New European Defence Agency project to advance work on hybrid drive trains for military vehicles.

To improve the sustainability of future defence mobility while retaining the highest performance demanded by military vehicles, the European Defence Agency (EDA) has been working on the development of hybrid drive trains for military use. EDA has formally kicked off the HybriDT II (Hybrid Drive Train Demonstrator-phase 2) – project which involves the design of full-scale wheeled and tracked military purpose demonstrators with hybrid drive trains. The aim of HybriDT II is the design of demonstrators to verify simulation results and allow for tactical and logistic testing of new technologies.
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The Hybrid II project, prepared in the CapTech Ground Systems at EDA’s Research and Innovation Directorate, contributes to developing innovative propulsion and drivetrain systems, which could fulfil the production of zero-emissions vehicles (ZEV), by introducing the most advanced technological trends in transportation (Picture source: EDA)

Phase 2 will work to identify the best technology for a modular and scalable hybrid architecture best fitting for military purpose which meets the objectives of significant weight saving, and space claim, thermal radiation reduction and fuel consumption reduction. Wheeled vehicles will be the primary focus of the research, with 8×8 and 6×6 Infantry Fighting Vehicles (IFVs) will be considered. In addition, tracked vehicle applications will be investigated just within simulation.

The kick-off meeting, held on 6 September, officially started the second phase of the project (HybriDT II) that involves Germany, as lead contributing Member State, Austria, The Netherlands, Poland and Slovenia as contributing Member States. This phase of the project has a duration of 15 months and a total budget 1,7 M€. In the expected follow-on phase (HybriDT III), one or more demonstrators will be developed, manufactured and tested according to the results obtained in HybriDT II.

The project will be executed by a consortium composed of 13 industrial and research entities: the AVL List as project leader and General Dynamics European Land Systems – Steyr from Austria; the German AVL Schrick, AVL Software and Functions and Institute for Chemical Technology Fraunhofer; DNV, TNO and VDL from The Netherlands; the Polish Military University of Technology and Huta Stalowa Wola Ironworks; AVL Slovenia, Elaphe Propulsion Technology and University of Ljubljana (Slovenia).

The Hybrid II project, prepared in the CapTech Ground Systems at EDA’s Research and Innovation Directorate, contributes to developing innovative propulsion and drivetrain systems, which could fulfil the production of zero-emissions vehicles (ZEV), by introducing the most advanced technological trends in transportation.

Defense News September 2023