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Updates

05/07/2026 - Dynamo: OEPF Award and the Road to Transition

04/08/2026 - Wright - What We’re Seeing in AI Data Center Power

11/21/2025 - Wright DenseGen Genset - Signed $20B Company, Expanding

09/23/2025 - Launching Wright's Containerized Genset for Data Centers

07/10/2025 - Wright Dynamo 30 kW Commercial Generator

05/06/2025 - Wright Thrust Stand and NASA Altitude Chamber Milestones

04/14/2025 - Wright Dynamo at SOCOM Event Wednesday

03/17/2025 - Wright at ARPA-E Summit This Week

03/12/2025 - Wright at ARPA-E Summit Next Week, NEAT Updates

02/05/2025 - Wright WM2500 Electric Aircraft Engine Powered Up!

Featured News

May 7, 2025

Aviation International News: Wright Prepares To Expand Electric Propulsion System Tests

May 5, 2025

Aviation Week Network: Wright Completes 2-Megawatt Electric Jet Engine Test Stand

May 5, 2025

FlightGlobal: Wright Electric aims this year to start thrust testing electric aircraft motors

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