Description: Ampaire proposes to develop hybrid electric powertrain technology consisting of a modern JetA/SAF engine plus electric machine in a hybrid electric configuration to enable flexible implementation in a number of aircraft applications. The JetA/SAF engine is a modern, high efficiency compression ignition (CI) engine from subcontractor DeltaHawk (Racine, WI) that will be coupled to Ampaire's custom electric machine and mechanical integration to provide several key features: enabling multi-mode hybrid electric operation, significant reduction in fuel use, and the potential to integrate the technology onto Ampaire's flying testbed in Phase 2.

Benefits: NASA benefits: Hybrid electric manned and unmanned aircraft applications including the NASA SUSAN roadmap. Non-NASA benefits: Ampaire's roadmap of commercial certified hybrid electric aircraft.