Stirling Dynamics Collaborate With Hanwha Aerospace To Develop Zero-Emission Aviation Technology for Vertical Aerospace

UK Bris­tol-based Stir­ling Dynam­ics part of the engi­neer­ing, tech­nol­o­gy and con­sul­tan­cy provider Expleo, announced this week a col­lab­o­ra­tion with Han­wha Aero­space, to devel­op new tech­nolo­gies that will help pow­er Ver­ti­cal Aerospace’s VX4, reports a press release.

The part­ner­ship is to work on elec­tro-mechan­i­cal actu­a­tors (EMA), a key com­po­nent in the VX4’s abil­i­ty to hov­er, take-off and land ver­ti­cal­ly. This advanced EMA solu­tion will remove the need for hydraulic or pneu­mat­ic sys­tems on the air­craft, help­ing to opti­mise the VX4’s per­for­mance.

Ban­du­la Pathi­naya­ka, Vice Pres­i­dent of Stir­ling Dynam­ics, com­ment­ed, “We are pleased to con­tin­ue our col­lab­o­ra­tion with Han­wha Aero­space as we com­bine our tech­no­log­i­cal exper­tise to dri­ve EMA devel­op­ment for Ver­ti­cal Aero­space. Our work on EMAs reflects the industry’s shift towards elec­tri­fi­ca­tion and its sus­tain­able vision for the future of flight.”

Ban­du­la Pathi­naya­ka

Jeff Hoyle, of Expleo’s EVP Aero, Space and Defence Divi­sion, added, “The tech­nol­o­gy we are devel­op­ing not only meets the air­wor­thi­ness cer­ti­fi­ca­tion required for eVTOL air­craft, but ensures a clean­er and green­er future for our indus­try. This pro­gram rep­re­sents a mul­ti-mil­lion pound invest­ment over a num­ber of years.”

Stir­ling Dynam­ics and Han­wha Aero­space have worked togeth­er since 2016, and signed a strate­gic alliance agree­ment last year in sup­port of their EMA col­lab­o­ra­tion.

John Ohm, Senior Busi­ness Devel­op­ment Man­ag­er, Han­wha Aero­space, remarked, “Togeth­er, we will help our clients progress towards greater sus­tain­abil­i­ty in avi­a­tion by devel­op­ing new tech­nol­o­gy that makes elec­tric­i­ty a viable pow­er source for com­mer­cial avi­a­tion.”

For more infor­ma­tion

https://www.stirling-dynamics.com/

https://vertical-aerospace.com

(Top image cred­it: Ver­ti­cal Aero­space)