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
Heart Aerospace unveils full-scale demonstrator aircraft news Yves Le Marquand 12 Sep 24 0 Heart Aerospace has unveiled its first full-scale demonstrator prototype of its ES30 hybrid-electric regional aircraft. Built almost entirely in-house at Heart’s Gothenburg facilities, the 32m… Read more
VerdeGo Aero’s A-1 investment round beats $4m target news Yves Le Marquand 9 Sep 24 0 VerdeGo Aero has closed its A-1 investment round, exceeding the target of $4m it set for continued development of its hybrid-electric propulsion technologies. The new… Read more
Moya Aero publishes footage of first subscale transition flight news Yves Le Marquand 6 Sep 24 0 Brazilian startup Moya Aero has released footage of the first ever transition flight with its sub-scale tiltbody uncrewed eVTOL aircraft prototype. The flight, using… Read more
Loganair to integrate Heart Aerospace aircraft into network news Yves Le Marquand 4 Sep 24 0 UK-based regional airline Loganair has partnered with Heart Aerospace to find use cases for the Swedish developer’s aircraft in the carrier’s route network. Loganair, headquartered… Read more
H3 Dynamics to supply fuel cells to EU-funded research project news Yves Le Marquand 28 Aug 24 0 H3 Dynamics has been selected by European Union (EU) -funded Clean Aviation research project HyPoTraDe to supply its new class of aviation-grade hydrogen fuel cell… Read more
Ampaire opens new headquarters at Long Beach Airport news Yves Le Marquand 28 Aug 24 0 The ribbon has been cut at Ampaire’s new headquarters based at Long Beach Airport in Los Angeles County. The new headquarters will support Ampaire’s team… Read more
Heart, JetZero and others awarded FAA FAST grants news Yves Le Marquand 16 Aug 24 0 The FAA has awarded Fueling Aviation’s Sustainable Transition (FAST) grants to a number of companies including Heart Aerospace, JetZero and Wright Electric. The FAA announced… Read more
Electra’s Goldfinch takes flight at NASA’s Langley Research Centre news Yves Le Marquand 8 Aug 24 0 Electra.aero has begun flying at NASA’s Langley Research Centre with its EL-2 Goldfinch hybrid-electric demonstrator, marking the first time a piloted electric aircraft has taken… Read more
H3X raises $20m from oversubscribed Series A news Yves Le Marquand 7 Aug 24 0 H3X has closed a $20 million Series A funding round led by deep tech investment firm Infinite Capital. The oversubscribed funding round also saw participation… Read more
Moya Aero reveals new hybrid cargo drone design news Yves Le Marquand 31 Jul 24 0 In a bid to extend range, Brazilian drone developer Moya Aero has unveiled its new hybrid-electric cargo drone. The hybrid Moya eVTOL expands operational range… Read more