Eve Air Mobility Names 4 New Suppliers for Electric Air Taxi

The Embraer air taxi subsidiary is enlisting Thales, Honeywell, Recaro Aircraft Seating, and FACC to provide components for its flagship air taxi.

Jack Daleo

Monday, January 29, 2024 at 04:19 PM ET

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Eve Air Mobility announced Thales, Honeywell, Recaro Aircraft Seats, and FACC as its latest round of supplier partners. [Courtesy: Eve Air Mobility]

Key Takeaways:

Eve Air Mobility, Embraer's eVTOL arm, significantly expanded its supplier network, partnering with Thales, Honeywell, Recaro, and FACC for key components like sensors, navigation, seating, and flight controls for its lift-plus-cruise air taxi.
The company aims to launch commercial advanced air mobility services globally in 2026, with full-scale prototype testing scheduled for later this year and regulatory progress, including proposed airworthiness criteria from Brazil's ANAC.
Eve's strategy involves extensive outsourcing of component production to minimize capital costs and has secured international agreements for air taxi services across six continents.

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Eve Air Mobility, the electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) air taxi arm of aircraft manufacturing titan Embraer, is adding more partners to its rapidly growing supplier network.

The São Paulo-based company—which intends to launch commercial advanced air mobility (AAM) services in 2026—is enlisting Thales, Honeywell, Recaro Aircraft Seating, and FACC to supply the sensors, guidance and navigation, seats, and flight controls for its flagship model.