March 18, 2025

"The founders of VerdeGo Aero have long believed that hybrid-electric propulsion was going to be a key enabling technology for a new generation of electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL), electric conventional takeoff and landing (eCTOL) and electric short takeoff and landing (eSTOL) aircraft to be commercially successful. Fast forward to 2025, and VerdeGo’s portfolio of three hybrid-electric propulsion systems — the VH-3-185, VH-4T and VH-5, spanning the 185-kW to 1.5-MW output range — are generating plenty of commercial and military interest for different mission applications."

February 5, 2025

The aerospace industry is on the verge of its next great transformation. While hybrid-electric and battery-electric technology has reshaped ground transportation, aviation has been slower to adapt due to one key limitation: batteries are too heavy for flight, and are holding back the use of electric motors which enable revolutionary new aircraft designs that are more efficient, more maneuverable, and safer. That’s where VerdeGo Aero comes in.

November 27, 2024

RTX Ventures is accelerating the future of aerospace propulsion with investments in cutting-edge technologies. Companies like VerdeGo Aero, supported by RTX, are advancing hybrid-electric systems that enhance sustainability and efficiency in aviation.

October 24, 2024

GrowFL is proud to announce the 50 exceptional companies selected as 2024 GrowFL Florida Companies to Watch Honorees. The prestigious awards program, now in its fourteenth year, recognizes outstanding second-stage companies across the state for their contributions to Florida’s economic landscape.

October 24, 2024

Florida-based company ups the pace of development and testing with its hybrid-electric powerplants, as civilian and military interest in next generation of flight propulsion takes off.

September 24, 2024

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.

September 24, 2024

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.

September 17, 2024

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

September 12, 2024

"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."

September 6, 2024

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.

August 28, 2024

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.

July 15, 2024

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

June 26, 2024

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.

April 22, 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.

March 11, 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!

February 22, 2024

“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.

November 16, 2023

EAA AirVenture 2023

October 26, 2023

EAA AirVenture 2023

August 4, 2023

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

July 18, 2023

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.

July 17, 2023

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

November 1, 2022

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

July 27, 2022

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

August 25, 2021

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.

May 1, 2021

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

November 22, 2020

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.

November 9, 2020

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

October 15, 2020

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

August 30, 2020

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

August 26, 2020

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.

May 29, 2020

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

April 22, 2020

Fireside Talks, April 22, 2020

July 23, 2019

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

June 28, 2019

Innovative Firms to Bring More Jobs to Volusia County.

January 1, 2019

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

December 8, 2018

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.

August 24, 2018

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.