Archer raises $300m to further defence venture news Yves Le Marquand 11 Feb 25 0 Archer has raised $301.75m to continue development of its hybrid aircraft platform designed initially for the defence market. This raise, lead by investors including BlackRock,… Read more
EASA certifies Safran’s 125-kilowatt electric motor news Yves Le Marquand 7 Feb 25 0 EASA has certified the ENGINeUS 100 motor developed by Safran Electrical & Power after a four-year certification process. The result of four years’ work with… Read more
Avooma and The AirCraft Company to assess regional routes in UK and Europe news Yves Le Marquand 6 Feb 25 0 Startup carrier Avooma Airlines has partnered with The AirCraft Company to explore using its hybrid-electric aircraft on regional routes across the UK, Ireland and Europe. … Read more
Pipistrel’s cargo drone completes hover flight test news Yves Le Marquand 31 Jan 25 0 Pipistrel has completed a first hover flight of its hybrid-electric VTOL unmanned aircraft Nuuva V300. Completed at Textron subsidiary Pipistrel’s facility in Savogna d’lsonzo, Italy,… Read more
Dufour flies cargo drone under hybrid-electric power news Yves Le Marquand 29 Jan 25 0 Swiss drone manufacturer Dufour Aerospace has completed its first flight test campaign with a hybrid-electric system for its Aero2 drone. The aircraft flew several test… Read more
Electra.aero and Hunch Mobility sign agreement for EL9 aircraft news Yves Le Marquand 23 Jan 25 0 Hunch Mobility is set to buy Electra.aero’s EL9 hybrid-electric aircraft for use on future regional air routes in India. The memorandum of understanding (MoU) was… Read more
Ascendance deepens Capgemini partnership ahead of first flight this year news Yves Le Marquand 22 Jan 25 0 French hybrid electric propulsion and aircraft developer Ascendance has expanded its partnership with Capgemini ahead of a first flight scheduled for later this year. Since… Read more
BAE to help Airbus with hybrid commercial aircraft research news Yves Le Marquand 9 Jan 25 0 BAE Systems has signed an agreement to provide the energy storage system for a micro-hybridisation demonstration project for commercial aircraft being conducted by Airbus. As part… Read more
Archer raises $430m following new Anduril partnership news Yves Le Marquand 12 Dec 24 0 Anduril and Archer are to jointly develop a hybrid-VTOL aircraft for defence use cases, leading the eVTOL developer to raise a further $430m to support… Read more
Electra.aero flies NASA Administrator in Goldfinch demonstrator news Yves Le Marquand 9 Dec 24 0 NASA Administrator Bill Nelson has taken a flight aboard Electra.aero’s hybrid-electric EL2 Goldfinch ultra short prototype aircraft. The 24-minute flight on Electra’s two-seat fixed-wing aircraft… Read more
Heart Aerospace to conduct first test flight in US next year news Yves Le Marquand 26 Nov 24 0 Swedish hybrid-electric aircraft maker Heart Aerospace is planning to fly its demonstrator aircraft at New York’s Plattsburgh International Airport in 2025. The test flight will… Read more
Electra.aero unveils design of production aircraft news Yves Le Marquand 13 Nov 24 0 Electra.aero has provided a first look at the design of its ultra short hybrid-electric production aircraft, aka EL9. The design was unveiled at an event… Read more
VoltAero inaugurates production facility news Yves Le Marquand 11 Nov 24 0 French hybrid-electric aircraft developer VoltAero has opened its production facility in France’s Nouvelle-Aquitaine region. The purpose-built 2,400sqm (25,833sqft) facility, located at Rochefort Airport near the… Read more
LYGG orders up to 200 conversion kits from Ampaire news Yves Le Marquand 7 Nov 24 0 Scandinavian regional airline LYGG has signed an agreement with Ampaire that includes up to 200 hybrid-electric conversion kits. As part of the memorandum of understanding (MoU), the… Read more
H3 Dynamics and Qdot Technology working on long-range zero-emissions cargo UAV news Yves Le Marquand 18 Sep 24 0 Qdot, a spin-off from Oxford University’s Thermofluids Institute, and French hydrogen specialist, H3 Dynamics are developing a long-range, zero emissions cargo UAV. The aircraft will… Read more