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Through the partnership the company will integrate HENSOLDT’s advanced avionics suite, into its e200x series of aircrafts improving its safety, situational awareness, and operational efficiency in dense urban environments.
The ePlane Company, an electric Vertical Takeoff and Landing (eVTOL) aircraft, has announced a partnership with Germany- based HENSOLDT Avionics, to use the latter’s sensor solutions and mission management electronics for its eVTOL aircrafts.
Through the partnership the company will integrate HENSOLDT’s advanced avionics suite, into its e200x series of aircrafts improving its safety, situational awareness, and operational efficiency in dense urban environments.
HENSOLDT’s suite of avionics will serve as the ‘eyes and ears of the e200x’ ensuring highest levels of safety and operational efficiency in urban airspace, advanced situational awareness and seamless connectivity, the company said in a media release.
Avionics solutions
Some of the avionics solutions that HENSOLDT will supply include EuroNav 7 Next Gen that will help the aircraft navigates complex cityscapes, CaviSigh which will help in rooftop helipad landing, RF1 Smart Antenna, a traffic awareness and collision avoidance system and CaviConnect which helps in a secure datalink between the aircraft and ground stations
“By partnering with HENSOLDT, we are not just buying components; we are integrating a legacy of aviation safety into the DNA of the e200x. This avionics suite provides the comprehensive situational awareness required to operate safely in dense urban environments”, said Satya Chakravarthy, Founder & Technical Lead, The ePlane Company
“We are proud to support ePlane in their mission to alleviate urban congestion. Our avionics are designed for the most demanding missions, and the operational profile of an eVTOL in India is the ultimate proving ground.”, said Michael Groeninger, Managing Director, HENSOLDT Avionics GmbH.
