Manassas-based aviation startup Electra.aero has surpassed 2,000 orders for the electric short takeoff and landing (eSTOL) aircraft it’s developing, totaling an $8 billion backlog, the company ...

Lockheed Martin-backed Electra.aero on Tuesday announced that it topped 2,000 preorder sales for its flagship eSTOL design, an order book the manufacturer values at over $8 billion once fully ...

[Courtesy: Electra.aero] The U.S. Army will soon begin experimenting with an electric aircraft that needs only a soccer field-sized space to take off and land. The Army on Thursday awarded a $1.9 ...

MANASSAS, Va. , June 12, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Electra.aero, Inc. (Electra) today unveiled the test vehicle for its hybrid-electric ultra-short takeoff and landing (eSTOL) aircraft, the first of ...

LAS VEGAS—U.S. startup Electra.aero confirms it is developing a near-conformal demonstrator version of its planned Ultra Short nine-passenger hybrid electric short-takeoff-and-landing (eSTOL ...

ground roll. Credit: Electra.aero U.S. startup Electra.aero has completed its first pair of piloted test flights with its full-scale hybrid-electric short-takeoff-and-landing (eSTOL) technology ...

Electra.aero was founded in 2020 by John Langford, who continues to chair the company’s board of directors. Lockheed Martin Ventures, Honeywell, Safran, the Virginia Innovation Partnership ...

Electra.aero, a Manassas-based aviation startup, announced Tuesday that Max Ochoa has joined the company as chief financial officer. In this role, Ochoa will lead the company’s finance and legal ...

Aerospace company Electra.aero (Electra) has received 2,200 pre-orders for its EL9 Ultra Short hybrid-electric aircraft, totalling nearly $9bn. Electra's new clients for EL9 include Akansel and ...

PARIS, Aug 29 (Reuters) - Lockheed-backed Electra.aero has appointed former Boeing executive Marc Allen as chief executive as it seeks to deliver on plans to develop hybrid-electric planes capable ...

US start-up Electra Aero has secured $30 million in funding through a US Air Force (USAF) programme to further develop an all-electric short take-off and landing (eSTOL) aircraft. The Virginia ...