Spanish aerostructures specialist Aciturri started talks with eVTOL aircraft developer Lilium over a possible collaboration before the Covid pandemic cast a dark shadow over its core business supporting leading airliner manufacturers including Airbus, Boeing, and Embraer. The move proved prescient, opening an opportunity to diversify Aciturri's activities in the dynamic advanced air mobility sector, which seems immune from the virus’s stultifying effect on the air transport sector.
Under the long-term partnership announced on February 23 with Lilium, Aciturri will produce all primary composite structures for the Lilium Jet eVTOL aircraft, whose developer expects to start series production around the end of 2024. The company’s engineering team will work closely with counterparts at Lilium on finalizing the design of the composite airframe structures, as well as planning the manufacturing process.
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