The verified answer
As of Oct 2026, DEPLOY verifies Heart Aerospace: 1 model. 2 sources back the record.
CategoryDrones
Overview
Swedish electric aircraft manufacturer founded in 2018 in Gothenburg, developing the ES-30 — a 30-seat battery-electric regional airplane. Heart Aerospace completed the first flight of its X1 demonstrator on August 12, 2026 at Plattsburgh International Airport, making it the world's largest battery-electric aircraft to fly.
The ES-30 offers zero CO2 emissions on all-electric routes with a fundamentally lower-cost operating model. Backed by top venture investors (Breakthrough Energy Ventures, Lowercarbon Capital, EQT Ventures, Y Combinator, Norrsken, European Innovation Council) and strategic investors (United airlines, Air Canada, Saab).
Verified record
- Verified deployments
- None on file
- Active incidents
- None on file
Key facts
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Emissions
Data & sources
Web sources
2
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Models (1)
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Every company Heart Aerospace has built with, alongside the ones only announced in a press release.
Heart Aerospace on the deployment map
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Relationships
Current leadership (1)
- Anders Forslund CEO, Co-founder and CEOsecondary-verified
Founders (1)
- Anders Forslundno longer at company
Safety record
No incidents on record for Heart Aerospace.
Only active incidents are counted. Retracted incidents are excluded from this summary but remain reachable at their canonical URLs.
Full safety record: incidents, sourcing, and exposure data →
Recent coverage
Heart Aerospace in third-party press
Peer companies
- Amazon25 models
- Anduril Industries7 models
- DJI7 models
- Skydio6 models
- SIYI Technology5 models
- Autel Robotics4 models
Financial state
- Reporting basis
- aggregator_estimate
- Lifecycle stage
- early
- Counterparty risk class
- unknown
Each numeric field carries its own basis marker. Aggregators report a number; this surface preserves the source class so verification depth travels with the value.
Partnerships
2 total · 2 operating
Every company Heart Aerospace has built with, alongside the ones only announced in a press release.
All 2 partnerships
open in the atlas →- heart-aerospace x awswithAWS976technology—operating
- heart-aerospace x nvidiawithNVIDIA1114technology—operating
Recent activity
Every change to this record is dated, sourced, and independently verified where marked.
- Record createdAug 17, 2026
Added to the verified registry
Sources (2)
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Methodology: Verified · 2 sources (no primary) · last reviewed 2026-08-21
Verification posture
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Review state
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Last reviewed 2026-08-21
Sources by quality tier
- 2
- unclassified
- Unclassified source
The framework is documented at /methodology. Corrections at /corrections. Reviewer: DEPLOY editorial team.
Methodology surface for Heart Aerospace.Peer companies
- Amazon25 models
- Anduril Industries7 models
- DJI7 models
- Skydio6 models
- SIYI Technology5 models
- Autel Robotics4 models
In the press
Recent coverage mentioning Heart Aerospace from third-party publications. Automatically surfaced; not part of the verified registry record.
Heart Aerospace Unveils 36-Seat ES-36 Hybrid-Electric Regional Aircraft
Heart Aerospace has unveiled the ES-36, a 36-seat hybrid-electric regional aircraft that will replace the company’s previously announced ES-30 design. The post Heart Aerospace…
Heart Aerospace unveils larger ES-36 to replace ES-30
Heart Aerospace has revealed a simplified, higher-capacity production aircraft that supersedes its ES-30 design, backed by a new order The post Heart Aerospace unveils larger…
Heart Aerospace Completes First Flight of All-Electric X1 Aircraft
Heart Aerospace has completed the first flight of its X1 electric aircraft demonstrator at Plattsburgh International Airport in New York. The flight took place on 12 August and…
Heart Aerospace Just Flew The Aviation Transition Investors Should Be Putting Billions Into
Heart Aerospace’s X1 demonstrator flew for 27 minutes on August 12 from Plattsburgh International Airport, powered entirely by batteries. The aircraft has a 106-foot wingspan,…
Heart Aerospace X1 Takes Flight in Major Step Toward Electric Regional Aviation
Aerotime reports, "Heart Aerospace has announced that it has completed the successful first flight of its X1 full scale hybrid-electric... The post Heart Aerospace X1 Takes Flight…
Heart Aerospace’s X1 demonstrator electric aircraft makes first flight
Heart Aerospace's X1 demonstrator flew as the largest battery-electric aircraft yet, paving the way for the company's ES-30 regional airliner Continue reading Heart Aerospace’s X1…
Heart Aerospace Completes First Flight of X1, the Largest Battery-Electric Aircraft to Date
Heart Aerospace has completed the first flight of its X1 demonstrator, which the company says is the largest battery-electric aircraft The post Heart Aerospace Completes First…
History’s Largest Battery-Electric Plane Takes Flight in New York
Heart Aerospace believes its X1 demonstrator sets new milestones for electric aircraft wingspan and takeoff weight.
Machine-readable surfaces
- Markdown mirror: /companies/heart-aerospace.md
- RSS feed: /companies/heart-aerospace/feed.xml
- JSON-LD: embedded in this page’s head
- REST API: /v1/companies/4fb02e99-e821-4ef6-a9ee-7efb7dd379cd
- Revision history: /companies/heart-aerospace/history
- Data documentation: /data
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Peer companies
- Amazon25 models
- Anduril Industries7 models
- DJI7 models
- Skydio6 models
- SIYI Technology5 models
- Autel Robotics4 models
Video
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Heart Aerospace has opened a Research and Development hub in the United States, which will focus on the advancement of its hybrid-electric propulsion system and
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Heat Index
Serious54/100
A composite of competitive footprint, funding, press velocity, active partnerships, and supply-chain edges. Different from the Intelligence score below (which is per-form-factor productization). Non-robotics companies cap at 25.
Reality vs attention
Heart Aerospace draws attention at the 83rd percentile but verifies reality at the insufficient-data level among aerial robots.
6-month trend
Analysis
Broad public reach with 1.4M video views. Limited public funding data for capital position assessment.
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Attention (reach, not merit)
DEPLOY Intelligence scores are computed from verified registry data: confirmed deployments, disclosed funding rounds, regulatory filings, active job listings, video viewership, and press coverage. Confidence ratings reflect data availability. Scores update nightly.
DEPLOY Indices — verified vs claimed
Last computed: Oct 6, 2026