# Heart Aerospace: drone company

Canonical ID: `4fb02e99-e821-4ef6-a9ee-7efb7dd379cd`

## Key facts

- **Founded:** 2018
- **Products:** [ES-30](/models/heart-es-30.md) — 30-seat battery-electric regional aircraft
- **Notable:** First flight of X1 demonstrator Aug 12, 2026 — world's largest battery-electric aircraft to fly
- **VC investors:** Breakthrough Energy Ventures, Lowercarbon Capital, EQT Ventures, Y Combinator, Norrsken, European Innovation Council
- **Strategic investors:** United Airlines, Air Canada, Saab
- **Emissions:** Zero CO2 on all-electric routes

- **Slug:** heart-aerospace
- **Status:** active
- **Founded:** 0
- **HQ:** Gothenburg, Sweden
- **Category:** [Drones](/drones)

## Models

- [ES-30](/models/heart-es-30.md) (aerial) (id: `81cdf568-f645-4de5-b17a-7795c4fe254f`)

## Supplies to

_No verified supply relationships on file. Supply-chain coverage is being added across the registry; check back as the seed populates this company's outbound edges._

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## Common questions

### What is Heart Aerospace?

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).

### What does Heart Aerospace make?

Heart Aerospace has 1 robot model on the DEPLOY registry: ES-30 (Heart Aerospace builds physical robots).

### Where is Heart Aerospace headquartered?

Heart Aerospace is headquartered in Gothenburg, Sweden.

### Where does Heart Aerospace operate robots?

Heart Aerospace is a robot manufacturer and does not directly operate deployments on the DEPLOY registry. Its products are deployed by customer operators; see the company page for the verified deployment record.

### Is Heart Aerospace a top robotics company?

On DEPLOY's intelligence score, which blends verified deployments, funding, hiring, media, safety, and IP signals, Heart Aerospace ranks in roughly the top 86% of companies tracked by the registry.


## Sources (2)

1. https://heartaerospace.com/
2. https://vertus.aero/heart-aerospace-completes-first-flight-of-the-world-s-largest-battery-electric-aircraft

## The verified answers

- [Which companies have the most robots deployed](/which-companies-have-the-most-robots-deployed.md)
- [Which operators run the most robots](/which-operators-run-the-most-robots.md)
- [Which robot operators cover the most countries](/which-robot-operators-cover-the-most-countries.md)

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