GE Aerospace has completed a ground validation milestone for a megawatt-class hybrid-electric propulsion system developed with NASA, advancing work aimed at future single-aisle aircraft architectures. The company said the test demonstrated power extraction and reinjection on a modified Passport commercial engine, with results exceeding NASA’s technical benchmarks.
The campaign was carried out at Peebles Test Operation in Ohio and forms part of NASA’s Turbofan Engine Power Extraction Demonstration under the Hybrid Thermally Efficient Core programme. GE said the underlying test work was completed in 2025 and disclosed publicly on 26 January 2026. The system was presented as a commercial high-bypass turbofan demonstrator rather than a flight-test article.
The sources do not provide electrical power, fuel-burn or efficiency figures. They do show that the programme is focused on validating the engine architecture and control logic needed for later integration studies on narrowbody aircraft, with no battery-based energy storage required in the demonstrated configuration.