Daher to Increase Production, Expand with Hybrid-Electric TBM Written 30 March 2023
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The EcoPulse™ distributed propulsion hybrid aircraft demonstrator. | Credit: Daher; YouTube; framegrab
Aviation International News reports that Daher’s aviation division “expects to broaden its product lineup with a hybrid-electric TBM and set up a third aircraft production facility” in Stuart, Florida, by 2027. The company currently “produces four models – the Kodiak 100 Series III and 900 and TBM 910 and 960 – and delivered 73 airplanes last year and estimates 85 to 90 this year.” The third production facility will be located at the company’s aerostructures site in Stuart, and will allow annual output to reach 120 to 130 aircraft. That ancillary capacity “will be needed as Daher plans to add a fifth model – a hybrid-electric TBM influenced by its EcoPulse technology demonstrator being developed in partnership with Safran and Airbus.”
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EcoPulse™ distributed propulsion hybrid aircraft demonstrator
The EcoPulse™ distributed propulsion hybrid aircraft demonstrator.
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