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Supernal Teams with Mecaer and Hyundai To Develop eVTOL Aircraft Landing Gear
The partners signed a collaboration agreement during the Seoul ADEX air show in South Korea.
Left to right: Jaiwon Shin, president of Hyundai Motor Group and CEO of Supernal, Jae-Wook Jung, president and CEO of Hyundai WIA, and Bruno Spagnolini, CEO of Mecaer, agreed a partnership to develop eVTOL aircraft landing gear at the Seoul ADEX air show on October 18.
Left to right: Jaiwon Shin, president of Hyundai Motor Group and CEO of Supernal, Jae-Wook Jung, president and CEO of Hyundai WIA, and Bruno Spagnolini, CEO of Mecaer, agreed a partnership to develop eVTOL aircraft landing gear at the Seoul ADEX air show on October 18.

Supernal has confirmed plans to develop the landing gear for its four-passenger SA-1 eVTOL aircraft as it prepares to start flight testing a technology demonstrator by the end of 2024. During the Seoul ADEX air show in South Korea on October 18, the company announced a partnership with Italy’s Mecaer Aviation Group and the Hyundai WIA parts manufacturing subsidiary of its parent, Hyundai Motor Group.

Macaer specializes in designing and building landing gear, having developed systems for a variety of helicopters and business and general aviation aircraft. It has already been selected by rival eVTOL manufacturer Archer Aviation to develop the landing gear for its Midnight eVTOL vehicle. Hyundai WAI has experience in manufacturing and precision machine tools in the automotive and aerospace sectors.

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