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:

Embraer's Eve Air Mobility has formed a strategic partnership with Thales to develop advanced avionics, flight control, navigation, communication, and connectivity systems for its eVTOL air taxi.
This collaboration leverages Thales's established expertise in urban air mobility and its long-standing relationship with Embraer.
The partnership is crucial for Eve's goal of commercially introducing its pilot-plus-four-passenger eVTOL aircraft, designed for both vertical and horizontal flight, by 2026.
This is part of Eve's broader strategy to build an eVTOL ecosystem through various partnerships and comes ahead of its anticipated 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.