Collins Produces First Prototype Motor for Airlander 10

Collins Aerospace has produced the first working prototype of a 500-kW electric motor suitable for powering the Hybrid Air Vehicles (HAV) Airlander 10 helium-buoyed hybrid airship. Known as the E-HAV1, it provides a payload of 10 tonnes, a range of 4,000 nm, five days of airborne flight, a ceiling of 20,000 feet, and an aim of zero-emissions flight by 2030.

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