Eve Names KAI as Supplier for eVTOL Pylons

Eve Air Mobil­i­ty has named Korea Aero­space Indus­tries (KAI), as sup­pli­er for its eVTOL pylons, reports a press release. Pylons are a key com­po­nent of the air­frame that pro­vide sup­port for the aircraft’s elec­tric pow­er units and eight lift pro­pellers.

Dur­ing the past 30 years, KAI has sup­plied major aerostruc­ture com­po­nents to avi­a­tion man­u­fac­tur­ers around the world, includ­ing Embraer for its E‑Jet E2 mod­el. The agree­ment “marks KAI’s for­mal entry into the Advanced Air Mobil­i­ty (AAM) mar­ket,” explains the release.

Last year, Goo Young Kang, CEO of KAI, des­ig­nat­ed Space and Future Air Mobil­i­ty as the company’s core future busi­ness via its 2050 Vision Dec­la­ra­tion. KAI recent­ly announced a sig­nif­i­cant invest­ment in Advanced Air Mobil­i­ty (AAM) infra­struc­ture with the goal of increas­ing its mar­ket share in this rapid­ly grow­ing new indus­try.

Johann Bor­dais, CEO of Eve, remarked, “KAI has an excel­lent rep­u­ta­tion for qual­i­ty, tech­nol­o­gy and busi­ness per­for­mance sup­ply­ing numer­ous aerostruc­ture com­po­nents for a vari­ety of air­craft includ­ing Embraer’s E‑Jet E2 mod­el.”

He con­tin­ued, “We are excit­ed to have this com­pa­ny join a strong and diverse list of sup­pli­ers who will work with us to sup­ply com­po­nents from pro­to­type through  to pro­duc­tion.”

Korea Aero­space Indus­tries HQ (Cred­it: KAI)

In Feb­ru­ary, Eve named Aci­tur­ri (wing skin, spars and leading/trailing edges of the wing) and Crouzet (pilot con­trols) as sup­pli­ers. And in Jan­u­ary, the eVTOL com­pa­ny announced that Thales would sup­ply sen­sors and a com­put­er while Hon­ey­well is to pro­vide guid­ance, nav­i­ga­tion and exter­nal light­ing. Mean­while, RECARO Air­craft Seat­ing was select­ed to fur­nish the eVTOL’s seats and FACC to deliv­er the hor­i­zon­tal and ver­ti­cal tail includ­ing the rud­der and ele­va­tor. 

Last year, Eve select­ed Garmin to sup­ply the aircraft’s avion­ics; Lieb­herr-Aero­space to pro­vide the flight con­trols actu­a­tors; and Inter­galac­tic to ful­fil the ther­mal man­age­ment sys­tem. The com­pa­ny also named Nidec Aero­space, a joint ven­ture between Nidec and Embraer, to pro­duce the elec­tric propul­sion sys­tem; BAE Sys­tems to deliv­er the ener­gy stor­age sys­tem; and Duc Hélice Pro­pellers to pur­vey the rotors and pro­peller.

In 2023, Eve announced its first eVTOL pro­duc­tion facil­i­ty would be locat­ed in the city of Taubaté, in the state of São Paulo, Brazil. The com­pa­ny has begun assem­bly of its first full-scale eVTOL pro­to­type which will be fol­lowed by a test cam­paign. 

The eVTOL air­craft is sched­uled to enter com­mer­cial ser­vice in 2026.

For more infor­ma­tion

https://www.eveairmobility.com

https://www.koreaaero.com/en/

(Top image: Eve Air Mobil­i­ty)

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