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Wisk Aero and Liebherr-Aerospace have announced a new agreement to develop and supply the actutation system for Wisk’s Generation 6 autonomous all-electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) aircraft.
Liebherr will provide the eVTOL’s electro-mechanical actuation system, which will in turn provide control of the aircraft’s flight surfaces, including flaperons, elevators and rudders, as well as the tilt angle of the tilting propulsion system.
The agreement between the two companies will extend throughout the aircraft’s development programme, certification and full-rate scaled production.
Eric Haugen, Head of Supply Chain Management at Wisk, said:
The actuation system is one of the most critical systems on our aircraft.
Selecting Liebherr, a well-established, world-class aerospace company, as our long-term supplier for this system is a major milestone for the program. Their institutional knowledge, combined with our innovative approach, has created a powerful, collaborative team dedicated to delivering a safe, certified, all-electric aircraft.
Liebherr has begun adapting its own modular flight control system, LiVCAS, to fit the smaller architecture of the Gen 6 aircraft, with the two companies having worked together thus far to integrate the technology within the aircraft.
Dr. Klaus Schneider, Chief Technology Officer, Liebherr-Aerospace & Transportation SAS, said:
We are very pleased to have been selected by Wisk to develop and deliver the actuation system.
Our versatile, modular, flight control actuation concept has convinced our customer, and we look forward to a long-term partnership with Wisk to help shape the future of air transportation.
The electro-mechanical actuators and actuator electronic units are set to be manufactured primarily at Liebherr-Aerospace Lindenberg GmbH (Germany), Liebherr’s center of competence for flight control systems, and Liebherr-Electronics and Drives GmbH in Lindau (Germany).
