Electra

Our roundup of the main aerospace and defense stories making the news this week.

Elroy Air’s Chaparral, Electra’s Goldfinch and Daher’s EcoPulse take the next step in electric aircraft propulsion.

Electra.aero begins flight-testing its blown-lift distributed electric propulsion ultra-short-takeoff-and-landing technology.

Hybrid eSTOL flies; sea-based high-speed VTOL; China’s electric regional; Piasecki’s tilt-duct ARES revived.

Startup Electra.aero says aluminum is easier to certify with the FAA, as well as more straightforward to manufacture and repair.

U.S. startup Electra.aero has secured an investment from Statkraft Ventures, a fund that specializes in energy transition and clean technology.

How Bulgarian charter and ACMI carrier Electra Airways has changed its maintenance strategy over the past few years

The EL-2 Goldfinch’s multiple electric propellers blow the wing to enable ultra-short takeoffs and landings.

Safran Helicopters will develop a 600-kW turbogenerator for Electra.aero’s prototype nine-passenger hybrid-electric short-takeoff-and-landing aircraft.

Issues related to attracting talent and retaining skilled labor were discussed at Aviation Week's MRO BEER conference in Warsaw.

Our roundup of the main aerospace and defense stories making the news this week.

The piloted, two-seat technology demonstrator for Electra.aero's hybrid-electric ultra-short-takeoff-and-landing aircraft is set to fly this year for testing.

Regional mobility booking platform KinectAir has announced a partnership with Electra.aero that could see it deploy up to 31 hybrid eSTOL aircraft.

The funding will be used to build a full-scale prototype of Electra’s hybrid-electric short-takeoff-and-landing aircraft.