AscendanceAscendance Flight Technologies builds on the virtues of hybrid technology and distributed propulsion to develop sustainable air travel solutions.
After three years of R&D, the French start-up company swiftly swings into action for new, state-of-the-art sustainable and decarbonised air travel: it is unveiling the design of ATEA, its 5-seater vertical take-off and landing aircraft.
Conceived to operate in peri-urban areas and within regions thanks to a range of 400 km, carbon emissions reduced by 80% and noise pollution divided by 4, ATEA blends sleek and audacious design with unprecedented “fan-in-wing” technology and optimised engine configuration. Production is scheduled for 2025.
Equipped with tailor-made modular hybrid engines developed by Ascendance Flight Technologies, ATEA is tomorrow’s aircraft: designed to satisfy the high demands of both passengers and stakeholders of reinvented aviation. Its architecture and design foresee the future of airborne mobility, responding to societal and environmental expectations and to the most recent certification rulings.
The technological innovations integrated in ATEA ensure an optimised, easy-to-use and agile operation required for a variety of uses, whether for passenger transport, emergency services, logistical tasks or for surveillance flights.
ATEA, Hybrid Electric VTOL | Ascendance Flight TechnologiesAscendance2021-12-01 | Ascendance Flight Technologies builds on the virtues of hybrid technology and distributed propulsion to develop sustainable air travel solutions.
After three years of R&D, the French start-up company swiftly swings into action for new, state-of-the-art sustainable and decarbonised air travel: it is unveiling the design of ATEA, its 5-seater vertical take-off and landing aircraft.
Conceived to operate in peri-urban areas and within regions thanks to a range of 400 km, carbon emissions reduced by 80% and noise pollution divided by 4, ATEA blends sleek and audacious design with unprecedented “fan-in-wing” technology and optimised engine configuration. Production is scheduled for 2025.
Equipped with tailor-made modular hybrid engines developed by Ascendance Flight Technologies, ATEA is tomorrow’s aircraft: designed to satisfy the high demands of both passengers and stakeholders of reinvented aviation. Its architecture and design foresee the future of airborne mobility, responding to societal and environmental expectations and to the most recent certification rulings.
The technological innovations integrated in ATEA ensure an optimised, easy-to-use and agile operation required for a variety of uses, whether for passenger transport, emergency services, logistical tasks or for surveillance flights.Bourget Day 1Ascendance2025-07-12 | ...Atea Prototype 2025Ascendance2025-06-27 | ...From Prototype to Production: Accelerating Aircraft Assembly – Vincent MatheAscendance2025-05-13 | ...Supporting the evolution of a hybrid-electric test center into a flight test center - De La RupelleAscendance2025-05-13 | ...How we ensures our suppliers and materials are aligned to assemble our prototype - Paul GallardAscendance2025-05-13 | ...How we balance design requirements with the upcoming industrialization of ATEA? - Frederic BarroisAscendance2025-05-13 | ...How we ensure program delivery and the certification to first flight - Ariane Saint-PierreAscendance2025-05-13 | ...How Ascendance has designed its products with customers, for customers - François CaudronAscendance2025-05-13 | ...What are the critical technologies that will make ATEA an operational success? - Robert LafontanAscendance2025-05-13 | ...What role will hybridization play in decarbonizing commercial flights? - Jean Paul HertemanAscendance2025-04-04 | ...Agnes Plagneux-Bertrand : What role do you see for us in the decarbonized aviation of tomorrow?Ascendance2025-03-25 | ...Andreas Lowenstein - How hybrid electric propulsion will transform aviation ?Ascendance2025-03-14 | ...Ascendances Life-sized Iron Bird Test BenchAscendance2025-02-24 | Step inside our full-size on ground prototype and witness a major step in the development of our technologies, Sterna and Atea! 🎥⚡
This iron bird test bench is a crucial milestone, allowing us to validate performance, integration, and reliability before assembly begins. It’s where innovation meets execution—pushing the boundaries of sustainable aviation.Introducing Sterna on our Iron BirdAscendance2025-01-21 | ...Start Industry | VIVATECHAscendance2024-06-19 | ...Did You Know About? | BATTERIESAscendance2024-04-30 | ...Presentation ATEA | 2023Ascendance2023-11-11 | Atea is an eVTOL aircraft aiming at being a low noise, low carbon alternative to helicopters, as well as enabling a brand new regional, decentralized and efficient aviation where no other transportation solution is satisfactory.Join Us | AscendanceAscendance2023-11-03 | 🎬 We have been working on this video for few weeks with @Startupbegins and we are very happy with the result !
Every single person you'll see in it is an Ascender (no actors) who accepted to be part of this fun project to express what they love about their job and about Ascendance Flight Technologies.
It is also a way to show you where we daily work to make our hybrid electric propulsion technology STERNA & our #evtol ATEA a reality.
If sustainability matters to you and you are passionate with aviation, have a look at all our open positions 👉 ascendance-ft.com/career
As we keep saying, team work makes the dream work so join us!