New Horizon Aircraft Partners With Motion Applied For Motion To Design, Produce Tailored Motor Driver Inverter For Horizon's Hybrid-Electric VTOL

Benzinga · 1d ago

New Horizon Aircraft Ltd. (NASDAQ:HOVR), doing business as Horizon Aircraft ("Horizon Aircraft" or the "Company"), an advanced aerospace engineering company and developer of one of the world's first hybrid-electric VTOL (Vertical Take-Off and Landing) aircraft, announces it has partnered with Motion Applied, the former high-performance technology arm of Formula 1's legendary McLaren Group. Motion Applied will design and manufacture a customized motor drive inverter for the Company's hybrid-electric VTOL, the Cavorite X7, enabling higher power efficiency and reduced weight for the aircraft's vertical lift system. Motion Applied's world-renowned pedigree and capacity for on-site design, manufacturing, and testing will support Horizon Aircraft as it progresses toward building its full-scale prototype and advancing its aircraft certification program.