Airbus Helicopters Exploring Architectures For PioneerLab Hybridization

Tony Osborne June 07, 2024
Credit: Tony Osborne – Aviation Week
BERLIN—Airbus Helicopters is exploring the removal of one of the engines from its twin-engine PioneerLab rotorcraft testbed and replacing it with a 500-kW electric motor. Engineers are exploring potential configurations for the system, which the company hopes to fly in 2027, PioneerLab Program...
Tony Osborne

Based in London, Tony covers European defense programs. Prior to joining Aviation Week in November 2012, Tony was at Shephard Media Group where he was deputy editor for Rotorhub and Defence Helicopter magazines.

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