Electric aircraft manufacturer Lilium has partnered with GE Aerospace to build a “solid safety foundation” for regional air mobility (RAM). The two companies will combine their respective flight data and analytics platforms to build scalable flight data management solutions to develop safety standards and guidelines for electric vertical take off and landing (eVTOL) aircraft operators.
"Aviation regulators in Europe and the US are rightly setting the highest bar for eVTOLs to meet in safety standards and regulations,” said Andrew Coleman, general manager, GE Aerospace’s Software as a Service (SaaS) Group.
Lilium VP fleet operations, support, and services Dominque Decard commented: "Flight data monitoring at a fleetwide level is a key component of our aftermarket services offering for operators. Collaborating with GE today will allow us to deploy the technology to support our flight test campaign."
As part of this partnership, GE Aerospace and Lilium will build an OEM-level flight data monitoring (FDM) or flight operations quality assurance (FOQA) program, to monitor eVTOL safety at a fleet wide level, as well as establish a voluntary FDM program option for Lilium’s customers.