# 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.

- Type: Expansion
- Announced: 2019-04-04
- Where: Rockford, Illinois, United States
- Value: $50.0M
- Jobs: 50
- Status: announced
- Products: hybrid-electric propulsion systems, electric power systems
- Sectors: [Aerospace Components](https://endata.com/sectors/aerospace-components.md), [Automation and Robotics](https://endata.com/sectors/automation-robotics.md)

## Companies

- [Collins Aerospace](https://endata.com/companies/11989.md)

## Sources

- [rrstar.com](https://www.rrstar.com/story/news/politics/county/2019/04/05/high-tech-lab-coming-to/5522195007/), 2019-04-05: "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."

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