The Airframer Bulletin

Eleven contenders had until June 30 to complete Phase 1 of the AFWERX High Speed Vertical Takeoff and Landing Challenge. Horizon, for one, hopes to continue testing and designing a full-scale aircraft.

27 July

ReleaseVerdeGo Aero announces $12M series A funding round

31 January

ReleaseVerdeGo Aero selected to develop high-performance Turbine Hybrid-Electric powerplant for US DOD High Speed VTOL Concept Challenge

2021

17 March

ReleaseIntroducing the VH-3-185 hybrid generator powering the elctric flight revolution

2020

7 December

VerdeGo Aero’s hybrid electric powertrain will drive Airflow’s eSTOL cargo aircraft.

Airflow selects VerdeGo powertrain for hybrid eSTOL

Integrating VerdeGo's hybrid-electric powertrain to Airflow's eSTOL platform will enhance the aircraft's mission capabilities by extending range to four to ten times that of a battery-electric system.

4 December

ReleaseVerdeGo Aero, Embry-Riddle team up to mitigate electric aircraft noise

19 November

ReleaseXTI Aircraft partners with VerdeGo Aero on the Hybrid-Electric VTOL TriFan 200 cargo/logistics aircraft

10 November

ReleaseVerdeGo Aero running world's most efficient aerospace diesel-electric (Jet A) hybrid propulsion system

21 January

ReleaseJaunt Air Mobility and VerdeGo Aero collaborate on hybrid electric aircraft

2019

22 July

ReleaseContinental Aerospace Technologies announces strategic partnership with VerdeGo Aero to develop hybrid-electric aerospace powertrains

2018

6 November

ReleaseVerdeGo Aero to provide hybrid-electric propulsion option for Transcend Air Vy 400 VTOL aircraft

2017

6 December

The Airframer Bulletin

ReleaseVerdeGo Aero ships first VH-4T hybrid powerplant to customer

ReleaseVerdeGo Aero’s Hybrid Systems Integration Lab (HSIL) upgraded to accelerate customer timelines and reduce development cost

VerdeGo advances hybrid-electric propulsion with VH-4T-RD production launch

ReleaseVerdeGo Aero awarded NASA Phase II program

ReleaseVerdeGo Aero awarded Phase III SBIR by USAF for maturation of the VH-4T hybrid-electric powerplant

ReleaseXTI Aerospace announces MOU with VerdeGo Aero for collaboration on hybrid-electric technologies

ReleaseVerdeGo Aero receives TACFI program award, driving forward the VH-3 piston hybrid-electric powerplant

ReleaseVerdeGo Aero closes A-1 investment round, accelerating commercialization of aerospace hybrid powerplants

ReleaseVerdeGo Aero and Röder Präzision GmbH announce SR-305-VDG aircraft engine optimised for hybrid-electric applications

Horizon praises DoD as it completes HSVTOL first phase