin, but GE Aerospace is ground testing a new megawatt-class hybrid turbofan engine and its full powertrain that is powerful ...
People's Defender

Peebles GE site set for significant upgrades in 2026

A GE Aerospace flight test aircraft is shown in flight. The company announced a 1 billion dollar investment across its U.S. facilities for 2026, including upgrades to test cells and equipment at the ...
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Inside GE Aerospace’s Mission To Build The World’s Toughest Jet Engines

Multinational aerospace manufacturer and market leader in engine production, GE Aerospace, is currently pouring engineering, testing, and analytics resources into achieving the singular goal of ...
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NASA’s New Hybrid-Electric Jet Engine Just Proved It Can Power an Airliner

Five years ago, in 2021, American space agency NASA announced it is working on yet another project that doesn’t involve, well, space: the Hybrid Thermally Efficient Core (HyTEC). Since then, NASA’s ...
Aviation Week

GE Aerospace Kicks Off Hybrid-Electric Engine Runs

One of the two motor-generators in GE Aerospace’s hybrid-electric Passport test engine is attached to the low-pressure spool aft of the exhaust mixer. Credit: GE Aerospace GE Aerospace has started ...
Flightglobal

GE and Kratos complete high-altitude testing of GEK800 autonomous fighter engine

GE Aerospace and Kratos have concluded high-altitude testing of a small jet engine intended to power uncrewed fighter aircraft. The pair, which announced their intent to jointly develop the GEK800 ...
Benzinga.com

Kratos And GE Edge Closer To Combat Ready Engines

Kratos Defense & Security Solutions Inc. (NASDAQ:KTOS) and GE Aerospace (NYSE:GE) have begun altitude testing of the GEK800 engine, designed for unmanned aerial systems and collaborative combat ...

GE Aerospace plans $1B U.S. investment to boost jet engine production

GE Aerospace invests $1B more in U.S. manufacturing and suppliers to boost jet-engine output, ease bottlenecks, and add 5,000 jobs—read the details now.
American Machinist

GE, Lockheed Test New Hypersonic Engine

The rotating detonation ramjet engine provides a more compact, lightweight design than standard engine designs, and uses a continuous, self-sustaining detonation wave. GE Aerospace and Lockheed Martin ...

Kratos and GE Aerospace Win U.S. Air Force Award to Design Engine for Expendable Combat Collaborative Aircraft

Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc. (NASDAQ: KTOS), a leader in defense, national security and global markets, and GE ...