Dovetail Electric Aviation, a global pioneer in the development of battery-electric and hydrogen-electric propulsion systems for aircraft retrofitting, has secured financing from CaixaBank — Spain’s leading financial institution and a benchmark in sustainable banking— to support the company’s ground-breaking clean aviation initiatives in Spain.

Dovetail Electric Aviation and Zeusch Aviation are partnering to jointly work on the development of hybrid-electric retrofits for the Beechcraft King Air, one of the most versatile and widely used twin turboprops in commercial and special-mission aviation.

Strategic collaboration to support certified aircraft retrofits, next-generation battery systems, and long-term clean aviation goals

Hartzell Propeller, a global leader in advanced aircraft propeller systems for over a century, has entered into a collaboration with Dovetail Electric Aviation, a pioneer in battery-electric and hydrogen-electric propulsion systems for regional aircraft. Together, the two companies are working to integrate Hartzell’s propellers and Pitch Control Unit (PCU) into Dovetail’s proprietary Electric Propulsion System (EPS), known as DovePower.

Engineered Fluids, the global leader in single-phase immersion cooling solutions, is proud to announce a strategic collaboration with Dovetail Electric Aviation, a pioneer in battery-electric and hydrogen-electric propulsion systems for regional aircraft. Together, the two companies are developing a next-generation immersion-cooled battery system, using AmpCool™, Engineered Fluids’ proprietary battery cooling fluid, into Dovetail’s DovePack™, its proprietary patent pending modular battery pack engineered specifically for aviation and the first of its class.

Dovetail Electric Aviation, a leader in retrofitting aircraft with zero-emission electric powertrains, officially unveiled DovePower, its proprietary Electric Propulsion System (EPS), at the Avalon 2025 Australian International Airshow.

Dovetail Electric Aviation is thrilled to announce that our CEO and co-founder, David Doral, has been featured on The Australian’s Green List: Top 100 Energy Players, highlighting his pivotal role in advancing the company’s mission of zero-emission aviation.

Dovetail Electric Aviation, a pioneer in retrofitting existing aircraft with electric powertrains, and Skydive Voss, Norway’s leading skydiving operator, have signed a collaboration agreement to convert several Cessna Caravans 208 into electric aircraft. They will also jointly explore the conversion of other smaller aircraft used for skydiving applications, like the Cessna 182 and 206.

Dovetail Electric Aviation is thrilled to announce that it has been awarded the prestigious Best Innovation of the Year at the Australian Aviation Awards on August 29, 2024.

Dovetail Electric Aviation has been recognized as one of the Top 5 Tech Innovator 2024 by KPMG in Australia. The competition, known for highlighting the most promising tech companies across the country, received over 155 entries this year, making Dovetail’s selection a significant achievement.

Dovetail Electric Aviation, an Australian-Spanish pioneer in electric aviation, and Crisalion Mobility, a European leader in the development of efficient, safe, and sustainable electric mobility solutions, have today announced a collaboration towards the development of battery packs for application in electric aviation.

Sustainable aviation company Dovetail Electric Aviation (Dovetail) has selected the Siemens Xcelerator portfolio of software to design zero emission, battery and hydrogen-electric propulsion systems for commercial aircraft. Optimising the principles of circular economy, the propulsion systems will be retrofitted into legacy airplanes used by regional airlines and leisure and cargo flights, helping them reduce operating costs by up to 40%, while truly decarbonising air transport.

Invest Victoria, the Victorian Government’s lead investment attraction and promotion agency, has provided non-dilutive financial support to Dovetail Electric Aviation. This support is aimed at furthering Dovetail’s efforts in bringing its first electric aircraft conversion to market.

Aciturri, the leading Spanish aerostructures supplier and engine components manufacturer, has announced today its commitment to acquire a stake in Dovetail Electric Aviation, becoming a key industrial strategic partner and lead investor in Dovetail’s seed investment round, Tranche 2.

Dovetail has won the award of Start-up of the Year at the prestigious Australian Aviation ceremony for 2023, organised in partnership with the University of New South Wales (UNSW). A total of 23 individuals and organisations received 26 awards at the second annual Gala Dinner on Thursday 31 August 2023 in Sydney, in front of several hundred guests including many of the industry’s leading lights. Dovetail´s CEO, David Doral and Business Operations Director, Isidoro Ruiz, together with Rex’s director Ron Barstch, received this award on behalf of the company.

After a highly competitive selection process, led by a committee of angel investors, Dovetail Electric Aviation has joined EnergyLab’s 2023 Climate Solutions Accelerator. The 6-month program kicked off in July 2023, and will help Dovetail to accelerate the deployment of our Zero Emissions Aviation solutions in Australia and overseas.

Dovetail Electric Aviation (Dovetail) is proud to announce that Hyundai Motor Group’s HTWO is to supply a hydrogen fuel cell system for electric aviation powertrain trials. HTWO is a fuel cell system-based hydrogen business brand of Hyundai Motor Group.

We are thrilled to announce that Dovetail Electric Aviation has been selected as one of the 23 deep startups at this year’s Cicada x Tech23, Australia’s biggest deep tech festival!

Dovetail Electric Aviation announced the successful completion of the initial ground tests; a small-scale Electric Propulsion System to spin a three-blade propeller for the first time.

Dovetail Electric Aviation has been awarded a prestigious research grant by the Federal Government to support the development of technology enabling the conversion of turbine-powered aircraft to electric, emission-free propulsion.

The British daily newspaper of global reach featured us in its Australian edition in early 2023. See excerpts from the article below.

Air Nostrum and Volotea have announced today the acquisition of a minority stake in Dovetail Electric Aviation.

MONTE will purchase up to 50 aircraft conversions to enable battery-electric conversions on new and existing Cessna Caravan aircraft and hydrogen-electric conversions on new and existing Beechcraft King Air aircraft

“The demand for regional air travel using small aircraft could be ten times bigger if we reduce operating costs by 40% or more compared to conventional aircraft and this is exactly what our electric conversion integration technology will deliver in the next few years,” said David Doral, Dovetail’s CEO, and co-founder.