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Twin Plan to Success

Ascendance Flight Technologies is developing a

hybrid-electric aircraft as well as a modular, scalable

hybrid-electric propulsion system

By ARUN SIVASANKARAN

ven as many compa- Atea is designed with eight in-wing for trips up to 400 km (250 miles)
nies in the advanced air lift propellers, plus a cruise propellor and can travel longer distances
mobility (AAM) industry on the nose and tail. with a lesser number of people on
E focus on urban air mobil- board. board is less. The aircraft is
ity (UAM) operations with electric The total orders for Atea, as of June designed for access to remote and
vertical take-off and landing vehi- last year, have crossed 500. There isolated places and to directly link
cles (eVTOLs), Ascendance is considerable interest in Sterna major cities between one another
Flight Technologies, a company as well. At the Paris Air Show, on a regional scale. The aircraft
in Toulouse, France, is betting on Ascendance and Daher announced can also be used for Medical
regional air mobility (RAM). a strategic partnership to study Emergency Services missions, in
ways of hybridizing the propulsion place of a helicopter. In its cargo
As part of its goal to help decar- systems of Daher aircraft based version, Atea will be capable of
bonize aviation, Ascendance, on technologies developed by carrying parcels up to 450kg.
is currently developing Atea, a Ascendance. According to the company, the
hybrid-electric aircraft, and Sterna, aircraft can also be used for coastal
a modular, scalable hybrid-electric For Longer Distances surveillance.
propulsion system that will be used
on Atea and marketed for use on Atea will carry up to 4 passengers “Our plan is to have Atea certified
other aircraft. Powered by Sterna, and will have a pilot. It is designed in 2026-27,” says Jean-Christophe

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