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Heart Aerospace Rolls Out 30-Seat Electric Regional Demonstrator

The Heart Aerospace ES-30 demonstrator is scheduled to fly in 2025.

Russ Niles
Updated Sep 16, 2024 5:16 AM EDT

Swedish startup Heart Aerospace has rolled out the full-scale demonstrator
of its future 30-seat hybrid electric airliner. The prototype of the ES-30 looks like a cross between a De Havilland Dash-7 and an ATR 52. It has a glider-like 100-foot wingspan and has four wing-mounted electric motors. ôIt
is a testament to the ingenuity and dedication of our team that weÆre able
to roll out a 30-seat aircraft demonstrator with a brand-new propulsion
system, largely inhouse, in less than two years, ô said CEO Anders Forslund.

The demonstrator won't fly until the second quarter of 2025, but it will be busy in the meantime ironing out ground operations including charging and turnaround procedures. The Swedish Innovations Agency Vinnova paid for part
of the development and the next step is building a preproduction prototype, which is planned to fly in 2026. The final iteration is projected to have a battery range of 120 miles and a hybrid range of double that. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------

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Heart Aerospace Unveils First Full-Scale Demonstrator for 30-seat Hybrid-Electric Airplane

Published: September 12, 2024
Read time: 3 minutes

Heart Aerospace, the Swedish hybrid-electric airplane maker, today unveils
its first full-scale demonstrator airplane, marking a major milestone in the development of its regional hybrid-electric aircraft, the ES-30.

Built almost entirely in-house at HeartÆs Gothenburg facilities, the demonstrator reflects the companyÆs strategy to simultaneously develop both
the design and production processes.

ôOur industry is approaching a 30-year innovation cycle, and we have less
than 25 years to decarbonize aviation. We need to develop new methods to get net zero aerospace technologies to market faster,ö says Anders Forslund, co-founder and CEO of Heart Aerospace. ôIt is a testament to the ingenuity
and dedication of our team that weÆre able to roll out a 30-seat aircraft demonstrator with a brand-new propulsion system, largely inhouse, in less
than two years. ô

With a commanding 32-meter wingspan, the demonstrator, named Heart
Experimental 1 (Heart X1), will serve as a platform for rigorous testing and development of HeartÆs ES-30 aircraft.

Initially, the HX-1 will be used for ground-based testing, focusing on
charging operations, taxiing, and turnaround procedures. It is scheduled to undertake a fully electric first flight in the second quarter of 2025. In preparation for this flight, Heart will over the coming months, test
critical systems by running hardware tests both on and off the airplane.

Development of the Heart X1 has been funded in part by grants provided by
the Swedish Innovation Agency, Vinnova, highlighting the essential collaboration between government and industry that is needed to bring new aviation technologies to market.

ôDeveloping innovative net zero aerospace technologies demands a revolution
in product development and manufacturing, much like what weÆve witnessed in
the automotive and space industries,ö said Ben Stabler, Chief Technology Officer at Heart Aerospace.

Building on the experience of developing the Heart X1, Heart is now focused
on creating a state-of-the-art aircraft manufacturing process that leans
into the latest technologies in composite manufacturing and product
lifecycle management, building a data-driven assembly line with high repeatability, automation and non-destructive inspection.

HeartÆs next step in developing the ES-30 is the building of a
pre-production prototype, the Heart X2, which will further mature the design and production methods based on lessons learned from the Heart X1.

The Heart X2 is scheduled for a hybrid-electric flight in 2026 and will demonstrate the companyÆs Independent Hybrid propulsion system. In August, Heart Aerospace was selected for a $4.1 million grant by the Federal
Aviation AdministrationÆs (FAA) Fuelling AviationÆs Sustainable Transition (FAST) program to develop the management system for the hybrid-electric propulsion.

This momentum will continue with the establishment of a pilot manufacturing plant to accelerate prototyping toward the manufacturing of a fully
conforming aircraft, with Heart targeting type certification of the ES-30 by the end of the decade.

The ES-30 is a regional hybrid-electric airplane with a standard seating capacity of 30 passengers, which promises to deliver unparalleled sustainability and efficiency on short-haul routes. With an electric zero-emission range of 200 kilometres and an extended hybrid range of 400 kilometres.

For more details join our live stream presentation at 13.00 CET, September 12th.

More images and video can be found here.

For media inquiries, please contact:

Heart Aerospace

Email: press@heartaerospace.com

Phone: +46 728 889 610

About Heart Aerospace

At Heart Aerospace we work at the cutting edge of technology while
contributing towards a sustainable future. HeartÆs mission is to decarbonize and democratize air travel. This mission is grounded in the outlook that electric air travel will become the new normal for regional flights and can
be transformational in addressing the industryÆs key sustainability
challenges. www.heartaerospace.com
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https://heartaerospace.com/es-30/

30 passengers

25kg luggage/passenger

200km all-electric range

800km hybrid range (25 PAX)

1100m runway length

30min charge time

2028 type certification (target)

Battery electric aircraft solves regional aviationÆs climate and cost
problems
Battery electric aircraft will bend the emissions curveà
-22% Expected reduction of total industry emissions from electrification of regional aviation by 2050*

àand rewrite the business case for regional aviation
Total direct operating cost (DOC) per trip is much lower vs conventional aircraft
making previously unprofitable routes profitable**

* Heart Analysis û Addressable Market
** Heart Analysis û ES-30 Operating Costs 200km

Longer electric range as batteries evolve*

Late 2020Æs

Mid 2030Æs

Late 2030Æs

* Heart Analysis û Electric range development

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