BRITISH defence giant bae Systems has joined forces with Embraer to explore the potential for developing a military version of the Brazilian planemaker's Eve flying taxi, reports Bloomberg.
They will weigh the viability of using the electric vertical take-off and landing craft in roles such as surveillance and transporting military personnel, as well as performing disaster-relief and humanitarian missions, said London-based BAE.
EVTOL developers are carving out niches for their models as the technology nears maturity following significant cash injections and increasing interest from the wider aviation industry.
Embraer's Eve has amassed more than 1,700 orders from 17 launch customers and earlier announced that it will go public via a US$2.4 billion reverse merger with a special purpose acquisition company.
BAE has agreed to invest $10 million in the Eve militarisation project and will work on a joint study bringing together engineers from its warplane plants in Lancashire, England, and a team from Embraer's base in Sao Jose dos Campos.
The transaction includes $237 million from Zanite and a $305 million private investment in public equity, or PIPE, with $175 million from Embraer and $105 million from a consortium featuring BAE, engine maker Rolls-Royce and US regional airlines Republic Airways and SkyWest.
Embraer will retain an 80 per cent equity stake.
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They will weigh the viability of using the electric vertical take-off and landing craft in roles such as surveillance and transporting military personnel, as well as performing disaster-relief and humanitarian missions, said London-based BAE.
EVTOL developers are carving out niches for their models as the technology nears maturity following significant cash injections and increasing interest from the wider aviation industry.
Embraer's Eve has amassed more than 1,700 orders from 17 launch customers and earlier announced that it will go public via a US$2.4 billion reverse merger with a special purpose acquisition company.
BAE has agreed to invest $10 million in the Eve militarisation project and will work on a joint study bringing together engineers from its warplane plants in Lancashire, England, and a team from Embraer's base in Sao Jose dos Campos.
The transaction includes $237 million from Zanite and a $305 million private investment in public equity, or PIPE, with $175 million from Embraer and $105 million from a consortium featuring BAE, engine maker Rolls-Royce and US regional airlines Republic Airways and SkyWest.
Embraer will retain an 80 per cent equity stake.
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