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The global aerospace, business aircraft. The end goal of an AEA is MEA will bring a reduction in
landscape is undergoing significant still many years away from scaled operating costs, fuel burn and
disruption, driven by a keen production due to challenges in environmental impact.
focus on innovation and digital power density, efficiency, safety
transformation. and environmental sustainability. Even as existing propulsion
technologies for aircraft continue
Steady implementation of More- Coming year will see a greater to be rooted in the consumption of
Electric Aircraft (MEA) leading to move toward the concept of fossil fuels, we will see increased
an incremental, but not immediate MEA. MEA is a more incremental use of electric systems and
transition towards the All-Electric approach that takes components components in the near-term. The
Aircraft (AEA) and systems available today and transformation is expected in two
integrates these technologies into categories: 1) MEA that enables
The demand for more fuel-efficient the current aircraft fleets. More the utilization of electric power for
aircraft along with the need to technically feasible, such as the all non-propulsive systems, and 2)
bring down both the acquisition deployment of electro-hydrostatic Electrically-Powered Aircraft.
cost and the total ownership cost actuators (EHAs), the shift toward
will drive demand for electric To reduce weight and enhance
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