18th August 2025
AMSL AERO SECURES $3M AUSTRALIAN GOVERNMENT FUNDING
TO PIONEER LIQUID HYDROGEN AVIATION FOR REMOTE AND
REGIONAL AUSTRALIA
Credit: Peter Morris for AMSL Aero. Associate Senior Engineer Alfie Swallow works on AMSL Aero's Hydrogen Fuel Cell
Sydney, Australia – Monday 18 August, 2025 – AMSL Aero, the developer of the world-leading
hydrogen-electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) aircraft Vertiia, has secured $3 million in
grant funding from the Federal Government to develop and demonstrate liquid hydrogen-powered
aircraft for regional and remote Australia.
The two-year project, called Liquid Hydrogen Powered Aircraft for Regional and Remote Australia, is
worth $7.56 million in total. It was awarded by the Australian Government Department of Industry
Cooperative Research Centres Projects (CRC-P) Program.
AMSL Aero will collaborate with liquid hydrogen company Fabrum, Monash University, and Deakin
University to address the technical, regulatory, and safety challenges of hydrogen-powered eVTOL
aircraft in real-world environments.
The project will focus on designing safe liquid hydrogen refuelling systems, testing advanced fuel
measurement and power distribution during various stages of flight of Vertiia, securing evidence for
the development of national regulatory pathways, and demonstrating refuelling procedures
integrated with aircraft systems.
AMSL Aero CEO Dr Adriano Di Pietro said: “This funding points to the Australian Government’s
support for our mission to revolutionise air mobility for regional and remote Australia. The project
objectives reflect our cooperative leadership across the sector and community to decarbonise
aviation. ”
Vertiia is a leader in the new generation of aircraft that take off and land like a helicopter but fly fast
and smoothly like a fixed-wing aeroplane. AMSL Aero is in an elite group of top-tier global
companies to fly an eVTOL in untethered horizontal flight successfully.