Regulations and Government
Brazil Official Signals Strong Support for UAM
Ronei Glanzman, Brazil's secretary of civil aviation believes that the country "has the DNA for eVTOLS."

At the opening of LABACE 2022 yesterday, Secretary of Civil Aviation Ronei Glanzman, Brazil's highest-ranking aviation official, gave a strong endorsement of the nascent urban air mobility (UAM) industry. ”Support for UAMs is a clear public policy,” Glanzman told AIN. Local aircraft manufacturer Embraer is a major investor in its Eve spinoff, which is planning to manufacture an electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) aircraft, although it isn’t displaying a prototype this week at the show.

He listed what makes Brazil an ideal incubator for a UAV ecosystem: “ANAC, DECEA, Embraer, and WEG”—referring to the country's civil aviation agency, airspace managing agency, homegrown aircraft manufacturer, and electric motor maker in the southern state of Santa Catarina, respectively.