News - Daher

Acquisition

Daher announces its acquisition of Quest Aircraft Company, becoming a Franco-American aircraft manufacturer

Daher – producer of the TBM family, the fastest turboprop aircraft in its category – is taking a major step in developing the company’s airplane manufacturing business with the planned acquisition of Quest Aircraft Company, based in Sandpoint, Idaho, USA, which builds the Kodiak 100.

13 June 2019 Paris, France

Daher, Airbus and Safran team up to develop EcoPulse™, a distributed hybrid propulsion aircraft demonstrator

As part of their innovation strategies, Daher, Airbus and Safran announce their collaborative partnership for the design and development of the wing-mounted EcoPulseTM distributed hybrid propulsion demonstrator with a scheduled maiden flight date of 2022. Based on Daher’s TBM platform, this project kick-started by CORAC (the French Civil Aviation Research Council) with support from DGAC (the French Civil Aviation Authority) will develop technologies that boost the environmental efficiency of aircraft and meet the new needs of air travel.

17 June 2019 Paris International Air Show Le Bourget, France