DUBAI AIRSHOW 2025: Christopher Ruud of DeltaHawk Engines on How It Can Help Extend Range of AAM Aircraft

Dur­ing last week’s Dubai Air­show, eVTOL Insights’ Exec­u­tive Edi­tor Jason Pritchard spoke to Christo­pher Ruud, CEO of Delta­Hawk Engines.

He shares why the Mid­dle East region is an oppor­tu­ni­ty for con­tin­ued mar­ket growth, and goes into detail about the com­pa­ny’s engines and what dif­fer­en­ti­ates them from tra­di­tion­al air­craft vari­ants. Chris also shares the recent mile­stones and inno­va­tions he is proud of and how the cer­ti­fi­ca­tion process is devel­op­ing with their lat­est prod­ucts.

We talk about sus­tain­abil­i­ty and how Delta­Hawk fits into the grow­ing inter­est in hybrid-elec­tric propul­sion for eVTOL and region­al air­craft. Addi­tion­al­ly, Chris talks about how Delta­Hawk’s engines could extend range and endurance, how the com­pa­ny is prepar­ing scal­ing pro­duc­tion as well as the busi­ness cas­es he sees as the most promis­ing.