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Hybrid Air Vehicles Ltd
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2026
26 August

ReleaseWepTac A.G. and Hybrid Air Vehicles agree to form joint venture to deliver next-generation surveillance aircraft to U.S. military

2025
13 November Airlander 10’s hull offers the space needed for hydrogen storage and electric propulsion systems.

ZeroAvia partners with HAV on hybrid-electric Airlander 10

The two companies have signed an agreement to integrate hydro-electric propulsion into the Airlander 10 and assess the technology’s wider use across Hybrid Air Vehicles’ future designs.

10 July

ReleaseHybrid Air Vehicles enters the US market

2024
12 December Airlander 10, HAV’s first aircraft to market, will be capable of delivering 100-seat passenger mobility, or a ten-tonne payload of freight transportation, or a combination of the two.

Preparations begin towards manufacture of Airlander in South Yorkshire

The Doncaster facilities for Airlander 10’s production, testing and certification operations, will have the capacity to produce up to 24 aircraft per year.

25 March

ReleaseHAV agree terms on flagship production site

29 February

ReleaseHAV begins Airlander 10 type certification programme

14 February

ReleaseHAV signs a Memorandum of Understanding with Dassault Systèmes and TriMech to pioneer sustainable aircraft development.

2023
13 April U.S. Marine Corps Captain Ben Cohen, director for the SoCal Tech Bridge, will serve as the U.S. lead for the Zero Carbon Logistics Support Via Hybrid Aircraft project.

US DOD funds further research into use of hybrids

A new collaboration between the U.S. Indo-Pacific Command and HAV is intended to enhance logistics, Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (ISR) operations, and communications in the Pacific.

7 February

ReleaseJETMS Completions chosen as lead partner to supply luxury and tourism cabin interiors for Airlander 10

2022
20 July

ReleaseCollins Aerospace produces first prototype 500KW electric motor for Hybrid Air Vehicles' Airlander 10 aircraft

28 January

ReleaseAirlander 10 production update

2021
1 November

ReleaseHAV and AMRC team to drive towards zero emission flight

10 August

ReleaseHAV and Naval postgraduate school sign CRADA

29 July

Release$200 million investment commitment announced

1 July

Collins completes design stage for electric airship motor

Collins is designing and testing the motor at its Electronic Controls and Motor Systems Center of Excellence in Solihull, where it invested $18 million to expand and add power electronics and motor development capabilities.

1 July

ReleaseAirlander 10's hull will be supplied by ILC Dover

26 May

ReleaseAirlander's mobility cabin concepts revealed

20 April

ReleaseRED Aircraft announces that their technology will power Airlander 10

2020
14 August

ReleaseInnovate UK awards Covid-19 Continuity Grant to secure path to major zero-carbon aviation milestone from 2025

2 February

ReleaseHAV announces hybrid-electric Airlander 10

11 January

ReleaseHAV reveals production aircraft design

2019
10 September

ReleaseHAV and Vertex Aerospace sign MoU

20 May

ReleaseHAV takes step to preserve access for commercial customers

25 April

ReleaseAirlander takes step toward electric propulsion

9 January

ReleaseHAV awarded Production Organisation Approval

2018
4 October

ReleaseHAV awarded Design Organisation Approval

18 July

ReleaseHybrid Air Vehicles and Design Q unveil the Airlander 10 passenger cabin

2017
17 November

ReleaseAirlander has increased its scope after embarking on its next phase of extended test flights

30 October

ReleaseAirlander aims high with luxury tourism variant

11 August

ReleaseAirlander technicians inspect the hull on Airlander - maintaining the world's largest aircraft

14 June

ReleaseAirlander progresses through Flight Test Programme with another successful flight

10 May

ReleaseAirlander returns to the skies

7 April

ReleaseAirlander emerges

4 April

ReleaseAirlander unveils two significant enhancements ahead of hangar exit

6 March

ReleaseAirlander prepares for flight once more

10 February

ReleaseFlight deck repairs complete and testing underway

2016
28 October

ReleaseAirlander 10 repair programme on schedule

17 August

ReleaseRecord-breaking Airlander 10 makes historic first flight

10 August

ReleaseSuccessful hangar exit for Airlander 10

21 March

ReleaseBOC sponsors Airlander, the world's first full sized hybrid aircraft

2015
1 May

ReleaseHybrid Air Vehicles' partnership with BOC takes off

2011
1 February

ReleaseNorthrop Grumman's LEMV program completes Critical Design Review

2010
15 October

ReleaseUS airship involvement for Tods Aerospace