Right now, the entire electric VTOL scene is a house built on a foundation of faith. Faith that the hordes of researchers beavering away on next-gen battery technology will achieve an enormous energy ...

France's Ascendance has released an updated design and range figure for its long-range, fan-in-wing, eVTOL air taxi. The Atea will use batteries and kerosene for energy storage, but its modular hybrid ...

Europe wants to have fully operational regional aircraft with hybrid-electric propulsion by 2035. A significant grant was recently awarded via the Clean Aviation program to a consortium led by ...

French startup Ascendance Flight Technologies announced in late March that it has raised €21 million (about $22.8M USD) in funding. Ascendance has developed a full-scale prototype of its vertical take ...

Ground testing of the Atea wing at top has demonstrated its contribution to vertical lift. Credit: Ascendance Flight Technologies Ascendance Flight Technologies differs in three ways from Volocopter ...

French hybrid-electric start-up Ascendance has inked agreements with a pair of Malaysian businesses that could lead to its Atea vertical take-off and landing aircraft being built and operated in one ...

The Ascendance Flight Technologies Atea air mobility aircraft gained more commitments during Paris. Credit: Ascendance Flight Technologies French advanced air mobility startup Ascendance Flight ...

French company Ascendance Flight Technologies has become the latest to unveil a proposed hybrid-electric aircraft design, a five-seat model intended to operate over a 400km range. Designated the ATEA, ...

Italy’s Manta Aircraft relocating to Abu Dhabi and establishing a manufacturing facility for its three aircraft models Ascendance and Abu Dhabi Investment Office to collaborate towards the ...