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Swansea University Extends Its Collaboration For Bio Electric Hybrid Aircraft
Faradair aims to have a prototype of the BEHA aircraft built by 2024.
Faradair Bio Electric Hybrid Aircraft
Faradair' Bio Electric Hybrid Aircraft will be able to run on sustainable aviation fuel and later may be available with all-electric propulsion. (Image: Faradair)

UK-based Faradair Aerospace has expanded its partnership with Swansea University as it steps up work on its Bio Electric Hybrid Aircraft (BEHA). The university’s Bay Campus is to become a training ground for engineers and interns to support the development of technologies for the hybrid-electric short takeoff and landing aircraft.

The aerospace engineering department of Swansea University in Wales has been involved in the BEHA program for the past four years. “We plan to have 30 engineers based at the Bay Campus working on BEHA developments by the end of 2021 and there will be opportunities for undergraduate and postgraduate students also,” explained Faradair founder and CEO Neil Cloughley.