Category Archives: Aircraft Propulsion & Energy

Ascendance Flight Technologies Raises €10M Funding to Develop Hybrid-Electric Technologies

Ascendance Flight Technologies has announced it has closed a €10M funding round backed by Habert Dassault Finance, Celeste Management, M Capital, Kima Ventures and IRDI. The round also includes some senior leaders from the industry and international entrepreneurs. Continue reading

Universal Hydrogen Announces New R&D Centre in Toulouse

Historic Hangar B16 at Toulouse-Blagnac Airport

Universal Hydrogen Co., a company fighting to decarbonize aviation through the adoption of hydrogen as a universal fuel, announced that after an extensive search process that it will locate its second engineering and design center in Toulouse, France, Europe’s leading city for aviation manufacturing and innovation. Continue reading

Iris Automation and Doosan Partner for Safer, Fuel Cell-Powered Drones

Iris Automation announced that the company has partnered with Doosan Mobility Innovation (DMI) for the integration of its Casia detect and avoid (DAA) system with DMI’s family of hydrogen powered systems and drones. The joint solution will enable DMI’s clients to operate safer advanced missions like beyond visual line of sight (BVLOS) and accelerates the Korean manufacturer’s entrance into the US market. Continue reading

Aero Development Japan Raises Series A Funding for Mass-Produced Hybrid Power System for Drones

Aero Development Japan Co., Ltd. has recently raised funds for the Series A round, and has been using the funds to develop gas since its inception. The company has started the development of a mass-produced hybrid power system that combines turbine power and a generator. Continue reading

Flying Ship & PROBOTEK to Deliver Smart Robotic Wing-in-Ground-Effect Maritime Vessels

The Flying Ship Technologies, Corp. and PROBOTEK have signed an agreement to work collaboratively and jointly integrate PROBOTEK’s proprietary technologies and software into Flying Ship’s ground effect vessels to enable smart, safe and green autonomous and semi-autonomous operations with realtime vessel system monitoring and reactive collision avoidance. Continue reading

HyPoint and Piasecki Aircraft Partner to Deliver Next-Generation Hydrogen Fuel Cell Systems for eVTOLs

Rendering of the Piasecki PA-890 eVTOL Compound Helicopter, powered by the HyPoint turbo air-cooled hydrogen fuel cell system

HyPoint, the company developing zero carbon-emission turbo air-cooled hydrogen fuel cell systems for aviation and urban air mobility, today announced that it has entered into a multi-phase collaborative development agreement with Piasecki Aircraft Corporation (PiAC), a pioneer in advanced rotorcraft and unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) platforms and technologies, for the development and certification of a hydrogen fuel cell system for electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) vehicle applications. Continue reading