SINGAPORE AIRSHOW 2024: Supernal Signs MOUs with CAAS and EDB to Develop AAM in Asia-Pacific

Super­nal has signed two Mem­o­ran­dums of Under­stand­ing (MOUs) with the Sin­ga­pore Eco­nom­ic Devel­op­ment Board (EDB) and the Civ­il Avi­a­tion Author­i­ty of Sin­ga­pore (CAAS) at the Sin­ga­pore Air­show to fur­ther Advanced Air Mobil­i­ty (AAM) in Sin­ga­pore and the Asia-Pacif­ic region, reports a press release. 

The col­lab­o­ra­tions will assist in R&D ini­tia­tives, iden­ti­fy­ing poten­tial use cas­es, exchang­ing infor­ma­tion to sup­port safe­ty reg­u­la­to­ry frame­work and stan­dards devel­op­ment and dri­ving pub­lic engage­ment for AAM. 

Under the MOU between EDB and Super­nal:- 

: Both organ­i­sa­tions will focus on iden­ti­fy­ing oppor­tu­ni­ties to enable R&D activ­i­ties that can build capa­bil­i­ties in key eVTOL tech­nol­o­gy areas. 

: EDB and Super­nal are to share knowl­edge and resources to sup­port the devel­op­ment of AAM oper­a­tional strate­gies. This includes con­duct­ing mar­ket analy­ses and via­bil­i­ty stud­ies to assess the fea­si­bil­i­ty of AAM in Sin­ga­pore and  focus­es on iden­ti­fy­ing unique appli­ca­tions in Sin­ga­pore and the Asia-Pacif­ic region. 

: Both organ­i­sa­tions will eval­u­ate the require­ments  need­ed to estab­lish a pres­ence in Sin­ga­pore and col­lab­o­rate on fea­si­bil­i­ty stud­ies con­cern­ing oper­a­tional-readi­ness activ­i­ties such as assem­bly, vehi­cle oper­a­tions, and main­te­nance, repair and over­haul (MRO).

Jacque­line Poh, MD of EDB, com­ment­ed, “As one of Asia’s lead­ing aero­space ecosys­tems, Sin­ga­pore offers glob­al com­pa­nies estab­lished capa­bil­i­ties to under­take a spec­trum of activ­i­ties across R&D, man­u­fac­tur­ing, and MRO. We are delight­ed to part­ner with Super­nal and wel­come more play­ers to join us as we grow the AAM ecosys­tem here.” Adding, “Advanced air mobil­i­ty has the poten­tial to be a new and excit­ing niche in Singapore’s aero­space sec­tor.” 

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Under the MOU between CAAS and Super­nal:-

: Both organ­i­sa­tions will  exchange infor­ma­tion to sup­port CAAS’ devel­op­ment of a frame­work for air­craft cer­ti­fi­ca­tion, val­i­da­tion, accep­tance and entry into ser­vice, while shap­ing inter­op­er­abil­i­ty require­ments at ver­ti­ports to sup­port seam­less inte­gra­tion of ground and air oper­a­tions. 

: CAAS and Super­nal are to explore devel­op­ing stan­dards for AAM infra­struc­ture, charg­ing and elec­tri­cal ener­gy stor­age solu­tions, air­wor­thi­ness of air­craft and com­po­nents as well as oper­a­tions. 

Han Kok Juan, Direc­tor-Gen­er­al of CAAS, remarked, “The devel­op­ment and deploy­ment of AAM will require new rules and reg­u­la­tions that allow us to lever­age tech­nol­o­gy while ensur­ing secu­ri­ty and pub­lic and avi­a­tion safe­ty.”

He con­tin­ued, “Col­lab­o­ra­tion amongst reg­u­la­tors and with indus­try to pool exper­tise and resources and to iden­ti­fy and mit­i­gate risks will help us put in place the nec­es­sary reg­u­la­to­ry require­ments in a more effec­tive and effi­cient man­ner.”

Jai­won Shin

Jai­won Shin, Pres­i­dent of Hyundai Motor Group and CEO of Super­nal, said, “Work­ing with EDB and CAAS shows how col­lab­o­ra­tion between gov­ern­ment and indus­try can help make AAM a real­i­ty. Insights from both enti­ties will max­imise out­comes and prove the val­ue of AAM, espe­cial­ly in a for­ward-think­ing mar­ket like Sin­ga­pore.”

He added, “Such part­ner­ships will not only allow us to con­tribute to AAM’s devel­op­ment and growth while deep­en­ing ties with key stake­hold­ers, but they are also essen­tial for using AAM as a cat­a­lyst to fuel sus­tain­able eco­nom­ic growth in one of the world’s fastest-grow­ing mar­kets.”

For more infor­ma­tion

https://www.supernal.aero/

https://www.edb.gov.sg

www.caas.gov.sg

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