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 partnered with Thales to develop critical avionics, flight control, navigation, communication, and connectivity systems for its eVTOL air taxis.
This strategic collaboration leverages Embraer's established 30-year relationship with Thales, aiming for a commercial introduction of Eve's eVTOL in 2026.
Thales brings considerable expertise in urban air mobility (UAM), having previously partnered with Airbus on its CityAirbus NextGen eVTOL project.
The partnership with Thales is one of many strategic alliances Eve is forming to build an comprehensive eVTOL ecosystem, ahead of its expected SPAC merger.

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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.