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Ascendance Flight Technologies ATEA
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2026
15 June

ReleaseAscendance accelerates in defence and structures a new sovereign hybrid propulsion capability for the armed forces

8 April

ReleaseAscendance scales production with €12.2M investment, advancing hybrid-electric aviation as credible decarbonization path

23 February

ReleaseAscendance reaches a structural milestone in the development of its hybrid-electric aircraft ATEA

2025
16 September

ReleaseAscendance expands its international footprint in Asia

11 July

ReleaseAscendance reaches a new milestone toward concrete hybrid-electric aviation with Green Aerolease and Leman Aviation strategic agreements to accelerate the adoption of hybrid-electric aviation

13 June

ReleaseAscendance unveils STERNA Hybrid Pack and partners with EXOES to accelerate the industrialization of hybrid-electric aviation

26 March

ReleaseGAMA welcomes four new members

13 March ATEA’s hybrid-electric design combines eight vertical and two horizontal electric motors for low-carbon regional transport.

Ascendance selects electric motors for ATEA prototype

ATEA’s hybrid-electric propulsion system will integrate Safran’s EASA-certified ENGINeUS motors, with ground testing already underway in southern France.

16 January

ReleaseCapgemini and Ascendance extend their partnership to accelerate industrialization of decarbonized air transport

2023
22 June

ReleaseSolvay, Ascendance Flight Technologies and Airborne join forces to enable the development of advanced solutions for sustainable aviation

30 March The ATEA.

Ascendance gains funding to fly full-scale prototype

ATEA, the hybrid-electric VTOL aircraft, is a quiet, low-carbon alternative to helicopters that provides an ideal response to the need for decentralised and regional point-to-point aviation.

2021
2 December ATEA is a five-seat vertical take-off and landing aircraft with modular hybrid engines.

Ascendance reveals design for tandem-wing VTOL

Eight rotors are set into a tandem wing configuration. Patented by Ascendance, this shrouded rotor technology allows increased power during the take-off and landing phases in addition to significant noise reduction.

16 September

ReleaseAscendance Flight Technologies raise €10 million funding round to accelerate the development of its hydrid-electric technologies for sustainable aviation

14 June

ReleaseAscendance Flight technologies reaches a new milestone