Airbus ship tests kite power

Airbus ro-ro parts carrier Ciudad de Cadiz, operated by Louis Dreyfus Armateurs, is testing a kite traction system developed by Toulouse-based startup Airseas.

The company was set up in September by Vincent Bernatets, who spent much of a fifteen-year stint with Airbus launching innovative products. His team includes aeronautical engineers specialising in aerodynamics, flight control laws, modelling, composite materials and systems architecture.