{"id":662,"date":"2022-03-17T14:20:53","date_gmt":"2022-03-17T14:20:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.e-flight-journal.com\/?p=662"},"modified":"2022-03-17T14:33:16","modified_gmt":"2022-03-17T14:33:16","slug":"textron-to-acquire-pipistrel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.e-flight-journal.com\/?p=662","title":{"rendered":"Textron to acquire Pipistrel"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/news.e-flight-journal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/nick-aero-2016-pipistrel-alpha-electro-_0399-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-665\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.e-flight-journal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/nick-aero-2016-pipistrel-alpha-electro-_0399-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.e-flight-journal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/nick-aero-2016-pipistrel-alpha-electro-_0399-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.e-flight-journal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/nick-aero-2016-pipistrel-alpha-electro-_0399-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.e-flight-journal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/nick-aero-2016-pipistrel-alpha-electro-_0399-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.e-flight-journal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/nick-aero-2016-pipistrel-alpha-electro-_0399-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.e-flight-journal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/nick-aero-2016-pipistrel-alpha-electro-_0399-1200x800.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>Pipistrels first electric trainer de Alpha Electro is sold around the world<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>PROVIDENCE USA  &#8211;  AJDOV\u0160\u010cINA  SLOVENIA. &#8212; Textron Inc. (NYSE: TXT), home to the Cessna, Beechcraft, and Bell aviation brands, today announced it has entered into an agreement to purchase Pipistrel, an award-winning pioneer and global leader in electrically powered aircraft. <br>\u201cPipistrel puts Textron in a uniquely strong position to develop technologies for the sustainable aviation market and develop a variety of new aircraft to meet a wide range of customer missions,\u201d said Textron Chairman and CEO Scott Donnelly. \u201cToday\u2019s announcement supports Textron\u2019s long-term strategy to offer a family of sustainable aircraft for urban air mobility, general aviation, cargo and special mission roles.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Pipistrel founder and CEO Ivo Boscarol will remain a minority shareholder as well as Chairman Emeritus, consulting on future product plans and strategies for a two-year period.<br>\u201cUnder my 30-year leadership, Pipistrel\u2019s team has achieved a unique prime position in personal, affordable, environmentally friendly and electric aviation. The trend and foundation for future projects has clearly been set,\u201d said Boscarol. \u201cTo drive Pipistrel\u2019s ambitious goals and to continue its story of success, the joining of Textron and Pipistrel provides deep expertise and resources which would otherwise be inaccessible to Pipistrel alone. &#8222;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pipistrel-aircraft.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Nuuva-V300-V20-Airport-Tarmac-C_thumb.jpg\" alt=\"V300+V20\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>more info soon   &#8211; at the AERO and under <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pipistrel-aircraft.com\/151027-2\/\" data-type=\"URL\">Pipistrel<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/investor.textron.com\/news\/news-releases\/default.aspx\">Textron<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>PROVIDENCE USA &#8211; AJDOV\u0160\u010cINA SLOVENIA. &#8212; Textron Inc. (NYSE: TXT), home to the Cessna, Beechcraft, and Bell aviation brands, today announced it has entered into an agreement to purchase Pipistrel, an award-winning pioneer and global leader in electrically powered aircraft. \u201cPipistrel puts Textron in a uniquely strong position to develop technologies for the sustainable aviation [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-662","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.e-flight-journal.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/662","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.e-flight-journal.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.e-flight-journal.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.e-flight-journal.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.e-flight-journal.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=662"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.e-flight-journal.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/662\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":668,"href":"https:\/\/www.e-flight-journal.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/662\/revisions\/668"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.e-flight-journal.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=662"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.e-flight-journal.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=662"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.e-flight-journal.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=662"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}