Eve announces LOI for up to 150 eVTOLs via collaboration between Embraer and BAE Systems

Eve Urban Air Mobil­i­ty (Eve) announced this week at the Farn­bor­ough Air­show, a non-bind­ing Let­ter of Intent (LOI) with Embraer and BAE Sys­tems to explore the poten­tial order of up to 150 eVTOLs with the aim of exam­in­ing the air­craft appli­ca­tion for the defence and secu­ri­ty mar­ket, reports a press release. 

In a sep­a­rate announce­ment, BAE Sys­tems and Embraer signed a Mem­o­ran­dum of Under­stand­ing (“MoU”) at Farn­bor­ough Inter­na­tion­al Air­show to poten­tial­ly form a joint ven­ture to col­lab­o­ra­tive­ly devel­op an inno­v­a­tive defence eVTOL vari­ant using Eve’s plat­form.

Jack­son Schnei­der, Pres­i­dent and CEO of Embraer Defense & Secu­ri­ty, com­ment­ed, “Teams from BAE Sys­tems and Embraer will con­tin­ue work­ing togeth­er to explore how the air­craft, designed for the urban mobil­i­ty mar­ket, can pro­vide cost-effec­tive, sus­tain­able, and adapt­able capa­bil­i­ty as a defense vari­ant.”

Ian Mul­downey

Ian Mul­downey, CEO of BAE Sys­tems Air, said, “Our cus­tomers’ oper­at­ing envi­ron­ment is increas­ing­ly com­plex and eVTOL is just one exam­ple of how we’re look­ing at emerg­ing tech­nolo­gies, includ­ing those from the com­mer­cial mar­ket. We are explor­ing how we can adapt these solu­tions to bring vital oper­a­tional capa­bil­i­ty to our cus­tomers quick­ly and at a low­er cost – whilst also sup­port­ing envi­ron­men­tal and sus­tain­abil­i­ty goals.”

In Decem­ber 2021, Embraer and BAE Sys­tems dis­closed plans to col­lab­o­rate on devel­op­ing Eve’s eVTOL as a poten­tial defence vari­ant. This agree­ment rein­forces the trust of the lead­ing aero­space organ­i­sa­tions in Eve’s vehi­cle and its adapt­abil­i­ty for pur­pos­es oth­er than urban air mobil­i­ty.

Andre Stein, Co-CEO of Eve, added, “We are thrilled that Embraer and BAE Sys­tems have cho­sen Eve as their plat­form for this col­lab­o­ra­tion. Our eVTOL can be adapt­ed to meet var­i­ous essen­tial appli­ca­tions in this mar­ket, such as human­i­tar­i­an response and dis­as­ter relief. This col­lab­o­ra­tion also indi­cates that the defence mar­ket can be more sus­tain­able and at the same time allows Eve to remain focused on explor­ing the urban air mobil­i­ty mar­ket.”

The poten­tial order will be added to Eve’s cur­rent back­log of 1,910 eVTOLS, the largest with­in the advanced air mobil­i­ty indus­try.

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https://eveairmobility.com/