Supernal opens policy and commercial office in Washington DC

Hyundai Motor Group’s Super­nal advanced air mobil­i­ty (AAM) com­pa­ny yes­ter­day opened its pol­i­cy and com­mer­cial hub in Wash­ing­ton DC, one of three per­ma­nent facil­i­ties open­ing this year includ­ing its engi­neer­ing head­quar­ters in Irvine, Cal­i­for­nia, and an R&D facil­i­ty in Fre­mont, Cal­i­for­nia, close to Sil­i­con Val­ley.

Super­nal’s 28,000 square foot office will include a 5,000 square foot inno­va­tion cen­tre when con­struc­tion is com­plet­ed lat­er this year. The Com­pa­ny employs more than 60 peo­ple in pol­i­cy, strate­gic plan­ning, legal, com­mer­cial, prod­uct, finance and human resources. It plans to hire an addi­tion­al 20 employ­ees in Wash­ing­ton DC this year, bring­ing the Com­pa­ny’s total head­count to more than 500.

“The deci­sion to open a three-sto­ry office in down­town Wash­ing­ton DC reflects Supernal’s com­mit­ment to serve as an indus­try resource for reg­u­la­tors and pol­i­cy­mak­ers,” said Jai­won Shin, pres­i­dent of Hyundai Motor Group and CEO of Super­nal.

“We are also pleased to draw on the region’s grow­ing tech and com­mer­cial tal­ent pool. Gov­ern­ment and indus­try col­lab­o­ra­tion is why com­mer­cial avi­a­tion has become the safest form of trans­porta­tion and rou­tine in dai­ly life for many, and we want noth­ing less for AAM.”

Estab­lished in 2020 as the Urban Air Mobil­i­ty Divi­sion of Hyundai Motor Group, Super­nal is devel­op­ing an eVTOL vehi­cle and the inte­grat­ed ground-to-air ecosys­tem to sup­port the emerg­ing AAM indus­try.

Super­nal spent more than a year build­ing a three-sto­ry office space with an inte­ri­or design that pays homage to the Com­pa­ny’s aero­space iden­ti­ty and met­al work through­out that mir­rors air­craft parts and shapes, as well as con­fer­ence rooms named after renowned avi­a­tors and even flight path mark­ings on the floors to guide employ­ees through­out the space.

To fos­ter com­mu­ni­ty and col­lab­o­ra­tion, Super­nal chose flex­i­ble fur­ni­ture and round, soft archi­tec­tur­al ele­ments to cre­ate adapt­able spaces that meet the diverse needs of employ­ees. In addi­tion to these spaces, the office boasts ergonom­i­cal­ly designed work­sta­tions and an eco-café that serves as a hub for social­is­ing and col­lab­o­ra­tion.

In May, Super­nal and Inmarsat part­nered to define satel­lite con­nec­tiv­i­ty in AAM, and to con­duct test­ing and data shar­ing to opti­mise hard­ware and net­work sys­tems.

Super­nal and Inmarsat part­ner on AAM vehi­cle con­nec­tiv­i­ty