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SkyDrive Forges Partnerships in India To Pave the Way for Advanced Air Mobility
With the Indian subsidiary of its key investor. Suzuki, the Japanese company exhibited a scale-model of its three-seat eVTOL aircraft at a trade show in Gujarat state.
Videh Khara (left), mission director of the state of Gujarat's Department of Science & Technology signs a memorandum of understanding with SkyDrive CEO Tomohiro Fukuzawa.
Videh Khara (left), mission director of the state of Gujarat's Department of Science & Technology signs a memorandum of understanding with SkyDrive CEO Tomohiro Fukuzawa. (Image: SkyDrive)

Japanese eVTOL aircraft developer SkyDrive is looking to make early inroads into India’s advanced air mobility (AAM) market through new public and private-sector partnerships. During the Gujarat Global Summit 2024 event that closed on January 13, the company signed collaboration agreements with the engineering and technology group Cyient and the government of the Indian state of Gujarat.

Gujarat’s Department of Science and Technology will work with SkyDrive to develop the ecosystem needed to launch eVTOL air services in the state by 2027. Government officials will also support feasibility studies focused on creating AAM businesses in Gujarat, which is the political power base of Indian Prime Minister Narendra.

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