
ROCKFORD, Ill.--A new $50 million high-voltage lab, “The Grid,” being built by Collins Aerospace here, will serve as the design and testing center for developing a 1-megawatt (MW) motor, motor controller and battery system for a hybrid electric demonstrator aircraft. Executives from Collins Aerospace provided a tour of their existing aircraft power and electronic systems manufacturing and testing site and discussed plans for The Grid with media on April 4. Collins Aerospace CEO Kelly Ortberg said the company wants to…