AIRCRAFT PROGRAM
| Lift type | Fixed wing | ||
| Construction type | Factory-built | ||
| Control type | Piloted | ||
| Engine type | Hybrid | ||
| Application | Business, Passenger medium | ||
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Hybrid-electric, short takeoff and landing (eSTOL), regional transport aircraft (in development). Hybrid-electric propulsion will power the many small motors distributed around aircraft enabling a short take-off and landing. World's first blown lift aircraft.
| Variant | Launch/First flight | Production end | |
| Electra.aero eSTOL | / | 9-passenger production aircraft that can take off and land with ground rolls as short as 150 feet and fly at speeds of 200 mph for distances of 500 miles. | |
| Electra.aero eSTOL EL-2 Goldfinch | 2023 / 2023 | Two-seat piloted technology demontrator aircraft. |
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Other aircraft programs: Electra Dawn One
| Massachusetts Institute of Technology - MIT | Analysis | News | Automatic Flight Control Systems: development of flight control systems |
| MGM Compro International, S.R.O. | Analysis | Electric Motors: REB50, or RET60 electric motors |
| Safran Electrical & Power HQ | Analysis | News | Generating Systems: Two GENeUS electrical generators as part of hybrid-electric turbogenerator propulsion system |
| Safran Helicopter Engines | Analysis | News | Turboshaft Engines: Turbogenerator part of main hybrid-electric turbogenerator propulsion system, based off of Arrano engine |
| Anduril Industries (was Blue Force Technologies) | Analysis | News | Engineering Design Services: Design and fabricate airframe of technology demonstrator |
