CRRC Times Electric, in collaboration with Starair and five other organizations, has successfully secured the approval and official initiation of the project "R&D of High Power Density Electric Propulsion Systems for Low-Altitude Aircraft", which is selected as one of the Top 10 Technological Research Projects of Hunan Province for 2026.

 

The core objective of this project is to ensure the independent and controllable development of the domestic core industrial chain for low-altitude aircraft, break through the technical bottlenecks of relevant electric propulsion systems, and lay a solid technological foundation for the development of the low-altitude economy.

Relying on this project, the research team will focus on addressing the matching issue between heavy-duty low-altitude aircraft and high power density electric propulsion systems, and conquer three core technologies including the deep coupling control of electric propulsion and flight control. Ultimately, it will realize the improvement of load capacity and range of low-altitude aircraft, while making the aircraft operate more stably and fly more safely, and the service life and reliability of the equipment will also be enhanced.

Starair has been deeply engaged in the general aviation field for nearly 20 years, boasting a complete independent R&D system and standing as a benchmark among private aviation enterprises. CRRC Times Electric, a leading enterprise in the rail transit electric drive sector, holds world-class core technologies in high-power power electronics and motor control.

Going forward, the two parties will leverage their respective technological strengths to jointly create landmark achievements in the low-altitude economy field, and boost the development of domestic low-altitude aircraft towards electrification, intellectualization and heavy-load orientation.