Supernal chooses Honeywell as Avionics Provider for its eVTOL aircraft

Hyundai Motor Group’s eVTOL depart­ment has cho­sen aero­space provider, Hon­ey­well, to devel­op avion­ics sys­tems for its eVTOL air­craft, reports reuters.com.

Under this part­ner­ship, Hon­ey­well will work with Super­nal, Hyundai’s U.S‑based eVTOL sub­sidiary, to explore inte­gra­tion of the aero­space sup­pli­er’s ‘Anthem’ flight deck in to its fly­ing taxi, which is set to enter com­mer­cial ser­vice in 2028.

Hon­ey­well’s col­lab­o­ra­tion with Super­nal is a first with an air taxi com­pa­ny estab­lished by a car mak­er. The organ­i­sa­tion, which is a big sup­pli­er to Boe­ing and Air­bus, also has invest­ments in eVTOL firms, Lil­i­um, Ver­ti­cal Aero­space and Volo­copter.

Stephane Fymat, Hon­ey­well Vice-Pres­i­dent, point­ed out to Reuters a present chal­lenge fac­ing the eVTOL Indus­try — the U.S Fed­er­al Avi­a­tion Admin­is­tra­tion (FAA) and cer­ti­fi­ca­tion. He com­ment­ed, “We want to see the FAA come out with its set of cer­ti­fi­ca­tion rules, quick­ly. Well thought out, but quick­ly (and) that those rules are har­monised with those of EASA (Euro­pean Union Avi­a­tion Safe­ty Agency).”

The FAA is still in the process of draw­ing up cer­ti­fi­ca­tion rules for eVTOLs giv­en the jets work as heli­copters when tak­ing off and land­ing and as aero­planes dur­ing flight. Hon­ey­well says it would con­sid­er invest­ing fur­ther in the eVTOL sec­tor, when the FAA cer­ti­fi­ca­tion is resolved.

Stephane Fymat

Fymat added, “We expect the over­all mar­ket for air taxis to be around USD120 bil­lion per year by 2030.”

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