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Daher and Ascendance Flight Technologies are teaming up to accelerate the electrification of future aircraft and reduce their CO2 emissions.
The partnership will allow researching of new ways of hybridising the propulsion systems of Daher aircraft based on technologies developed by Ascendance Flight Technologies, a Toulouse-based startup and winner of a French Tech 2030 award.
These decarbonisation ambitions are set out in the Take Off 2027 strategic plan announced by Daher earlier this year, and are supported by a high level of R&D project investment, made possible by the fact that this innovation budget has quadrupled since 2017.
Pioneer
Ascendance Flight Technologies is a French startup and pioneer in the low-carbon aviation market. Founded in 2018, the company develops solutions, technologies and hardware to hybridise propulsion systems, and leverages the potential of hybridisation to accelerate the transition to a new model of air mobility.
“We’re delighted to be partnering with Ascendance Flight Technologies. As a major player in general aviation, Daher Group is totally committed to achieving the goals around decarbonising aviation by 2050, and taking significant steps forward towards that goal during this decade. This new collaboration illustrates the 360-degree innovation strategy we’re now implementing to make that happen,” explains Daher Group CEO Didier Kayat.
“Daher is a high-profile aircraft manufacturer, with a very high level of technical expertise and aircraft that are respected and renowned in their market segments. So we’re delighted to have this opportunity of contributing our expertise and technologies to this family-owned French group, with which we share the goal of accelerating the decarbonisation of aviation,” adds Jean-Christophe Lambert, Co-founder & CEO of Ascendance Flight Technologies.
