In a strategic move intended to foster the transformation of the pilot training aircraft market to electric aircraft, Bye Aerospace and Electro.Aero signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) at the EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2025 airshow on July 23, 2025, to jointly develop portable fast-charging solutions for the eFlyer fleet. This partnership merges propulsion technology with next-generation aviation friendly charging infrastructure, aimed at delivering scalable solutions for a growing segment of aviation: pilot training.
“As we prepare for our full-scale prototype’s inaugural flight, we’re thrilled to partner with Electro Aero to demonstrate the operational utility our combined technologies will bring to this greatly underserved pilot training market,” Rod Zastrow, CEO of Bye Aerospace, said. “The pilot training industry needs—and we intend to deliver—disruptively less expensive aircraft to fly and operationally effective charging systems. We are thrilled to offer simultaneous, two-aircraft fast charging in under 30 minutes, which means our customers can finally meet the demanding pace of flight instruction with reliability, efficiency and drastically lower operating costs.”
“We at Electro.Aero are very pleased to partner with the industry’s first mover in fixed-wing all-electric aviation,” Joshua Portlock, CEO of Electro Aero, said. “We envision our portable fast chargers helping generate the many all-electric eFlyer flights needed to increase the rate of pilot training output for airlines, business aviation, and other uses.”
