Airbus Demo Advances Hybrid-Electric Capabilities For Helicopters

Airbus said it needed a clean-sheet design to test the technologies and achieve the ambitions it has for the project.

Credit: Jerome Deulin/Airbus Helicopters
Helicopters may only represent a tiny fraction of carbon emissions, particularly when compared with commercial aircraft. But Airbus says future rotorcraft will, like their narrowbody and widebody counterparts, will need to deliver savings in carbon emissions to be socially acceptable and meet global...
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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