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:

A consortium of four French companies—Daher, Safran, Collins Aerospace, and Ascendance—launched Project TAGINE to develop a hybrid-electric propulsion architecture for 6-10 seat general aviation aircraft.
The two-year project will focus on integrating hybrid-electric power, combining electric and thermal energy, into aircraft like Daher's Kodiak, acknowledging that full-electric solutions are not yet viable due to current battery weight and range limitations.
Each partner contributes specific expertise, ranging from aircraft OEM knowledge (Daher) and propulsion systems (Safran) to energy efficiency (Collins Aerospace) and battery integration (Ascendance), with a goal to assess environmental impact by year-end and present progress by 2027.

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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.