HYDROGEN-ELECTRIC FLIGHT
Developing a commercially useful zero emissions aircraft.
Hydrogen is the only practical path to truly decarbonising mainstream flight. We're re-powering a proven utility airframe with a hydrogen-electric propulsion system — jet-fuel performance, virtually zero emissions.
Aviation needs to decarbonise. Batteries can't carry the range, and synthetic fuels don't scale. Hydrogen does.
The HEXL Aircraft
900kg
TARGET PAYLOAD
>750km
TARGET RANGE
9
SEATED PASSENGERS
150kts
CRUISE SPEED
<200m
TAKE-OFF LANDING
1-2
PILOTS
We're designing for real commercial duty cycles — the same operational performance as conventionally jet-fuelled aircraft, but virtually zero emissions. Competitive across a wide range of tasks, while localising the value of aviation fuel supply.
Latest news
6 Oct 2026
Crux Aerospace charts a new hydrogen-electric flightpath
Startup Crux Aerospace is only a year old but has ambitions to make the first hydrogen-electric flight in the Southern Hemisphere as early as next year.
1 Oct 2026
Aerospace companies are say regulations are finally helping
Startup Crux Aerospace is only a year old but has ambitions to make the first hydrogen-electric flight in the Southern Hemisphere as early as next year.
13 Oct 2026
Crux To Modify NZAero’s 750XL Utility Aircraft To Hydrogen-Electric Power
Startup Crux Aerospace is only a year old but has ambitions to make the first hydrogen-electric flight in the Southern Hemisphere as early as next year.
