PAS 2025: “Eve to Showcase Aircraft Design Evolution, Testing Progress, Integrated Services Solutions”

Eve Air Mobil­i­ty is unveil­ing advance­ments in its eVTOL pro­gram next week at the Paris Air­show (PAS), reports a press release. 

The com­pa­ny will high­light the evo­lu­tion of its air­craft design; momen­tum in its rig­or­ous test­ing pro­gram; and the con­tin­ued devel­op­ment of its inte­grat­ed ser­vice solu­tion, Tech­Care.

Luiz Valen­ti­ni, CTO at Eve, com­ment­ed, “Our approach is to ‘cer­ti­fy to fly, not fly to cer­ti­fy’. We under­stand the respon­si­bil­i­ty of pio­neer­ing a new era of flight and are focus­ing on exhaus­tive ground test­ing, lever­ag­ing Embraer’s exten­sive expe­ri­ence in air­craft cer­ti­fi­ca­tion, to val­i­date per­for­mance and ensure com­pli­ance before com­menc­ing flight tests.”

The release states, “The com­pa­ny has already com­plet­ed numer­ous com­po­nent and sys­tems tests and is now set­ting foot into vehi­cle inte­gra­tion and ground tests, with flight tests expect­ed to begin this sum­mer. The goal is to utilise five to six con­form­ing pro­to­types to per­form thou­sands of devel­op­ment and cer­ti­fi­ca­tion flights between 2025 and 2026.”

At PAS, Eve will be reveal­ing design updates to its eVTOL, under­scored by a focus on safe­ty, opti­mi­sa­tion, pas­sen­ger expe­ri­ence, oper­a­tional effi­cien­cy and ease of trans­port. Key refine­ments include:-

: Wheeled Land­ing Gear Option — As an option at entry into ser­vice, the com­pa­ny has intro­duced wheeled land­ing gear with option­al light­weight skids, which pro­vide enhanced ground maneu­ver­abil­i­ty, min­imise ener­gy con­sump­tion dur­ing taxi­ing and improve oper­a­tional flex­i­bil­i­ty.

: Opti­mised Cab­in Inte­ri­or - The eVTOL inte­ri­or now fea­tures light­weight seats to sup­port ener­gy-effi­cient oper­a­tions and a full-flex cab­in design, allow­ing up to 4 pas­sen­gers to quick­ly con­vert between pas­sen­ger and car­go con­fig­u­ra­tions. This ver­sa­til­i­ty max­imis­es air­craft util­i­sa­tion, adapt­abil­i­ty and pas­sen­ger expe­ri­ence.

: Lifters and Push­er - Fixed-pitch lifters and one push­er, com­bined with an inno­v­a­tive and patent­ed four-blade design, allow the lifter rotor blades to autonomous­ly align with the pylons, reduc­ing drag dur­ing the cruise phase. This design enhances per­for­mance and safe­ty with built-in redun­dan­cy and reduces noise and drag for qui­eter, more effi­cient urban flight oper­a­tions. 

: Aero­dy­nam­ic Wing Design - A glob­al­ly ship­pable, Embraer-opti­mised wing design, span­ning 15 metres, yet mod­u­lar for stan­dard con­tain­er trans­port, which deliv­ers high per­for­mance, low com­plex­i­ty and supe­ri­or dis­patch abil­i­ty. It fea­tures a sin­gle actu­a­tor and aileron per side with no flaps.

: An Intu­itive Cock­pit - This intu­itive, four axis side­stick-only cock­pit devel­oped with Garmin and Crouzet, paired with Embraer’s 5the Gen fly-by-wire, deliv­ers a stream­lined pilot expe­ri­ence with a reduced work­load.

Johann Bor­dais, CEO of Eve Air Mobil­i­ty, remarked, “Our rig­or­ous test pro­gram isn’t about rush­ing to dead­lines, it’s about method­i­cal pre­ci­sion that ulti­mate­ly accel­er­ates our cer­ti­fi­ca­tion path. By tak­ing delib­er­ate steps now, we’re build­ing a foun­da­tion for flaw­less exe­cu­tion to pro­pel us for­ward with greater momen­tum and con­fi­dence when it mat­ters most.” He added, “At Eve, we’re not aim­ing to be first to cer­ti­fi­ca­tion, our true objec­tive is to pro­vide the best solu­tion for our cus­tomers.” 

One of Eve’s key dif­fer­en­tia­tor lies in its suite of inte­grat­ed ser­vice solu­tions designed to sup­port the entire life­cy­cle of eVTOL oper­a­tions. Tech­Care, Eve’s all-in-one ser­vice port­fo­lio for eVTOLs, pro­vides a one-stop shop for main­tain­ing air­wor­thi­ness, tap­ping into Embraer’s glob­al ser­vice cen­tres to pro­vide oper­a­tors world­wide with access to its ser­vices.

Eve Air Mobil­i­ty first show­cased its eVTOL pro­to­type a year ago

The release con­tin­ues, “Vec­tor, an eas­i­ly inte­grat­ed air traf­fic man­age­ment solu­tion, is rolling under Tech­Care to pro­vide after­mar­ket solu­tions, cre­at­ing a seam­less and com­pre­hen­sive ser­vice expe­ri­ence. This agnos­tic sup­port, which includes man­ag­ing take­off and land­ing sched­ules, fleet plan­ning, and traf­fic con­trol, extends to oth­er eVTOL man­u­fac­tur­ers, fur­ther solid­i­fy­ing Eve’s com­mit­ment to the broad­er UAM ecosys­tem.”

Key offer­ings through Tech­Care include:-

: Pilot Train­ing - By lever­ag­ing Embraer-CAE Train­ing Ser­vices, Eve pro­vides access to glob­al train­ing cen­tres staffed by avi­a­tion experts, address­ing a crit­i­cal need in the rapid­ly grow­ing UAM indus­try.

: Main­te­nance - As part of Embraer’s glob­al ser­vice cen­tres, oper­a­tors world­wide can access Eve’s ser­vices, a unique offer­ing in the com­pet­i­tive land­scape.

: Bat­tery Exchange - Eve has select­ed BAE Sys­tems, a com­pa­ny with a long and dis­tin­guished his­to­ry of inno­va­tion in aero­space and defense, to pro­vide the bat­tery sys­tem for Eve’s elec­tric air­craft. Their com­pre­hen­sive solu­tion ensures bat­tery avail­abil­i­ty and stream­lines logis­tics, giv­ing oper­a­tors peace of mind in their oper­a­tions.

: Spare Parts — A com­pre­hen­sive mate­ri­als ser­vices port­fo­lio and dig­i­tal solu­tions for parts order­ing ensure 24/7 sup­port to oper­a­tors and MROs across a glob­al net­work, address­ing a crit­i­cal need for read­i­ly avail­able com­po­nents.

Luiz Mauad, VP of Cus­tomer Ser­vices, added, “This inte­grat­ed approach with Tech­Care pro­vides oper­a­tors with peace of mind and sim­pli­fies the com­plex­i­ties of UAM oper­a­tions, all with a sin­gle month­ly fee. The solu­tion ensures air­craft oper­ate as designed with read­i­ly avail­able spare parts and opti­mised util­i­sa­tion, sig­nif­i­cant­ly reduc­ing the risk of unex­pect­ed prob­lems that would pre­vent the air­craft from fly­ing.”

For more infor­ma­tion

www.eveairmobility.com

(Images: Eve Air Mobil­i­ty)

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