Daher, Safran, Collins, and Ascendance Team on 2-Year Hybrid-Electric Project

Project will use Daher’s Kodiak as a use case for the technology, which the partners are developing for general aviation.

Jack Daleo

Wednesday, June 18, 2025 at 01:22 PM ET

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(From left) Collins’ Jean-François Chanut, Safran’s Eric Seinturier, Daher’s Pascal Laguerre and Christophe Robin, and Ascendance’s Stéphane Viala hold a press conference at the Paris Air Show. [Jack Daleo/FLYING]

Key Takeaways:

Four French companies—Daher, Safran, Collins Aerospace, and Ascendance—have partnered in a two-year project called TAGINE to develop hybrid-electric propulsion architectures for 6-10 seat general aviation aircraft.
The initiative, backed by French aviation authorities, focuses on combining electric and thermal power, as current battery technology alone is deemed too heavy and limited for the project's goals.
Each partner has a distinct role, from Daher providing the Kodiak aircraft as a test case, to Safran optimizing propulsion, Collins enhancing energy efficiency and propellers, and Ascendance managing energy systems and battery integration.
The project aims to facilitate the ecological transition of air transportation, with an environmental impact assessment due by year's end and a progress report expected at the 2027 Paris Air Show.

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PARIS—A quartet of French companies are joining forces to create an architecture for light, hybrid-electric general aviation aircraft.

At the Paris Air Show, Daher, Safran, Collins Aerospace, and startup Ascendance announced the two-year partnership, called TAGINE, or Tentative dans l’Aviation Générale d’Introduction de Nouvelles Énergies. That translates to “initiative to introduce clean energy in general aviation.” The project has the backing of the French Directorate General for Civil Aviation (DGAC) and CORAC, France’s research council for civil aeronautics.