Embraer’s Eve Air Mobility Partners with Thales

Brazil’s Eve Air Mobility has announced a strategic partnership with France-based aviation giant Thales to help develop avionics, flight control, navigation, communication, and connectivity systems for Eve’s proposed new electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) air taxi.

Thom Patterson

Thursday, April 21, 2022 at 05:04 PM ET

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Eve Air Mobility’s eVTOL air taxi is expected to enter service in 2026. [Courtesy: Eve Air Mobility]

Key Takeaways:

Eve Air Mobility has formed a strategic partnership with Thales to develop critical avionics, flight control, navigation, communication, and connectivity systems for its electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) air taxis.
The collaboration leverages Embraer's long-standing relationship with Thales and builds on Thales's prior experience in urban air mobility (UAM), including its involvement with the CityAirbus NextGen eVTOL project.
This partnership is a significant step towards Eve's goal of commercially introducing its pilot-plus-four-passenger eVTOL aircraft by 2026, alongside other efforts to build a global eVTOL ecosystem.

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Embraer’s Eve Air Mobility (NYSE: EVE) has added an important technology component to help develop and manufacture electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) air taxis.

The Brazilian company announced Wednesday a strategic partnership with France-based aviation giant Thales to create avionics, flight control, navigation, communication, and connectivity systems for Eve’s proposed new aircraft.