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April 14, 2025
Wright Dynamo at SOCOM Event Wednesday
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March 17, 2025
Wright at ARPA-E Summit This Week
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March 14, 2025
Meet Wright at ARPA-E Summit Next Week!
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March 12, 2025
Wright at ARPA-E Summit Next Week, NEAT Updates
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February 5, 2025
Wright WM2500 Electric Aircraft Engine Powered Up!
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January 28, 2025
Wright Hybrid C-130 Fit Check: Success!
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December 11, 2024
Wright WV250 250 kW Aviation Inverter Running!
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December 9, 2024
Wright WM2500 Electric Aircraft Engine Assembled!
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April 2, 2024
Wright & Columbia Announce ARPA-E Award for Lightweight Battery Development
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April 1, 2024
Wright Builds Off-Grid Power Lab
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January 31, 2024
Wright Electric Announces Successful Partial Discharge Testing on our Motor
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December 21, 2023
Dec 23 Roundup
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November 16, 2023
Flight Test Nov 2023
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November 6, 2023
Battery Program Launch Oct 2023
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Featured News

March 26, 2025
Aviation Week: Debrief: Can U.S. Competitiveness Take Over As Driver Of Aviation Innovation?
March 26, 2025
Aerospace Testing International: Testing Talk Interview: Wright Electric
February 11, 2025
Aviation Week Network: Wright Readies 2.5-Megawatt Motor For Altitude Testing
February 7, 2025
Aerospace Testing International: Wright Electric tests 2.5MW motor and inverter for aircraft
February 6, 2025
Renewable Energy Magazine: Wright powers up its WM2500 electric aircraft engine with WV250 inverter
January 24, 2025
FlightGlobal: Wright advances labours on Hercules hybrid with C-130 nacelle fit check for EPU
January 22, 2025
airliners.de: Für Wright Electric sind frühe Erstflüge Geldver‐ schwendung
January 2, 2025
FlightGlobal: Wright Electric begins testing 2.5MW motor ahead of NEAT campaign
October 10, 2024
Renewable Energy Magazine: Wright releases white paper on potential C-130 ‘Hercules’ electrification
October 9, 2024
Aviation Week Network: C-130 Proposed As Sequential Electrification Testbed
August 19, 2024
FlightGlobal: US aerospace firms and fuel producers land $291m in grants as FAA pushes cleaner technology
August 14, 2024
Airplane Geeks Podcast: Wright Electric Airplane Motors
August 9, 2024
Renewable Energy Magazine: Wright awarded contract from US Air Force for high power lightweight batteries
June 11, 2024
Wright Announces Completion of WM2500 Electric Aircraft Engine Rotor
June 8, 2024
AeroTime: Is the battery industry ready to propel a new era of aviation? The experts speak
April 26, 2024
Aviation International News: Wright Steps Up Ground Testing for 2.5MW Electric Motor
April 25, 2024
Aviation Week Network: Wright Builds Megawatt-Scale Electric Engine Cell
April 24, 2024
The Electric: 13 Teams Compete to Invent the Most Powerful Superbattery
March 25, 2024
Incite Post | Fundraising: Preparing Beyond the Pitch
February 27, 2024
Wright Electric and Columbia University Receive US Department of Energy Award for Ultra-Lightweight Battery Development
February 22, 2024
DOE ARPA-E Awarding $15M to 12 Projects Developing High-Energy 1K Storage Solutions for Aircraft, Railroads & Ships
February 21, 2024
Exclusive: Electric Plane, Train and Boat Batteries Get Millions in DOE Funds
February 21, 2024
Wright Receives U.S. Department of Energy Award for 1,000 Wh/kg Batteries
February 6, 2024
The Wright Move: The Hybrid-Electric Rebirth of the BAe 146
February 1, 2024
Wright Electric Validates Motor Safety at High Altitude
November 15, 2023
Wright, Axter Fly Crop Duster-Based Hybrid-Electric Testbed
November 14, 2023
Wright Electric and Axter flight test hybrid-electric system on Thrush S2R
October 10, 2023
Wright Electric Aims For Battery Performance Breakthrough For Aircraft
October 9, 2023
Wright Electric launches Wright Batteries
October 5, 2023
Wright Electric Targets 1000 Wh/kg Batteries For Electric Aircraft
October 2, 2023
Wright Electric pursues high-energy batteries for larger future all-electric aircraft
July 2, 2023
Electric Motor Hits 1,300-Hp Record
June 22, 2023
U.S. Air Force Tests Light, Compact Electric Generators
June 21, 2023
Wright Logs 1-MW Output With Electric Motor Generator
June 19, 2023
Wright Electric squeezes 1MW from in-development electric motor
June 19, 2023
Wright Achieves 1 Megawatt In Aircraft Electric Motor Tests
March 2, 2023
The Hill: How to get serious about climate change -- Check out the opinion piece written by Wright CEO, Jeff Engler, and UC San Diego Professor, David G. Victor.
March 2, 2023
The Hill: How to Get Serious About Climate Change
October 27, 2022
Check out Wright CEO Jeff Engler on The Atlantic's podcast American Metamorphosis: The Flight for Flight: Episode 2
October 27, 2022
The Atlantic: The Flight For Flight
October 7, 2022
To celebrate National Manufacturing Day, Wright had the incredible honor of hosting Congressman Paul Tonko in our lab today!
April 22, 2021
US Army picks 6 companies to tackle how to power electric combat vehicles in the field
October 12, 2020
Wright Selected for Prestigious U.S. Department of Energy Electric Aircraft Program

Press Releases

September 18, 2024
Wright Defense Releases Wright Dynamo Smart 30 kW Generator For Agile Combat Employment
August 19, 2024
Wright Selected for $3.34M Award From FAA FAST for Ultra-Lightweight Batteries
August 7, 2024
Wright Awarded Contract from U.S. Air Force for High Power Lightweight Batteries
April 25, 2024
Wright Electric Announces First Steps of Electric Propulsion Testing
February 27, 2024
Wright Electric and Columbia University Receive U.S. Department of Energy Award for Ultra-Lightweight Battery Development
January 31, 2024
Wright Electric Successfully Validates Motor Safety through Altitude Simulated Partial Discharge Testing
November 15, 2023
Wright Electric And Ct Axter Aerospace Successfully Complete Maiden Flight Of 800 kW Hybrid-Electric Crop Duster Aircraft, Wright Achieves 1.2 MW In Electric Propulsion Unit
October 3, 2023
Wright Launches Ultra-Lightweight Battery Development Program
June 22, 2023
Wright Electric Announces Development of Lightweight, Compact Generators for US Department of Defense
June 19, 2023
Wright Electric hits 1 Megawatt of Shaft Power on the world's most advanced aviation electric motor, next plans for NASA altitude testing
November 8, 2021
Wright Electric announces details of powertrain development for the Wright Spirit aircraft
November 4, 2021
Wright Electric launches the Wright Spirit – the world’s first zero-emissions airliner for the regional jet market
September 7, 2021
Building the foundation for a cleaner future: Wright has begun testing a 2MW aviation-grade motor for transport-category zero-emissions aircraft
May 5, 2021
Wright has demonstrated next-generation inverter technology for transport-category zero-emissions aircraft
January 30, 2020
Wright Electric Begins Engine Development Program for 186 Seat Electric Aircraft

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