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Embraer X has started to engage regulators in Asia-Pacific to better understand the urban air mobility environment and expectations of the region for electric vertical and landing vehicles that will provide this inner-city air transportation. (Photo: Embraer X)
According to business development director David Rottblatt,
Embraer X began conversations with more than five Asia-Pacific regulators,
starting with Singapore, late last year to better understand the UAM
environment and expectations of the region. “We are here to find out what the
communities and regulator expects, and what is the roadmap like for UAM and
eVTOL,” he said. “We have engaged all sort of demographics from regulators,
pilots, and the communities.”
Embraer X unveiled its first
eVTOL concept in May 2018 in response to Uber’s call for the
development for its uberAIR solution. Although this will be Embraer’s first
foray into rotorcraft, Rottblatt said the company is pulling from more than 60
years of aircraft developments.
“We are taking our time to make sure that our design drivers are
right. And since we are still in the pre-competition stage, it is important
that we all work together to develop the UAM concept as a community,” he said,
brushing aside any worry that the company is behind competitors in the eVTOL
race.
Meanwhile, Airbus hopes to fly its City Airbus four-seat eVTOL
design by June. According to Airbus head of Asia-Pacific UAM strategy Derek
Cheng, the company is in the process of designing the next eVTOL platform based
on lessons learned by City Airbus and its single-seat testbed Vahana, with
final design review expected by year-end and first flight to follow within a
year.
Cheng said the current three design hurdles are the development
of a battery pack for flight beyond 15 minutes, which will be the “main game
changer"; the maturity of autonomous systems; and noise levels. On the
latter, he said Airbus is working on an upper limit of 65 dB, which is the same
as a passing subway train, and will affect where the aircraft can land in a
city.
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