Safety
Wisk, Boeing Sued over eVTOL Software Safety Claims
Fired software manager alleges retaliation, discrimination
Wisk Aero's fifth-generation Cora prototypes sit in the company's hangar in Hollister, California, as a sixth-generation aircraft crosses the apron outside.
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A former Wisk Aero software engineering manager is suing California-based eVTOL developer Wisk and parent company Boeing in Santa Clara County Superior Court, alleging that she was fired for reporting that the company’s autonomous air taxi software failed basic aviation safety testing requirements.

Wisk is developing a pilotless, four-passenger eVTOL aircraft it intends to certify and bring into commercial service by 2030. Briahna O’Neill, the plaintiff, led software integration for the aircraft’s vehicle management system (VMS), the software that controls its flight and navigation.