CAE’s full flight simulator to train the first wave of Eve Air Mobility’s eVTOL aircraft pilots

Embraer-CAE Train­ing Ser­vices (ECTS), a joint ven­ture between Embraer and CAE, has pur­chased its first full‑flight sim­u­la­tor ded­i­cat­ed to train­ing pilots for Eve Air Mobil­i­ty.

Announced at last week’s Sin­ga­pore Air­show, the sim­u­la­tor will be the first device deliv­ered to ECTS fol­low­ing its selec­tion in Octo­ber 2024 as Eve’s train­ing provider. It will be oper­at­ed by ECTS to deliv­er train­ing to Eve and its cus­tomers.

The FFS will also play a crit­i­cal role in the cer­ti­fi­ca­tion process for Eve’s eVTOL air­craft and prepar­ing pilots for safe, effi­cient oper­a­tions ahead of Eve’s planned entry‑into‑service.

Alexan­dre Prévost, Pres­i­dent, Civ­il Avi­a­tion at CAE and ECTS Board Mem­ber, said: “As devel­op­ment at Eve Air Mobil­i­ty pro­gress­es, high‑fidelity sim­u­la­tion is key to train­ing the first wave of pilots and ensur­ing a safe entry into ser­vice of this new air­craft.

“CAE and ECTS are proud to sup­port Eve in devel­op­ing a scal­able, cer­ti­fi­able train­ing ecosys­tem. This sim­u­la­tor sets a new bench­mark for advanced air mobil­i­ty train­ing infra­struc­ture and under­scores our shared com­mit­ment to safe, seam­less urban air trans­porta­tion.”

The CAE 3000 series full-flight sim­u­la­tor inte­grates high-fideli­ty motion cue­ing, a pre­ci­sion flight deck repli­ca, and the next-gen­er­a­tion CAE Prodi­gy™ Visu­al Sys­tem pow­ered by Unre­al Engine, deliv­er­ing the ultra‑realistic train­ing envi­ron­ment required for com­mer­cial single‑pilot eVTOL oper­a­tions in dense urban set­tings.

The sim­u­la­tor will be inte­grat­ed into the ECTS glob­al train­ing net­work, lever­ag­ing Embraer’s decades of oper­a­tional excel­lence and CAE’s broad foot­print in major avi­a­tion hubs. The infra­struc­ture will sup­port pilot, main­te­nance, and ground han­dling train­ing as part of EveTech­Care, the company’s com­pre­hen­sive after­mar­ket ser­vices port­fo­lio.

Ayslan Anholon, Vice Pres­i­dent, Flight Oper­a­tions & Train­ing, Embraer Ser­vices & Sup­port, said: “We have had a suc­cess­ful part­ner­ship with CAE over the last years to train pilots to oper­ate our com­mer­cial and exec­u­tive jets world­wide.

“Now, we are hap­py to extend our long-term col­lab­o­ra­tion with CAE to pro­vide the best train­ing tools for oper­at­ing Eve’s eVTOL air­craft. Togeth­er, we will con­tin­ue to advance safe­ty and oper­a­tional excel­lence even fur­ther.”

Luiz Mauad, Vice Pres­i­dent, Cus­tomer Ser­vices at Eve Air Mobil­i­ty, added: “This sim­u­la­tor is a crit­i­cal invest­ment in ensur­ing Eve pilots receive world-class train­ing as we advance toward com­mer­cial oper­a­tions. It strength­ens pilot readi­ness while rein­forc­ing our unwa­ver­ing com­mit­ment to safe­ty and oper­a­tional excel­lence.

“It also reflects our dis­ci­plined approach to scal­ing oper­a­tions respon­si­bly, ensur­ing our train­ing infra­struc­ture evolves in lock­step with air­craft cer­ti­fi­ca­tion and mar­ket entry.”