The BEHA is a hybrid-electric utility aircraft currently under development at Duxford Airfield in Cambridgeshire, UK and the University of Swansea in Wales.
The aircraft has evolved from early concept launched in 2014 to an 18 seat FAA part 23 regulation aircraft design that is to be powered by twin Magni500 electric motors developed by MagniX in a contra-rotating pusher propfans ducted fan configuration.
The electric motors are to be powered by a Honeywell Turbogenerator running either Sustainable Aviation Fuel or JetA.
A new prototyping hangar is to be built at the historic airfield with the company announcing partnership with Imperial War Museum Duxford and Gonville & Caius College as part of the relocation.
[2] The company plans to have a prototype completed by 2024 and begin operational trials by 2026, however, as of November 2024, no announcement of a protoype being built or commenced has been forthcoming.