Urban Aeronautics Selects HyPoint to Provide Hydrogen Fuel Cells For CityHawk VTOL

The hydrogen-powered version of the aircraft is expected to start flight testing between 2028 and 2030.

By Charles Alcock • Managing Editor

June 16, 2020

Urban Aeronautics has reached an agreement with HyPoint to provide hydrogen-fuel-cell technology for its planned CityHawk VTOL aircraft. The Israeli company believes that by late 2022 or early in 2023 it may be ready to fly a full-scale prototype with turbine-propulsion, with a view to a hydrogen-powered version of the six-seat design being ready to enter service between 2028 and 2030.

California-based HyPoint is already partnered with ZeroAvia, which last year started flight testing a hydrogen fuel powertrain system on a Piper M350 piston single and is aiming to initiate re-engining programs for a variety of fixed-wing aircraft seating between 10 and 20 passengers. The company also is partnered with Russia-based eVTOL developer Bartini.

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