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The company is also developing a 640-kW charger for electric vertical-takeoff-and-landing aircraft.

he recent decision by U.S. startup Electra.aero to bring on former Boeing executive Marc Allen as new CEO reflects a shift in focus.

The flights were meant to show the aircraft could be used for logistics missions in austere environments.

Our roundup of the main aerospace and defense stories making the news this week.

Boeing’s former head of strategy, Marc Allen, is joining electric aircraft startup Electra.aero as CEO.

The EL-2 Goldfinch is a two-seat technology demonstrator that combines hybrid-electric propulsion with a blown-lift architecture.

After the initial funding wave, investors grow leery of unfulfilled promises by startups.

The company’s turboelectric airliner concept would reduce fuel usage, operating costs and contrails.

The startup’s EL-2 Goldfinch test pilot outlines his flight experience with the demonstrator.

Developers of turbo- and diesel-electric generators offer flexibility.

U.S. startup Electra.aero has received a $1.9 million U.S. Army contract that funds powered wind tunnel testing of its planned hybrid-electric STOL aircraft.

U.S. startup Surf Air Mobility has committed to take up to 90 hybrid electric short-takeoff-and-landing aircraft from Electra.

Detroit-based ASX has signed another transaction prototype agreement with the U.S. Air Force’s Agility Prime program.

Former Uber Elevate leaders build an ecosystem for electric regional aviation.

U.S. regional air carrier JSX has revealed plans for a massive expansion of its public charter jet service.

Our roundup of the main aerospace and defense stories making the news this week.

Elroy Air’s Chaparral, Electra’s Goldfinch and Daher’s EcoPulse take the next step in electric aircraft propulsion.

Electra.aero begins flight-testing its blown-lift distributed electric propulsion ultra-short-takeoff-and-landing technology.

Hybrid eSTOL flies; sea-based high-speed VTOL; China’s electric regional; Piasecki’s tilt-duct ARES revived.

Startup Electra.aero says aluminum is easier to certify with the FAA, as well as more straightforward to manufacture and repair.

Readers write about the Electra.aero Goldfinch, F-35 engine upgrade, Material Review Board related to the Boeing 787 program and new-start U.S. airlines.

U.S. startup Electra.aero has secured an investment from Statkraft Ventures, a fund that specializes in energy transition and clean technology.

How Bulgarian charter and ACMI carrier Electra Airways has changed its maintenance strategy over the past few years

The EL-2 Goldfinch’s multiple electric propellers blow the wing to enable ultra-short takeoffs and landings.

Safran Helicopters will develop a 600-kW turbogenerator for Electra.aero’s prototype nine-passenger hybrid-electric short-takeoff-and-landing aircraft.