Heart Aerospace has revealed its first full-scale demonstrator aircraft for the ES-30, a regional hybrid-electric airplane.  

The demonstrator, named Heart Experimental 1 (Heart X1), is a 30-seat airplane with a 32-meter wingspan built at Heart’s facilities in Gothenburg. It will be used for ground-based testing initially, focusing on operations such as charging, taxiing, and turnaround procedures. The aircraft is expected to make its fully electric first flight in the second quarter of 2025. 

Heart Aerospace’s first full-scale demonstrator airplane named Heart Experimental 1 (Credit: Heart Aerospace)

“Our industry is approaching a 30-year innovation cycle, and we have less than 25 years to decarbonize aviation,” Heart Aerospace’s co-founder and CEO, Anders Forslund, said. “We need to develop new methods to get net zero aerospace technologies to market faster. It is a testament to the ingenuity and dedication of our team that we’re able to roll out a 30-seat aircraft demonstrator with a brand-new propulsion system, largely in-house, in less than two years.”  

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