Aircraft
Piper Adding Service Center, Helping Robinson with R88
Both companies are collaborating on advanced metal-forming and tooling design
Aura CEO Jeremy Caussade and Piper Aircraft president and CEO John Calcagno
Aura Aero CEO Jérémy Caussade (left) and Piper Aircraft president and CEO John Calcagno signed a memorandum of understanding at EAA AirVenture Oshkosh to work together on Aura’s ERA 19-seat hybrid-electric regional airliner. © AIN/Matt Thurber

As Piper Aircraft celebrates its 90th anniversary, president and CEO John Calcagno announced at EAA AirVenture Oshkosh the expansion of the company’s Vero Beach headquarters with a new service center. Meanwhile, Piper Industrial Manufacturing Co. (PIMCO) will help Robinson Helicopter with sheetmetal manufacturing for the in-development R88 helicopter, as well as partner with Aura Aero on its ERA 19-seat hybrid-electric regional airliner.

“This collaboration leverages Piper’s more than 90 years of aerostructures design and certification expertise to advance sustainable aviation,” said Calcagno. “Both Piper Aircraft and PIMCO are aligning ourselves with a leader in the advancing air mobility sector.”

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