Collins Aerospace to build $50M high-voltage lab 'The Grid' in Rockford

Collins Aerospace is transforming 25,000 square feet inside its Harrison Avenue plant in Rockford, Illinois into a high-tech lab called 'The Grid', investing $50 million to develop hybrid-electric propulsion systems. The lab will support the development of a demonstration jet based on a Bombardier Dash 8-100 aircraft, and is expected to create 50 new jobs over three years.

“It's going to be the most advanced electric power lab in the world and we're going to use it to develop products for the future of electric flight.”rrstar.com

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• rrstar.comHigh-tech lab coming to Rockford's Collins Aerospace promises to be an aviation game-changerIsaac GuerreroApr 5, 2019

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