US company, L&T arm to develop electric air taxi jointly

Jul 6, 2022

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NEW DELHI: A subsidiary of Indian engineering large L&T will develop an eVTOL (electrical vertical takeoff and touchdown) air taxi collectively with Texas-based aerospace firm, Jaunt Air Mobility.
L&T Know-how Companies (LTTS) says it has received a multi-year $100-million-plus electrical air mobility deal from Jaunt that has its design and manufacturing centre in Montreal, Canada. As a part of the contract, LTTS says it’ll open an engineering and R&D Centre in Canada “for the next-gen electrical plane producer to supply engineering companies for the eVTOL air taxi”.
Union aviation minister J M Scindia had just lately invited eVTOL producers to come back to India to arrange manufacturing models right here and function companies too.
Sources mentioned the L&T-Jaunt craft may first have its pilot runs within the US and subsequently come to India and different nations. The US agency is learnt to have “taken an curiosity in India”.
“LTTS will provide structural design evaluation, certification help, manufacturing engineering companies for the ‘Jaunt journey programme’. We may also present companies to help integration of flight controls, air knowledge administration, and cockpit show methods,” LTTS mentioned.
Jaunt is rolling out a brand new era of sustainable plane to fulfill the rising demand for sooner city and regional journey. These eVTOLs take off like a helicopter and transition to flying like a fixed-wing aircraft.



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