“A Watershed Moment!” Lilium Begins Production of Its eVTOL Jet

Lil­i­um, the devel­op­er of the first eVTOL jet, announced this week the start of pro­duc­tion at its Wessling, Ger­many facil­i­ty, reports a press release. After arrival of the first fuse­lage at Lilium’s assem­bly line, the com­pa­ny is ramp­ing up man­u­fac­tur­ing of parts and sys­tems.

Ger­man-based Lil­i­um believes “it has hit a water­shed moment, shift­ing from the design phase to indus­tri­al­i­sa­tion of the Lil­i­um Jet,” says the release. “Today’s mile­stone is an impor­tant turn­ing point for Lilium’s indus­tri­al part­ners and sup­ply chains work­ing to make sus­tain­able region­al avi­a­tion a real­i­ty.”

Dur­ing this next phase, the fuse­lage will be matched-up with the aircraft’s canards and main wings. Pro­duc­tion at Wessling cov­ers Lilium’s test­ing and man­u­fac­tur­ing, propul­sion and aerostruc­tures, as well as the new­ly con­struct­ed bat­tery assem­bly build­ing and logis­tics hub, where air­craft parts are read­ied for inte­gra­tion on the final assem­bly line. All are locat­ed along­side one anoth­er. In total, Lilium’s facil­i­ty cov­ers an area of 175,000 square-feet.

Wessling Facil­i­ty (Cred­it — Lil­i­um)

Klaus Roewe, CEO of Lil­i­um, com­ment­ed, “To see the first air­craft fuse­lage on the final assem­bly line ready to join up with the canard and wings is a proud moment for every­one involved in our mis­sion  to make avi­a­tion sus­tain­able. We firm­ly believe the Lil­i­um Jet will ush­er in a new era of sus­tain­able region­al mobil­i­ty, offer­ing the high­est safe­ty stan­dards, as well as supe­ri­or com­fort, unit eco­nom­ics and cus­tomer expe­ri­ence.”

Yves Yem­si, COO of Lil­i­um, added, “The progress made in design­ing and build­ing the fuse­lage, canard and wings is a tes­ta­ment to the qual­i­ty of col­lab­o­ra­tion with our aerostruc­tures sup­pli­ers Aci­tur­ri and Aern­no­va.” 

This assem­bly begin­ning fol­lows Lilium’s Design Organ­i­sa­tion Approval by EASA, con­firm­ing that Lil­i­um has the organ­i­sa­tion, pro­ce­dures, com­pe­ten­cies and resources, while demon­strat­ing “the rigour required” to cer­ti­fy air­craft accord­ing to the high­est safe­ty stan­dards.

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(Top image: Lil­i­um)