Turbine Truck Engines and Beijing Royal Aerospace Facilities Co., Ltd. Sign Cooperative Agreement

Turbine Truck Engines and Beijing Royal Aerospace Facilities Co., Ltd. (ROYAL) have signed a Cooperative Agreement in which Royal will coordinate further funding, design, testing, technical evaluation, and other matters regarding building engineered prototype units of the Detonation Cycle Gas Turbine (DCGT) engine for the heavy duty trucking industry in China. (Earlier post.)

Royal will be the exclusive partner for this application in China and will apply for government funding through an Energy Saving and Lower Emission Project Grant awarded to innovative green technology companies throughout China.

With these resources, Aerospace Mechanical and Electrical Equipment Company Co., Ltd. (AMEC), a strategic ally of TTE, and Royal would then work jointly to develop 300 to 600 horsepower versions of the DCGT to be used in heavy-duty trucks.