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Wisk Aero Launches Montreal Hub to support 6th Generation Aircraft Development

Wisk Aero is con­tin­u­ing its glob­al expan­sion with the launch of a new engi­neer­ing hub for the ongo­ing devel­op­ment of its 6th gen­er­a­tion air­craft in Mon­tre­al, Cana­da. Wisk is launch­ing the new hub with exist­ing Mon­tre­al-based per­son­nel and intends to grow this pres­ence to approx­i­mate­ly thir­ty employ­ees by the end of the year.

Wisk has been expe­ri­enc­ing rapid growth, dri­ven by a tremen­dous increase in inter­est for its mis­sion and tech­nol­o­gy. The company’s new Mon­tre­al hub is part of a broad­er effort to fur­ther expand its glob­al team of indus­try-lead­ing tal­ent around the world.

Wisk senior vice pres­i­dent of engi­neer­ing and pro­grammes Sebastien Vigneron said: “Canada’s for­ward-look­ing approach to avi­a­tion and inter­est in advanced air mobil­i­ty (AAM), com­bined with its pool of expe­ri­enced aero­space tal­ent, make it an ide­al loca­tion for Wisk as we expand our glob­al foot­print.

“This expan­sion high­lights the increas­ing glob­al inter­est in our mis­sion to bring safe, every­day flight to every­one, and we look for­ward to con­tin­u­ing that mis­sion with sup­port from our new Mon­tre­al-based hub.”

The announce­ment of the new Mon­tre­al hub fol­lows Wisk’s recent expan­sion into Aus­tralia. In addi­tion to Mon­tre­al and its head­quar­ters and facil­i­ties around the San Fran­cis­co Bay Area, Wisk now has a pres­ence in Atlanta (Geor­gia), New Zealand, and Aus­tralia.

In July, Wisk Aero released its lat­est whitepa­per, which details its sim­u­la­tion, coor­di­na­tion, opti­mi­sa­tion, plan­ning and engage­ment (Scope) pro­pri­etary, data-dri­ven, microsim­u­la­tion plat­form, which pro­vides insights to enable effi­cient and respon­si­ble deploy­ment of AAM with­in a giv­en geo­graph­ic area.

In June, Wisk Aero part­nered with the Coun­cil of May­ors of South East Queens­land to intro­duce a safe, sus­tain­able, and scal­able, autonomous air taxi ser­vice, with plans to hire addi­tion­al Aus­tralian-based per­son­nel.

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Jason Pritchard

Jason Pritchard is the Editor of eVTOL Insights. He holds a BA from Leicester's De Montfort University and has worked in Journalism and Public Relations for more than a decade. Outside of work, Jason enjoys playing and watching football and golf. He also has a keen interest in Ancient Egypt.

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