Russia Plans Hybrid-Electric Regional Demonstrator

Siberia research institute SibNIA has flown a Yak-40 testbed fitted with a superconducting electric motor.

Credit: SibNIA
Russia is developing technology for a hybrid-electric regional airliner, with plans to fly a demonstrator in 2026, news agency Tass says. It cited a presentation by the head of the Zhukovsky Institute national research center at the Eurasian Aerospace Congress in Moscow on July 24. The presentation...
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