Headquartered at the Imperial War Museum Duxford’s historic Cambridgeshire airfield, Faradair is developing the 18-passenger/5-tonne payload Bio Electric Hybrid Aircraft (BEHA). Optimized for hybrid power, it will employ a 1MW Honeywell turbogenerator, delivering electricity to a magniX electric propulsion unit.
Partnered with Cambridge Consultants, Gonville & Caius College, Honeywell, IWM Duxford, magniX, Nova Systems, prodrive, Swansea University and vwv, Faradair aims to manufacture and operate 300 aircraft by 2030, in a variety of roles including regional air transport, utility and firefighting. A prototype is expected to fly in 2024.
