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2025
23 October

ReleaseOver $62M total value of projects for the aerospace industry

7 October

ReleaseFlying Whales chooses box for Intelligent Content Management

26 June

ReleaseEmitech Group selected exclusively by Flying Whales to negotiate contract for PowerWhale test bench

20 June

ReleaseFlying Whales selects Hexcel for the supply of composites materials for its LCA60T airship

8 May The production facility will support 300 direct jobs and hundreds more in related fields.

Flying Whales confirms Sherbrooke for airship assembly base

An agreement will allow Flying Whales to begin studies and preparations for the construction of its LCA60T production facility in Quebec.

6 February The 200-metre LCA60T airship is designed to carry up to 60 tonnes.

Evolito set to supply electric motors for Flying Whales airship

The LCA60T airship will use 32 D250 motors for efficient, sustainable heavy-lift cargo transport with reduced emissions.

2024
8 May Flying Whales' LCA60T is a 200m-long VTOL airship that uses helium technology to lift up to sixty tons of cargo.

Exel Composites to provide structure for world's largest airship

The frame of this airship, one of the largest ever developed, must distribute the structure’s entire load. Flying Whales is to develop thin wall carbon fibre tubes that meet all technical requirements and specs.

2023
29 November

ReleaseFlying Whales elevates LCA60T airship with pioneering helium valves from CIRCOR Industria

21 April

ReleaseThe Québec government announces over $47 million to support 4 mobilizing aerospace projects

13 April Flying Whales intends to fly the first LCA60T in 2025 and plans to manufacture 150 aircraft in the next 10 years.

Flying Whales brings Honeywell generator onboard

Aboard the LCA60T, the generator will create a hybrid propulsion system by being integrated with a gearbox and a turbine that uses jet fuel and sustainable aviation fuel (SAF).

2022
8 September

Airship maker opts for PT6C-based generators

In order to provide the 4 MW of electrical power required for operations, the airship will incorporate a total of four 1 MW turbogenerators in the nacelles located in the side fins of the aircraft.

31 March

ReleaseSABCA boards the world's largest airship with innovative technology

2021
7 October The FlytX "cockpit of the future" solution has been well received by helicopter pilots and is suited to the specific needs of future LCA60T aircrews.

Thales to steer Flying Whales with avionics suite

The LCA60T airship will have its avionics suite and flight control computer supplied by Thales. It is designed to carry up to 60 tonnes of cargo and to load and offload in stationary flight to serve hard to reach locations.

2019
20 June

ReleaseGroupe ADP and Flying Whales French company signs agreement as part of an airship bases spread project