Horizon Aircraft Appoints Justin Chapman As Technical Advisor in Senior Advisory Role”

Cana­da-based Hori­zon Air­craft has announced that Justin Chap­man, a for­mer Rolls-Royce aero­space expert, is to sup­port the com­pa­ny in a senior advi­so­ry capac­i­ty, con­tribut­ing his exten­sive exper­tise to the tech­ni­cal devel­op­ment of the Cavorite X7 Air­craft sys­tems, reports a press release.

The release says, “Chap­man brings decades of engi­neer­ing lead­er­ship and deep domain knowl­edge to Hori­zon Air­craft. Wide­ly regard­ed as an expert in elec­tric propul­sion and ener­gy sys­tems for avi­a­tion, he has held senior roles, such as Chief of Elec­tron­ics and Chief of FADEC (Full Author­i­ty Dig­i­tal Engine Con­trol) at Rolls-Royce, where he helped lead some of the industry’s most advanced aero­space tech­nol­o­gy ini­tia­tives.”

He com­ment­ed, “My ini­tial activ­i­ties on the project have shown me a com­pa­ny of high­ly ded­i­cat­ed and tal­ent­ed peo­ple who are all striv­ing to deliv­er an inno­v­a­tive prod­uct into a very chal­leng­ing are­na. I will use all my expe­ri­ence from aero­space and beyond to help devel­op the full-scale demon­stra­tor.”

Tom Brass­ing­ton, Chief Tech­nol­o­gy Offi­cer (CTO) at Hori­zon, added, “I am delight­ed to work with Justin again. He brings a rare com­bi­na­tion of world-class elec­tron­ics, propul­sion and con­trol sys­tems knowl­edge to the com­pa­ny. His efforts will advance and de-risk our Cavorite X7 devel­op­ment pro­grams, help­ing us achieve our goal to pro­duce a safe and reli­able pilot­ed full-size demon­stra­tor.”

Chapman’s involve­ment will strength­en Horizon’s tech­ni­cal devel­op­ment team, as the com­pa­ny advances the design and con­struc­tion of its flag­ship hybrid eVTOL air­craft.

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www.horizonaircraft.com

(Top image: Hori­zon Cavorite X7)

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