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Celeste EcoFlyers · Le Havre, France

Made of air.

We build aircraft around a wing held in shape by air. Our first prototype spans 8 m, weighs 60 kg with batteries, and has flown. Its wing folds into a bag.

The dAS20 prototype · Le Havre airport · 22 Jul 2026

The idea

Air does the heavy lifting.

01 →

Inflate

A welded film, filled with air at low pressure.

02 →

Hold

Air pressure keeps the wing in shape, like a tire.

03

Lighten

No metal frame inside the wing. It folds into a bag.

8 m

60 kg

Wingspan · MEASURED

With batteries · MEASURED

What happens when aircraft get much lighter?

In the air

It flies.

Le Havre airport · 22 May 2026

Proof, not promises

What exists.
What we are developing.

We keep the two apart.

Evidence we have today

In development

A prototype that has flown

First takeoff 7 May 2026, Le Havre airport. Flights so far are short.

3–6 h endurance

Design target. · TARGET

8 m · 60 kg

Wingspan and mass with batteries. · MEASURED

~20 kg payload

Design target. · TARGET

Flight-test authorization

Obtained in about three months.

Controlled, repeatable circuits

Next flight campaign. · NEXT

5 letters of intent

Signed by operators who want to fly it.

Missions in the field

Each type of mission needs its own authorization. · LATER

Recognition

Recognised and supported.

Solar Impulse Foundation

Solar Impulse “Efficient Solution” label · 2025

GreenTech Innovation

GreenTech Innovation · 2024

Agence de l’Innovation pour les Transports

Supported by the Agence de l’Innovation pour les Transports

What it is for

One wing.
Many long watches.

An aircraft designed to stay up for hours, deployed from a car, carrying the sensor you choose. Endurance target 3–6 h.

01

Sea & offshore

Offshore sites, coasts and ports, watched from a stand-off position.

02

Wildfires

Confirm an alert fast, then follow the front from above.

03

Infrastructure

Power lines, railways and pipelines, over long distances.

04

Emergencies

A radio and data relay when the network is down.

05

Environment

Protected areas, wildlife counts, air quality.

06

Light logistics

Small loads to hard-to-reach sites, with a later version.

The founders

Two founders who make air work.

Twenty years of welded inflatable structures, and ten years of sensors, AI and flying. Nine months from first weld to first takeoff.

Benjamin Degasne and Olivier Manette

Benjamin Degasne and Olivier Manette

Where this goes

One architecture.
More than one aircraft.

Three horizons. Only the first one exists today.

Today

An architecture that flies

An 8 m inflatable-wing prototype, built and flight-tested.

Next

Persistent airborne sensing

Controlled flight, useful payloads, endurance target 3–6 h.

The vision

A new family of aircraft

Larger aircraft, higher altitude, possibly solar-assisted endurance.

Something to watch over?

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