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Benjamin Stabler Appointed as New CTO for Heart Aerospace

Swe­den-based Heart Aero­space, a lead­ing hybrid-elec­tric pow­ered air­craft man­u­fac­tur­er, announced this week Ben­jamin Sta­bler as the company’s new Chief Tech­nol­o­gy Offi­cer (CTO), reports a press release. Effec­tive imme­di­ate­ly, the appoint­ment comes as Heart enters a new phase of hard­ware test­ing in advance of the com­pa­ny demon­strat­ing ful­ly elec­tric flight dur­ing 2025.

Sta­bler brings a wealth of expe­ri­ence and exper­tise, hav­ing led hard­ware and soft­ware teams on the Crew Drag­on pro­gram at SpaceX and serv­ing as co-Founder of Par­al­lel Sys­tems, devel­op­er of auto­mat­ed, bat­tery-elec­tric freight rail vehi­cles.

Anders Forslund, co-Founder and CEO of Heart Aero­space, com­ment­ed, ”We are thrilled to wel­come Ben to the Heart team. His proven track record and pas­sion for inno­va­tion align per­fect­ly with our mis­sion to rev­o­lu­tionise air trav­el by decar­bon­is­ing and democ­ra­tis­ing the skies.” Forslund added, “Ben’s lead­er­ship will be instru­men­tal in this new and excit­ing phase of hard­ware test­ing and tech­no­log­i­cal advance­ment.”

Expe­ri­enced in build­ing safe, high per­form­ing vehi­cles, Sta­bler has demon­strat­ed that he can grow cross-func­tion­al teams to solve inter-dis­ci­pli­nary prob­lems. “His appoint­ment,” says the release, “under­scores Heart Aerospace’s com­mit­ment to move at pace to define a new par­a­digm for inno­va­tion and sus­tain­abil­i­ty in the avi­a­tion indus­try.”

Sta­bler remarked, “Decar­bon­i­sa­tion of avi­a­tion is one of the most impor­tant and dif­fi­cult chal­lenges we will face over the next 20 years. Heart Aero­space has shown that we can make an impact today.”

Heart Aero­space new air­craft design, called the ES-30

The appoint­ment comes as Heart Aero­space sig­nif­i­cant­ly expands its pres­ence in the U.S with the estab­lish­ment of a new R&D hub in Cal­i­for­nia. Sta­bler will be based in Los Ange­les where he’ll recruit a team to work close­ly with the organ­i­sa­tion based at the company’s HQ in Gothen­burg. 

Mean­while, Forslund will tran­si­tion from his inter­im tech­ni­cal lead­er­ship to focus exclu­sive­ly on his duties as CEO.

For more infor­ma­tion

https://www.heartaerospace.com/

(Top image: Ben­jamin Sta­bler)

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