Heart Aerospace

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

The Swedish electric regional aircraft developer has completed a $107 million Series B funding round, taking the total raised so far to $145 million.

Former Uber Elevate leaders build an ecosystem for electric regional aviation.

U.S. regional air carrier JSX has revealed plans for a massive expansion of its public charter jet service.

Dutch startup is the latest to move away from all-electric propulsion and toward a larger hybrid design that it hopes will better meet market requirements.

Iceland and New Zealand both have their sights set on sustainability—and both have terrain that rules out reliance on rail travel.

Heart Aerospace's ES-30 electric regional aircraft is the first Part 25 transport-category application for Honeywell’s paperback-sized flight control computer.

Swedish startup Heart Aerospace has joined the U.S. Regional Airline Association.

Crane Aerospace & Electronics is to collaborate with Heart Aerospace to define the power distribution system for the Swedish startup’s planned ES-30 electric regional airliner.

Solar UAV flies stratospheric; HAPS motor test; electric regional ground demo; and agile eVTOL.

AAM OEMs are beginning efforts to build technician training standards, but will there be enough time to do that before aircraft certification?

The demonstrator is to be built under Phase 3 of the Electric Aviation in Sweden (Elise) program.

John Slattery’s involvement could help Heart gain further market credibility and secure more orders as well as financing as it continues toward certification.

ICAO pivots to prioritize sustainability over safety.

Swedish aircraft lessor and investment company Rockton has firmed up a letter of intent (LoI) for 40 hybrid-electric ES-30 aircraft from Heart Aerospace.

A look at the future of new propulsion technologies, such as pure electric, hybrid-electric and hydrogen propulsion in aviation and their effect on MRO.

The 30-seat ES-30 is planned to enter service in 2028; customers include United Airlines.

Dovetail Electric Aviation of Sydney has finished initial ground tests of its half-scale electric propulsion system powering a three-blade propeller.

Several airlines have placed orders for electric and hybrid-electric aircraft, but how will they be integrated? Early clues are beginning to emerge.

The government has directed the Swedish Transport Administration to make targeted investments to help develop and test technology to electrify aviation.