Electra Gets Almost $2M From the US Army for Wind Tunnel Tests
19 Apr 2024, 10:24 UTC · By: Otilia Drăgan / The Northern Virginia startup claiming to have developed a revolutionary eSTOL was awarded $1.9 million by the US Army for wind tunnel testing
The American Hybrid-Electric Electra Aircraft Soon to Start Flying in Australia
15 Apr 2024, 07:30 UTC · By: Otilia Drăgan / Wilbur Air is a new aviation operator in Australia that will become the first one there to start operating the US-made Electrc eSTOL
An Innovative Green Air Mobility Operator Is Betting on the Electra eSTOL
16 Feb 2024, 07:39 UTC · By: Otilia Drăgan / Air Surf Mobility takes a unique approach to clean regional flights with the Electra eSTOL and its own electric propulsion solution
Electra Sold More Than 2,000 Hybrid-Electric Aircraft for a Total of $8 Billion
26 Jan 2024, 06:11 UTC · By: Otilia Drăgan / This Northern Virginia aerospace company has surpassed 2,000-unit pre-order sales for its unique nine-passenger aircraft
Electra’s Goldfinch eSTOL Nails First Hybrid-Electric Flight
21 Nov 2023, 09:28 UTC · By: Otilia Drăgan / The North Virginia-based startup completed what it claims to be the first hybrid-electric flight of a STOL in the world, paving the way for a nine-seater
USAF Bets $85 Million on the Electra eSTOL Prototype
27 Jan 2023, 03:06 UTC · By: Otilia Drăgan / This innovative type of hybid-electric aircraft could become the U.S. Air Force's next cargo air platform for strategic logistics
Lockheed Martin Backs Electra’s Hybrid-Electric eSTOL, Flight Tests to Begin This Year
21 Jan 2022, 08:34 UTC · By: Otilia Drăgan / After the U.S. Air Force and NASA, Lockheed Martin also backs Electra's innovative hybrid-electric aircraft, set to kick off flight demonstrations soon
Electra's Hybrid-Electric eSTOL Plane Seeks to Take Europe by Storm
15 Dec 2021, 23:09 UTC · By: Florina Spînu / U.S.-based company Electra joined forces with German regional air-mobility startup flyv to revolutionize air transportantion in Europe
Airflow Plans to Equip Its eSTOL Aircraft With Honeywell's RDR-84K Multi-Role Radar
27 Oct 2021, 09:34 UTC · By: Cristina Mircea / Airflow and Honeywell teamed up to develop Airflow’s eSTOL aircraft. The flying device will be equipped with Honeywell's RDR-84K multi-role radar
Electra Scores $500 Million Sales for Its Hybrid-Electric Air Taxi, Around the World
5 Oct 2021, 08:12 UTC · By: Otilia Drăgan / Electra.aero has developed a NASA-backed hybrid-electric eSTOL with impressive capabilities, and has now taken an important step towards air taxi operation
Pioneering Ultra-Short Takeoff Aircraft With Blown Lift Gets Backed by NASA
28 Jul 2021, 09:55 UTC · By: Otilia Drăgan / Electra is a company that is developing a groundbreaking electric ultra-short takeoff aircraft that has already been selected by the U.S. Air Force.
USAF’s First Electric Ultra-Short Takeoff Plane Blows eVTOLs Out of the Water
23 Jun 2021, 12:01 UTC · By: Otilia Drăgan / Forget about eVTOLs, the U.S. Air Force's future eSTOL boasts incredible power, range and payload capability, at only half the operating cost.