Heart Aerospace “Opens U.S R&D Hub, Begins New Development Phase for Hybrid-Electric Aircraft”

Swe­den-based hybrid-elec­tric air­craft man­u­fac­tur­er, Heart Aero­space, recent­ly announced a sig­nif­i­cant step for­ward with the open­ing of a new Research and Devel­op­ment (R&D) Hub in the Unit­ed States, reports a press release. 

This impor­tant move comes as the com­pa­ny pre­pares to begin a new phase of hard­ware test­ing in the devel­op­ment of its first region­al hybrid-elec­tric air­plane, the ES-30.

The Hub is locat­ed in Los Ange­les and will focus on the advance­ment of Heart’s hybrid-elec­tric propul­sion sys­tem and asso­ci­at­ed key tech­nolo­gies. The com­pa­ny is to relo­cate its full-scale air­craft demon­stra­tor to the U.S, where it aims to demon­strate proof of con­cept of this new and inno­v­a­tive propul­sion sys­tem.

Anders Forslund, co-Founder and CEO of Heart Aero­space, com­ment­ed, “Los Ange­les is the obvi­ous choice for the company’s R&D Hub con­sid­er­ing the city’s rich his­to­ry of inno­va­tion. We’re work­ing on a solu­tion referred to as inde­pen­dent hybrid propul­sion and we aim to demon­strate this dur­ing 2025.”

To lead the charge, Ben­jamin Sta­bler has been appoint­ed as the company’s new Chief Tech­nol­o­gy Offi­cer. Sta­bler, who has led hard­ware and soft­ware teams on the Crew Drag­on pro­gram at SpaceX and served as co-Founder of Par­al­lel Sys­tems, a devel­op­er of auto­mat­ed, bat­tery-elec­tric freight rail vehi­cles, brings a wealth of expe­ri­ence to Heart Aero­space. He will recruit a team for the Hub, which will work close­ly with the company’s HQ in Gothen­burg.

Ben­jamin Sta­bler Appoint­ed as New CTO for Heart Aero­space

Forslund con­tin­ued, “I’m thrilled that Ben is join­ing our team. His expe­ri­ence and pas­sion for inno­va­tion is just what Heart needs to advance our mis­sion to decar­bonise and democ­ra­tise air trav­el.”  Adding, “The com­pa­ny has an excit­ing time ahead as we enter this new phase of hard­ware test­ing.” 

Heart Aerospace’s ES-30, a region­al hybrid-elec­tric air­plane with a stan­dard seat­ing capac­i­ty of 30 pas­sen­gers, aims to deliv­er unpar­al­leled sus­tain­abil­i­ty and effi­cien­cy on short-haul routes. With a ful­ly elec­tric zero-emis­sion range of 200 kilo­me­tres and an extend­ed hybrid range of 400 kilo­me­tres, the ES-30 offers low­er emis­sions and oper­at­ing costs.

The com­pa­ny has already secured 250 orders for the air­craft, with options and pur­chase rights for anoth­er 120. Heart also has Let­ters of Intent for a fur­ther 191. Heart has attract­ed glob­al invest­ments with North Amer­i­ca emerg­ing as a pri­ma­ry mar­ket.

For more infor­ma­tion

https://www.heartaerospace.com/

(Top image: Heart Aero­space ES-30 Air­craft)

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