By Anshuman Tripathy <\/p>\n
July 9 (Reuters) – Horizon Aircraft said on Thursday it had selected electric aircraft maker BETA Technologies to supply flight-control \u200ccomputers for its Cavorite X7 aircraft, as it looks to \u200cadvance certification efforts. <\/p>\n
The Canadian hybrid-electric aircraft maker said it will integrate BETA’s fly-by-wire flight control \u200bhardware and customized software into its Cavorite X7, which can carry one pilot and up to six passengers with as much as 1,500 pounds of payload. <\/p>\n
The deal comes as electric and hybrid-electric aircraft firms line up \u200csuppliers and gear up for \u2060regulatory approvals ahead of commercial deployment, in a bid to meet growing demand for a faster and lower-emission \u2060alternative to urban transport. <\/p>\n
Flight-control computers help manage aircraft stability and handling and are among the key systems examined by regulators during certification. <\/p>\n
Horizon’s piloted demonstrator aircraft \u200bis \u200bexpected to begin its testing program \u200bin 2027, chief technology officer \u200cTom Brassington told Reuters, calling the BETA deal critical to the aircraft’s flight-control integration. <\/p>\n
The company said it would use the same flight control computer hardware BETA uses in its own aircraft, a strategy both companies said could lower component costs and strengthen manufacturing efficiency. <\/p>\n
BETA \u2014 which also makes \u200csafety-critical components such as motors and batteries, \u200bin addition to flight control systems \u2014 was \u200bpicked earlier this year, alongside \u200brivals Archer and Joby, for a U.S. government pilot \u200cprogram aimed at accelerating the \u200bdeployment of flying air \u200btaxis. <\/p>\n
The agreement adds to a string of partnerships announced by Horizon, including deals with RAMPF to manufacture the main body of \u200bits aircraft, UK-based F1 \u200csupplier Motion Applied to design a custom motor drive inverter, \u200band Pratt & Whitney Canada for its engine. <\/p>\n
(Reporting by Anshuman Tripathy \u200bin Bengaluru; Editing by Vijay Kishore) <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"By Anshuman Tripathy July 9 (Reuters) – Horizon Aircraft said on Thursday it had selected electric aircraft maker…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":122868,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[41409,41411,41407,17,41412,41408,41410,24206],"class_list":["post-122867","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-canada","tag-aircraft-maker","tag-aircraft-stability","tag-beta-technologies","tag-canada","tag-commercial-deployment","tag-electric-aircraft","tag-flight-control","tag-horizon-aircraft"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/122867","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=122867"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/122867\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/122868"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=122867"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=122867"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=122867"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}