{"id":25254,"date":"2023-04-03T14:33:38","date_gmt":"2023-04-03T14:33:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/saj.pachecostudios.com?p=25254"},"modified":"2023-04-03T14:33:39","modified_gmt":"2023-04-03T14:33:39","slug":"bae-systems-and-heart-aerospace-to-collaborate-on-battery-for-electric-airplane","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/international-news\/bae-systems-and-heart-aerospace-to-collaborate-on-battery-for-electric-airplane\/%20","title":{"rendered":"BAE Systems and Heart Aerospace to Collaborate on Battery for Electric Airplane"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>BAE Systems and Heart Aerospace announced a collaboration to\ndefine the battery system for Heart\u2019s ES-30 regional electric airplane.&nbsp; <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignleft is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/Heart-Battery-System-edit.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-25255\" width=\"308\" height=\"173\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Heart-Battery-System-edit.png 800w, https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Heart-Battery-System-edit-300x169.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 308px) 100vw, 308px\" \/><figcaption><em>  Lightweight and groundbreaking battery for commercial electric airplane will enable efficient regional air travel. <\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>The battery will be the first-of-its-kind to be integrated\ninto an electric conventional takeoff and landing (eCTOL) regional aircraft,\nallowing it to efficiently operate with zero emissions and low noise.&nbsp; <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cOur industry-leading solution builds on decades of\nexpertise delivering technologies and systems needed to progress sustainable\ntransportation,\u201d said Ehtisham Siddiqui, vice president and general manager of\nControls and Avionics Solutions at BAE Systems. \u201cWe are delighted to\ncollaborate with Heart Aerospace on the innovative battery system for its\nelectric airplane.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The program will leverage more than 25 years of BAE Systems\u2019\nexpertise in electrifying large, heavy-duty industrial vehicles. Today, the\ncompany has over 15,000 power and propulsion systems operating in service\nacross the globe. Work on the program will be conducted at the company\u2019s\nstate-of-the-art facility in Endicott, New York.&nbsp; <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cBAE Systems\u2019 extensive experience in developing batteries\nfor heavy-duty ground applications, and their experience in developing safety\ncritical control systems for aerospace, make them an ideal partner in this\nimportant next step for the ES-30 and for the aviation industry,\u201d said Sofia\nGraflund, chief operating officer at Heart Aerospace. \u201cWe look forward to\ndecarbonizing air travel together.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The ES-30 airplane will be powered by four electric motors,\nand has an all-electric range of 200 kilometers, an extended reserve hybrid\nrange of 400 kilometers with 30 passengers and ability to fly up to 800\nkilometers with 25 passengers.&nbsp; <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The ES-30 will also have a cost-effective and scalable\nupgrade path as future battery technology matures. The battery upgrade roadmap\nallows for increased usable energy at the same weight, resulting in longer\nflight durations and expanded route options.&nbsp;\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Heart Aerospace has a total of 230 orders and 100 options\nfor the ES-30, along with letter of intent for an additional 108 airplanes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BAE Systems and Heart Aerospace announced a collaboration to define the battery system for Heart\u2019s ES-30 regional electric airplane.&nbsp; The battery will be the first-of-its-kind to be integrated into an electric conventional takeoff and landing (eCTOL) regional aircraft, allowing it to efficiently operate with zero emissions and low noise.&nbsp; \u201cOur industry-leading solution builds on decades [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[114],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-25254","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-international-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25254","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25254"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25254\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25256,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25254\/revisions\/25256"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25254"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25254"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25254"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}