Heart Aerospace closes operations in Sweden and relocates its corporate HQ to Los Angeles, California

Hybrid-elec­tric air­plane man­u­fac­tur­er Heart Aero­space is to relo­cate its cor­po­rate head­quar­ters from Gothen­burg, Swe­den to Los Ange­les, Cal­i­for­nia.

In a press release issued ear­li­er this week, the com­pa­ny con­firmed it will close its oper­a­tions in Swe­den to enable a big­ger scale-up of its US-based team, adding that the move will also sup­port upcom­ing exper­i­men­tal flights of its Heart X1 pro­to­type and future Heart X2 pro­to­type. 

Anders Forslund, co-founder and CEO of Heart Aero­space, said: “Our move to Los Ange­les marks a new chap­ter in Heart Aerospace’s jour­ney — one that pri­ori­tis­es iter­a­tive devel­op­ment and deep­er ver­ti­cal inte­gra­tion.

“For the X2, we’re devel­op­ing key tech­nolo­gies like bat­ter­ies, actu­a­tion sys­tems, soft­ware, and hybrid-elec­tric hard­ware in-house. This approach allows us to refine and enhance our sys­tems con­tin­u­ous­ly, just as we’ve done with the X1 pro­to­type, which has seen exten­sive test­ing and major design updates since its ini­tial roll­out in 2024.” 

This tran­si­tion is under­pinned by strong finan­cial momen­tum, includ­ing a suc­cess­ful $107 mil­lion Series B fund­ing round in 2024 and a recent­ly secured addi­tion­al $40 mil­lion invest­ment.  

Sched­uled for its maid­en flight in 2025, the X1 marks a major mile­stone in Heart’s inno­va­tion jour­ney, set­ting the stage for X2.  

Forslund added: “We are deeply grate­ful to our team in Swe­den for being part of this chap­ter of Heart’s jour­ney, and for all the sup­port we have received in Swe­den.

“How­ev­er, as our cus­tomers, part­ners, and investors are increas­ing­ly based in the U.S, we see greater oppor­tu­ni­ty in focus­ing our resources here. By con­sol­i­dat­ing our oper­a­tions in Los Ange­les, we can accel­er­ate devel­op­ment, strength­en col­lab­o­ra­tion, and bet­ter posi­tion Heart Aero­space for the future.”