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VerdeGo Expects First Flight Of Hybrid Powerplants in Early 2025

VerdeGo Expects First Flight Of Hybrid Powerplants in Early 2025

Hybrid powerplants under development and testing by U.S. startup VerdeGo Aero are on track to make first flight early next year, founder and CEO Eric Bartsch says.

USAF Funds VerdeGo’s Hybrid Powerplant Development

USAF Funds VerdeGo’s Hybrid Powerplant Development

The U.S. Air Force has awarded VerdeGo Aero a $1.9 million contract to build and test the first production-ready prototype of its VH-3 hybrid-electric powerplant, giving the Florida-based company the boost it needs to begin delivering the generators to its customers.

Photos: The Sights of Air & Space Forces Association 2024 Day 2

Photos: The Sights of Air & Space Forces Association 2024 Day 2

Check out a selection of photos from the Air, Space, & Cyber Conference show floor.

U.S. Air Force researchers see hybrid-electric flight as most promising

U.S. Air Force researchers see hybrid-electric flight as most promising

"Agility Prime, the U.S. Air Force’s small electric aircraft program, has adjusted its research focus toward hybrid-electric aircraft and autonomous flight in the belief that vehicles with these attributes will be most likely to make it across the figurative valley of death between research flights and acquisition of operational aircraft."

Series A Round Boosts VerdeGo’s Turbine Hybrid Powerplant

Series A Round Boosts VerdeGo’s Turbine Hybrid Powerplant

Hybrid-electric propulsion startup VerdeGo Aero has closed a Series A1 funding round, exceeding the target of $4 million required to accelerate development of its VH-3 piston-based and VH-4T turbine-based hybrid powerplants.

NASA Pilot Program Continues to Award Small Business Innovators

NASA Pilot Program Continues to Award Small Business Innovators

Nine small businesses received 2023 NASA Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Ignite Phase II awards to further develop technologies that may be used in the agency’s missions and in the commercial space industry.

VerdeGo Aero Unveils 400-kilowatt Hybrid-electric Propulsion System

VerdeGo Aero Unveils 400-kilowatt Hybrid-electric Propulsion System

The VH-4T will feature a Pratt & Whitney PW200 series turbine engine.

VerdeGo Aero Awarded NASA Contract to advance hybrid-electric powerplant

VerdeGo Aero Awarded NASA Contract to advance hybrid-electric powerplant

VerdeGo Aero has been awarded a Phase I Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) contract under NASA’s SBIR Ignite program, where it will demonstrate how its VH‑3–185 hybrid-electric powerplant is applicable in electric aircraft.

Aviation Week – The Week In Technology, April 22-26, 2024

Aviation Week – The Week In Technology, April 22-26, 2024

Startup VerdeGo Aero has been awarded a U.S. Air Force contract to advance development of a turbine-based hybrid-electric powerplant. Testing of the first prototype is planned to begin in May.

America’s Top GreenTech Companies 2024

America’s Top GreenTech Companies 2024

VerdeGo Aero, headquartered in Daytona Beach, has secured its place among the select few aerospace companies recognized in TIME Magazine’s America’s Top GreenTech Companies of 2024!

The Debrief: Is Hybrid Propulsion More Than A Stepping Stone?

The Debrief: Is Hybrid Propulsion More Than A Stepping Stone?

“Hybrid-electric power has clear advantages, and it can be scaled quickly by leveraging the current jet fuel infrastructure and the [sustainable aviation fuel] infrastructure, which is growing far more rapidly than batteries are advancing,” Bartsch says.

VFS Interview about VerdeGo Aero and the VH-3

VFS Interview about VerdeGo Aero and the VH-3

EAA AirVenture 2023

10 Misconceptions About Electric Flight

10 Misconceptions About Electric Flight

EAA AirVenture 2023

PICKING THE RIGHT TOOLS FOR THE JOB

PICKING THE RIGHT TOOLS FOR THE JOB

Batteries, electric motors and electrification are all tools and when used for what they’re good at, the results can be transformational.

VerdeGo Aero and Röder Präzision GmbH Unveil Optimized Hybrid-Electric Aircraft Engine

VerdeGo Aero and Röder Präzision GmbH Unveil Optimized Hybrid-Electric Aircraft Engine

VerdeGo Aero and Röder Präzision GmbH announced on June 14th that they have jointly introduced the SR-305-VDG aircraft engine, an engine optimized for hybrid-electric applications.

VERDEGO AND RÖDER PRÄZISION ANNOUNCE HYBRID-ELECTRIC ENGINE

VERDEGO AND RÖDER PRÄZISION ANNOUNCE HYBRID-ELECTRIC ENGINE

VerdeGo Aero and Röder Präzision have announced a new hybrid-electric engine, SR-305-VDG as part of its VH-3 powerplant development.

Beyond Batteries

Beyond Batteries

Like jet engines did in the 1940s, electric motors are enabling a new generation of aircraft design.

VerdeGo Aero Announces $12M Series A Funding Round

VerdeGo Aero Announces $12M Series A Funding Round

Both strategic and financial investors are supporting VerdeGo’s growth, including RTX Ventures (Raytheon), DiamondStream Partners, Seyer Industries and Avfuel Technology Initiatives Corporation.

Jaunt MAV55 moves forward in AFWERX HSVTOL Concept Challenge

Jaunt MAV55 moves forward in AFWERX HSVTOL Concept Challenge

Jaunt Air Mobility was selected from 218 competitors to compete in the AFWERX High Speed Vertical Take-off and Landing (HSVTOL) Concept Challenge, narrowed to 35 challengers.

Hard-Core Hybrids

Hard-Core Hybrids

Fuel-burning engine-generator sets offer choices of efficient power schemes and extended endurance for eVTOL vehicles.

XTI Partners with VerdeGo Aero for Its Hybrid-Electric Cargo VTOL

XTI Partners with VerdeGo Aero for Its Hybrid-Electric Cargo VTOL

XTI Aircraft, famous for developing the XTI TriFan 600 VTOL passenger aircraft, is now creating a smaller, logistics & cargo version of its aircraft using VerdeGo Aero’s propulsion solutions.

Deurbanization Rising: Covid-19, Remote Work And Electric Aviation Will Reshape Living Patterns

Deurbanization Rising: Covid-19, Remote Work And Electric Aviation Will Reshape Living Patterns

Between 2006 and 2019, remote work expanded 170% to the point where about 8% of people with jobs worked remotely.

Opinion: Economic Downturn Opens Doors For Entrepreneurs

Opinion: Economic Downturn Opens Doors For Entrepreneurs

A silver lining glints on the horizon for the aviation industry.

Hybrid Propulsion: Halfway to Paradise?

Hybrid Propulsion: Halfway to Paradise?

Can hybrid-electric propulsion improve the efficiency, economics and noise of rotorcraft until better batteries come along?

VerdeGo Aero wants to provide new power to aircraft makers

VerdeGo Aero wants to provide new power to aircraft makers

A small, profitable company with a large ambition: To provide the powertrains that will make the electrification of flight not only possible but also economically feasible.

For VerdeGo, going green means going hybrid

For VerdeGo, going green means going hybrid

Florida urban air mobility startup has pivoted away from designing an aircraft to working with airframers as a powertrain partner.

Lindbergh Innovation Forum

Lindbergh Innovation Forum

Fireside Talks, April 22, 2020

Continental Aerospace Technologies Teams with VerdeGo on Hybrid Electric Propulsion

Continental Aerospace Technologies Teams with VerdeGo on Hybrid Electric Propulsion

Jet-A-burning diesel engines to be paired with electric motors and batteries to power future urban air mobility aircraft.

VerdeGo™ Aero and SeaMax™ to Join Embry-Riddle’s Applied Aviation and Engineering Research Hangar

VerdeGo™ Aero and SeaMax™ to Join Embry-Riddle’s Applied Aviation and Engineering Research Hangar

Innovative Firms to Bring More Jobs to Volusia County.

The Next Major Aerospace Market

The Next Major Aerospace Market

The biggest new aerospace market segment since 1950s jet air travel is on the verge of taking off.

VerdeGo Aero Partners with Seyer Industries for Propulsion System Manufacturing

VerdeGo Aero Partners with Seyer Industries for Propulsion System Manufacturing

VerdeGo Aero recently made a pivot from building its own flying car to providing fully fleshed out IDEP (integrated distributed electric propulsion) systems for eVTOL air taxis and similar aircraft.

VerdeGo Aero’s IDEP – Innovative Propulsion System for Innovative Mobility Solutions

VerdeGo Aero’s IDEP – Innovative Propulsion System for Innovative Mobility Solutions

By launching its IDEP systems, VerdeGo Aero is leveraging its expertise with hybrid powertrains; electric aerospace propulsion; attitude control of Vertical Take-off and Landing (VTOL) aircraft.

Press Releases

VerdeGo Aero Receives TACFI Program Award to Advance VH-3 Piston Hybrid-Electric Powerplant

September 19, 2024

VerdeGo Aero Closes A-1 Investment Round to Accelerate Commercialization of Aerospace Hybrid Powerplants

September 5, 2024

VerdeGo Aero Announces VH-4T 400kW Turbine Hybrid-Electric Powerplant

July 15, 2024

VerdeGo Aero Awarded NASA Contract to Advance Hybrid-Electric Powerplant

June 25, 2024

VerdeGo Aero Secures Air Force Contract to Advance Turbine Hybrid-Electric Powerplant

April 12, 2024

VerdeGo Aero Chosen as Top Innovator by World Economic Forum

January 11, 2024

VerdeGo Aero VH-3 Hybrid Electric Aircraft Powerplant on Display at USAF AFWERX Booth at AirVenture 2023

July 19, 2023

VerdeGo Aero and Röder Präzision GmbH Announce SR-305-VDG Aircraft Engine Optimized for Hybrid-Electric Applications

July 14, 2023

USAF SBIR Accelerates Maturation of VerdeGo Aero Hybrid-Electric Powerplants for Both Military and Commercial High-Performance Electric Aircraft

September 29, 2022

VerdeGo Aero announces Series A Financing Round led by RTX Ventures (Raytheon Technologies)

July 27, 2022

VerdeGo Aero selected to develop high-performance Turbine Hybrid-Electric powerplant for US DOD High Speed VTOL Concept Challenge

February 8, 2022

Efficiency of VerdeGo Aero Hybrid-Electric Powerplant Validated with Full-Scale Test Program

October 7, 2021

Introducing The Vh-3-185 Hybrid Generator Powering The Electric Flight Revolution

March 17, 2021

Jaunt Air Mobility and VerdeGo Aero™ Collaborate on Hybrid Electric Aircraft

December 16, 2020

Airflow partners with VerdeGo Aero™ Explores Hybrid-Electric Powertrain

December 1, 2020

XTI Aircraft partners with VerdeGo Aero™ on the Hybrid Electric VTOL Tri Fan 200 Cargo/Logistics Aircraft

November 19, 2020

VerdeGo Aero™ running world’s most efficient aerospace diesel-electric (Jet A) hybrid propulsion system.

November 10, 2020

Continental Aerospace Technologies Teams with VerdeGo Aero™ on Hybrid Electric Propulsion.

July 22, 2019

VerdeGo Aero™ and Seyer Industries form strategic partnership for manufacturing hybrid electric propulsion systems

December 4, 2018

VerdeGo Aero™ to provide hybrid-electric propulsion for the transcent air VY 400 VTOL.

November 2, 2018

VerdeGo Aero™ launches Integrated Distributed Electric Propulsion (IDEP™) powertrain and eVTOL control systems.

August 1, 2018

Lindbergh builds dream team at VerdeGo Aero™.

December 6, 2017

Technical Papers

Performance Study of a VH-3 Hybrid-Electric eCRM-002 Aircraft Comparing Reserve Energy and Range to Fully Electric and Conventional Propulsion Alternatives

This paper looks at 4 different eVTOL aircraft designs based on the Uber eCRM-002 aircraft. 2 with conventional propulsion systems and mechanical power transmission, 1 fully electric with batteries only, and 1 VH-3 hybrid configuration. Powering distributed propellers on the airframe with mechanical means was quickly found to be too heavy and not efficient. The hybrid configuration was superior to the fully electric as it could fly for 286 miles vs 74 miles of the fully electric. Taking reserve requirements into account, the hybrid configuration was able to meet all the different FAA requirements for both aircraft and rotorcraft configurations while the fully electric was only able to meet the VFR rotorcraft reserve requirement leaving only 25 miles of useful mission range compared to the 229 miles of the hybrid configuration for the same reserve requirement. The fully electric did not meet any of the other reserve requirements as shown below.