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Miami, (FL, USA) and Toulouse (France), September 30, 2024 –  US-based Sea Cheetah Corporation has entered a strategic partnership with Toulouse-based hydrogen solutions expert H3 Dynamics, a winner of the Monaco Prize for Innovation in Renewable Hydrogen and Transportation, to develop the world’s first hydrogen-electric wing-in ground effect vessel and an eco-system of fueling points.

Sea Cheetah provides a transportation ecosystem centered around its state-of-the-art Wing-in-Ground-Effect (WIGE) vessel, which leverages proven technology to travel in and outside of ground effect at speeds exceeding 135 knts (250 kph / 155 mph).  Flying a few meters above water, Sea Cheetah vessels connect coastal and island regions at a fraction of the time and cost of existing maritime transportation. Sea Cheetah stands out through its unmatched payload capacity and extended operating range.

By working closely with H3 Dynamics, Sea Cheetah will boost its hydrogen-electric propulsion system capability and achieve a fuel economy far beyond fossil powered systems. 

LYTE Aviation chose H3 Dynamics to equip its systems with the most proven and durable systems, backed by solid industry references such as its recent work on an AIRBUS A330 APU fuel cell. With more than 15 years hydrogen experience in the aerospace and defense sector, H3 Dynamics team can offer a unique safety and performance-driven expertise. It will help guide LYTE’s hydrogen eVTOL design and accelerate its time to market.

Moreover, H3 Dynamics will work with LYTE Aviation to ensure hydrogen is available for its aircraft regardless of the location. The company now supplies a range of self-contained hydrogen electrolyzer systems capable of producing green hydrogen on demand.

Félicie Burelle, Managing Director of Plastic Omnium, has announced the winners of the 2023 Plastic Omnium Innovation Challenge at the annual ceremony held on November 14. The Plastic Omnium Innovation Challenge focuses on the future of energy to support the transformation of tomorrow's mobility. H3 Dynamics in collaboration with EDAG Group (Airport Hydrogenius project) win the Jury Special Award and Audience Award

“H3 Dynamics has partnered with EOS Technologie, a French manufacturer of electric fixed-wing unmanned aircraft systems (UAS), to introduce two new hydrogen-electric cargo UAS platforms.

The partnership between EOS and H3 brings green innovation into the aerial cargo landscape. 

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“We are thrilled to embark on this journey of sustainable aerial mobility with H3 Dynamics,” said Jean-Marc Zuliani, EOS Managing Director. “Together, we unlock unprecedented possibilities for efficient and eco-friendly cargo transportation.”

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Bertrand Gauthier, H3 Dynamics Global Head of Hydrogen Aviation Products, added: “By delivering cutting-edge solutions for the current and future demands of aerial logistics, they actively contribute to a holistic transition towards a more environmentally friendly future.”

 H3 Dynamics and Hylium have joined forces to further boost the performance of zero emission hydrogen-electric flight, combining the strengths of Hylium’s liquid hydrogen storage and liquification solutions, and H3 Dynamics’ distributed hydrogen-electric propulsion nacelles, ultra-light fuel cells, and hydrogen drone charging stations.

Moving to liquid hydrogen represents a significant capability leap for small electric-powered unmanned systems. Cryogenic (liquid) hydrogen stores 3 times more energy as compressed gas in the same given volume. This means delivery drones will be able to fly further, mapping and ISR missions could be done on much bigger scales. 

H3 Dynamics and Australian UAV producer Carbonix are coming together to begin development and production the first Australian hydrogen-electric VTOL (vertical take-off and landing) unmanned aircraft system (UAS). Carbonix is Australia’s leading UAV manufacturer with unique expertise in advanced composite manufacturing, aerostructure design and sophisticated control systems for vertical and landing capabilities. 

H3 Dynamics and ELID Technology, have entered a commercial and technical partnership that ties H3 Dynamics’ AI-enabled façade assessments to ELID’s robotic façade repair gondolas. 

The combined technologies create the first end to end automation solution covering both inspection and remediation activities on tall buildings. This increases worker safety, while scaling up much needed maintenance in large-scale cities with aging populations and thousands of aging structures.

Known to have been early investors in Google, PayPal, and Dropbox, Plug and Play Center has been the leading global accelerator program which now includes H3 Dynamics in its alumnus.

H3 Zoom by H3 Dynamics has seen a doubling of smart AI enabled building inspection enquiries over the past year and projects a similar trend in 2022 with the announcement of the PFI regime by BCA.

The company has raised $26M in a series B fundraising led by SPARX Mirai Creation Fund (Toyota and SMBC), including Ascent Hydrogen Fund, Audacy Ventures, and Grosvenor Group among others.

Companies enter drone automation age with real time tracking for seamless traffic control in low-altitude airspace.

Using Avaya IX Workplace, a powerful unified communications solution for calling, messaging, conferencing and collaboration, H3 Dynamics’ drone stations can feed live aerial drone video footage from different locations to decision makers in command centres. 

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The combination of both companies’ technologies will help government agencies and emergency responders to react to incidents faster and more efficiently. The Dronebox system is currently being tested on a number of use cases by government authorities around the Middle East and Africa region.

Oxford’s Qdot Technology and Toulouse-based H3 Dynamics are working together on the world’s first emissions-free long range cargo UAV, creating new ways to transport heavy payloads to remote locations.

As part of this collaboration, H3 Dynamics’ hydrogen-electric fuel cell system is hybridized with Qdot’s unique battery technology and new ultra-light heat exchangers. Furthermore, a new multi-pitch propeller system provides a seamless transition between vertical hover and fixed-wing flight. 

By bringing together these advanced technologies into one platform, electric flight endurance is greatly increased, and payloads of up to 200 kilograms could be flown over long distances. 

H3 Dynamics has been contracted by Airbus UpNext for the supply of a customized airworthy 500 Kilowatt (0.5MW) hydrogen fuel cell as part of a demonstrator to replace the Auxiliary Power Unit (APU) on an Airbus aircraft.

H3 Dynamics is now providing a full line up of advanced hydrogen solutions across the aviation value chain: from 50kW to 2MW fuel cell

systems addressing in-flight power and airport ground equipment, to multi-MW-scale on-site hydrogen production systems enabling e-fuel production and the start of hydrogen airport hubs.

Together, ZAL and H3 Dynamics will explore the acceleration of hydrogen in aviation, including unmanned aviation, decarbonisation of flight and ground operations.Hamburg will be the fourth location for the growing technology company, joining the ranks of Singapore, Toulouse, and Austin (Texas). The collaboration between ZAL and H3 Dynamics began in the Sustainable Aero Lab, a leading accelerator program for sustainable aviation startups founded at ZAL in 2020, where both CEOs serve as startup mentors. 

The signing of the MoU between ZAL and H3 Dynamics in Le Bourget is a significant step in ZAL’s strategy to increase its footprint in sustainable aviation and technology innovation.

Dr. Melanie Leonhard, Hamburg's Minister of Economy and Innovation, warmly welcomes H3 Dynamics, emphasizing that Hamburg's unique ecosystem makes it an attractive destination for new enterprises. As a major startup hub, Hamburg is home to numerous global market leaders in various industries, including GreenTech.

Dr. Rolf Strittmatter, Managing Director of Hamburg Invest, commended the Scaleup Landing Pad Hamburg's swift establishment as a valuable offering for startups. He highlights the program's focus on sustainable solutions, reaffirming Hamburg's position as a centre for innovative GreenTech companies in Northern Europe.

H3 Dynamics is announcing the global launch of H2FIELD, a new hydrogen station capable of producing hydrogen in the field for unmanned aerial vehicles of all shapes, sizes and configurations. 

Now hydrogen-powered airships, multi-rotors, vertical take-off and landing UAS and various fixed wing systems will be able to benefit from 24/7 hydrogen supply anywhere, anytime.

For hydrogen drone operators, H2FIELD solves fundamental hydrogen accessibility in remote areas, unlocking a major logistical barrier for a growing base of hydrogen drone operators in industrial, defense, or even academic sectors. The only feedstock input is water.

H3 Dynamics’ self-contained nacelle approach addresses technical, safety and cost challenges hydrogen aircraft developers could face at some point in the future. It achieves this by placing hydrogen and smaller fuel cells across a series of collaborative propulsion nacelles under the wings. 

H3 Dynamics joins the 2022 Unreasonable Impact UK & Europe cohort of high-growth entrepreneurs addressing the world's most significant challenges

• Barclays and Unreasonable continue to support and scale high-growth ventures who have the potential to create thousands of new jobs.

• Unreasonable Impact welcomes 14 new companies to its global network.

A step towards de-carbonisation starts with a H2 powered drone in collaboration with Nexty Electronics in Japan. The landmark flight positions H2 energy as "game changing" to accelerate Japan towards their net-zero carbon goals.

The partnership leverages on drone and data analytics to accelerate digital transformation initiatives of building owners, and facilities management companies to meet the latest Periodic Facade Inspection (PFI) regime as stipulated by the Building and Construction Authority (BCA) in Singapore.

From inspections to rectification - one interface, and one click... a leap forward in end to end digitization of building maintenance operations and asset oversight across portfolios.

Beyond Smart Cities: How Drones And Robotics Revolutionize Building Inspections.

Over a period of 6 months, Singapore-based H3 Dynamics started as part of a cohort of 600 companies across Asia, all the way to Kazakhstan and India. During the first selections we made it to Top 100 in March, then top 10, and finally to #1 on May 24 2019. It was an amazing experience and win for H3 Dynamics. Congratulations to all other finalists!

Toulouse-based aviation-focused fuel cell developer H3 Dynamics has been selected by the European Union-funded Clean Aviation research project HyPoTraDe to supply its new class of aviation-grade fuel cell systems.

The HyPoTraDe project aims to design, assemble, and ground-test a set of 500kW modular fuel cell-battery hybrid-electric distributed electric propulsion (DEP) powertrain architecture that can later be expanded into the megawatt (MW) class.

Funded by the Clean Aviation joint undertaking of the European Union, HyPoTraDe is a consortium led by aircraft manufacturer, Pipistrel, a Textron Inc. company, in partnership with Honeywell International, Netherlands Aerospace Center (NLR), Fraunhofer Society, as well as University of Stuttgart and Delft University of Technology.

The Monaco Prize for Innovation in Renewable Hydrogen and Transportation is a prestigious international challenge designed to accelerate technological innovation in the field of renewable hydrogen and mobility. Each year the Prize recognizes outstanding technological innovations in the field of Sustainable Hydrogen with one overall winner and three runners-up distinguished as Hydrogen Pioneers. H3 Dynamics was selected as 2023 finalist for his distributed hydrogen electric propulsion pods.

Earlier this year, Kite Magnetics unveiled its air-cooled 120kW electric motor. Based on a unique new magnetic material called Aeroperm™. This state-of-the-art motor exhibits world-class performance, exceptional lightweight characteristics, and surpasses the efficiency of conventional technologies.

In the upcoming months, H3 Dynamics and Kite Magnetics plan to assemble a full scale system and conduct dedicated aeronautics tests in collaboration with aircraft manufacturers. These efforts will pave the way for obtaining flight permissions and enable the commercialisation of their groundbreaking technology.

The propulsor nacelles and derived products developed through this collaboration have diverse applications, ranging from small sensing drones to unmanned heavy cargo platforms, airships, business jets, general aviation airplanes, and future commercial aircraft.

“Raven SR provides a way to convert a variety of waste feedstocks into clean hydrogen, with a process that uses less energy than other renewable hydrogen production. Raven SR’s advanced waste-to-hydrogen technology offers a less intensive, more sustainable means of locally producing fuel,” said Taras Wankewycz, CEO of H3 Dynamics.

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H3 Dynamics will work with its technology and manufacturing partners to configure hydrogen power systems componentry to meet certification requirements within the airport and aircraft environment.
“H3 Dynamics will deploy decarbonization use cases that have a more immediate impact, so that the infrastructure built today can also welcome hydrogen aircraft in the future,” said Wankewycz.

H3 Dynamics and HyLight have joined forces to bring new long range, sustainable and quiet unmanned airships to a range of commercial applications. Traditionally, airships use combustion engines for their propulsion power.With new hydrogen propulsion system developments at H3 Dynamics, HyLight’s new breed of airships will now offer long-range zero emission flight and open a whole new category in air mobility. 

The future of zero emission hydrogen aviation has inched forward by another milestone as the nacelle technology brought forward by H3 Dynamics has flown for the first time in the world. The maiden flight took place earlier this year on a private test airfield near Paris, France. The first nacelle prototype had been completed in November 2021 at its Austin-based labs, and designed by its Toulouse-based team.

H3 Dynamics is accelerating testing in H2 aviation with the ambition to bring the most advanced and reliable hydrogen systems to the industry - with a strong focus on safety for both cargo and passenger use cases.

The working group between the two companies have created the world's first equipment inspection solution powered by AI. The new service provides a stronger value proposition with improved accuracy, shorter maintenance cycles, and lowered cost for asset owners. 

The collaboration unifies and streamlines building inspection processes for HDBs across Singapore with H3 Dynamics providing the technical and AI capabilities to complement ISOTeam's competency in rectification works. Expected volume at 4,000 buildings annually. 

Groupe ADP and Choose Paris Region are creating an urban air mobility (UAM) ecosystem around the Paris region. After receiving 150 applications from 25 countries. 30 winners were then selected one of which is H3 Dynamics, along with Airbus, Safran, Volocopter, to name a few.

Drones can inspect the facade of buildings, but it's not always easy to spot what's amiss. Singapore government industrial developer JTC Corporation rolled out a new AI system at its properties, halving its manpower cost in trials since 2016. 

The groundbreaking digitised safety inspection solution is the first of many to be added to the company's H3 Zoom cloud platform. 

H3 Dynamics met with French President Emmanuel Macron at our first VIVATECH event in Paris, where we announced the start of our European HQ. Emmanuel Macron was the first to see our DBX prototype at the time. We made it to the cover of Les Echos, and FT the next day!