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Samad Aerospace

Samad Aerospace
Samad Aerospace Limited was formed back in 2017 by Dr Seyed Mohseni, at Cranfield University Technology Park, UK. It is the first company in the world to be developing an electric hybrid vertical take-off and landing aircraft (VTOL). What this project endeavours to achieve is to give back to society something that money cannot buy, the most precious of commodities, time. We are committed to accelerate the development of the future ecosystem of aviation and the ethos of the company is a unique one sincerely placing society at the heart of every business decision. The e-Starling is an airport independent aircraft which vastly reduces passenger travel time between cities. To illustrate, an average journey from London to Zurich door-to-door would take 8 hours in conventional aircraft. However, amazingly, the e-Starling sets to decrease this to 3 hours! Not only this, but the team is working extensively to ensure use of this aircraft in urban areas is entirely fuelled by electricity, dramatically reducing the impact on the environment, especially in highly populated areas. Moreover, this project is not being developed exclusively for the wealthy among us who can afford it. It also has a medical evacuation application which strives to transport patients and medical supplies in emergency situations, faster and much more safely. From small decisions, such as where to ethically source the leather from for the interior seating, to larger more impactful decisions such as who to target as an end user, Samad Aerospace has a humble and unique business outlook. Not only does this company place its end users’ comfort and convenience at the heart of its research and design; employees, partners and investors all receive excellent and fair treatment. We do not operate a hierarchical style organisation, rather a horizontal one where the CEO, Dr Mohseni, is at the centre of operations and every team member is valued and equal. Dr Mohseni is very respected and admired by all team members and his hard work and dedication to this project is second to none. He works the longest hours and travels the furthest distances to ensure progress, all while maintaining a calm and friendly attitude. He is a rare and much-loved CEO! It is with this unique approach to improve connectivity and civilian air transportation worldwide that has landed Samad Aerospace a great deal of positive attention worldwide; from participating in the formation of the Future of the Flight Challenge here in the UK, to achieving letters of intent from different countries and firm support from various governments including Malaysia and Monaco. What attracts such attention is of course the e-Starling itself, which is an incredible innovation, but what secures Samad Aerospace’s inevitable success is the pure and society-focused business approach, which I strongly believe makes Dr Mohseni a strong candidate for this award.

As a response to great market demand Samad Aerospace proposes flying point-to-point from origin to destination in an environment friendly, comfortable and fast medium-range electric VTOL aircraft without the need of airport.

Samad Aerospace has pioneered its ambitious and futuristic project to develop the first vertical take-off and landing passenger aircraft powered by electricity. When this product is launched to the market, it will solve some of the most challenging problems of aviation. Governmental bodies, businesspeople, emergency medical support services, early response forces and all whose time is of outmost importance will have an efficient means of transport to serve the society better without giving any penalty on the environment.

The Hybrid-Electric Vertical Take-Off and Landing (e-VTOL) aircraft that is currently under development by Samad Aerospace, called E-Starling will enable a cleaner way of flying as it uses fully electric propulsion during take-off and landing and over urban areas. The fossil fuel propulsion is only used during high-speed high-altitude cruise whilst recharging batteries as well. Since the take-off and landing will be totally vertical, they can be implemented almost everywhere. The use of more flexible fuels is also predicted in the project in order to extend the range and broaden operational conditions.

e-Starling will provide comfort, range and speed of a business jet plus the flexibility of a helicopter, keeping the maintenance costs as low as a fixed wing aircraft, emitting less carbon as well. As the main outcome of the project is categorized as a business/executive jet, it will mainly serve people whose time loss directly means significant missed opportunities. However, the missions of e-Starling are not to be limited to this. In many situations, saving time is equal to saving lives. Emergency medical support services, early response forces and people who need emergency help and are eventually located in remote places without developed infrastructure, will have an efficient means of transport to serve the society better without giving any penalty on the environment.

This is not all, in addition to benefits that come from the objectives of the E-Starling there are also other aspects. One of the innovations of E-Starling is its hybrid-electric propulsion system, which makes it significantly low emission and less noisy. Clean air is what everyone needs it and whatever can help having more of it is beneficial to all. All of these alongside with less demand to build new runways and new airports, better transport efficiency and less congestion at major hubs will lead to a significant improvement in life quality of people, as E-Starling is commercially available.

Furthermore, this project assures thousands of indirect jobs will be safeguarded through the supply chain and over 50,000 projected job creations is forecasted in the manufacturing of the two and six-seater e-Starling variants. Considerably less emission. There is no existing production aircraft (either fixed wing or helicopter) which has the ability to fly its passengers directly from point A to point B with the same speed, range or operational flexibility as the E-Starling; thereby potentially saving hundreds of working hours per year.

The E-Starling will outperform most direct competitors the light/medium helicopter category.

The technology (VTOL, for example) is not new but the innovation lies in the integration of existing technologies (advanced aerodynamics, autonomy, turbomachinery, power electronics, etc.) in a new application. The innovative aspects of the technical development program have been identified:
1. Unique aerodynamic aspects of the configuration through all flight regimes
2. The control system for stable flight in all flight modes
3. Transitioning flight between vertical and horizontal flight
4. Hybrid turbo-generator/electric powertrain
5. Integration of flexible payload/energy storage
6. Power Failure recovery and payload preservation



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