Despite the recent establishment of a new division—eAviation—within parent company Textron to explore electric aviation opportunities, the group's Bell business continues to move cautiously on its two electric demonstration aircraft—the Nexus passenger eVTOL and the Autonomous Pod Transport (APT) unmanned cargo vehicle.
The design of the ducted fan tiltrotor Nexus is still evolving, according to Jason Hurst, Bell's v-p of innovation. “The focus is to come up with something that is safe for public usage, is affordable, quiet, and meets public acceptance in the regulatory environment,” he told a media briefing in late March. “It is a very dynamic and complex problem set.”
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