On February 20, 2024, the Singapore Airshow, one of the world's three major air shows, was grandly opened, bringing together civil aircraft, aviation materials, avionics and technology, aerospace manufacturing and other related enterprises from all over the world to promote the future development of the aviation industry.
Guests from both sides pose for a group photo in front of the GE Aerospace booth.
On the opening day, Wofei Changkong, a leading EVTOL company in China, signed a strategic cooperation agreement with AVIAGE SYSTEMS, the world's leading civil avionics system solution provider, on the development of AAM avionics systems.
Xiang Weiming, Director of AVIAGE SYSTEMS, Zhang Yuanzhong, President and CEO of AVIAGE SYSTEMS, Liu Yingxiao, Vice President of Product Management of AVIAGE SYSTEMS, Guo Liang, CEO and Chief Scientist of AVIAGE SYSTEMS, Xue Songbai, CTO of AVIAGE SYSTEMS, and Wang Xiaomin, Secretary of the Board of Directors and General Manager of Strategic Investment Department of AVIAGE SYSTEMS, attended and witnessed the signing ceremony.
In the future, the two parties will give full play to their respective advantages and carry out close cooperation in the fields of joint design, integration, airworthiness certification and other fields related to the avionics suite related to the Wofei Changkong AE200 project, accelerate the development and commercialization of eVTOL, and promote the development of China's low-altitude economy.
From left to right: Front row: Xue Songbai, CTO of Wofei Changkong, Liu Yingxiao, Vice President of Avionics SYSTEMS Product Management; Back row: Wang Xiaomin, Secretary of the Board of Directors and General Manager of the Strategic Investment Department of Aviage SYSTEMS, Guo Liang, CEO and Chief Scientist of Aviage SYSTEMS, Xiang Weiming, Director of AVIAGE SYSTEMS, and Zhang Yuanzhong, President and CEO of AVIAGE SYSTEMS.
In recent years, the low-altitude economy has become hotter and hotter, and eVTOL, as a new low-carbon means of transportation, has attracted widespread attention. At the ** Economic Work Conference in December 2023, the state clearly identified the "low-altitude economy" as a national strategic emerging industry. At the same time, according to incomplete statistics, 16 provinces have written low-altitude economy, evtol and other related content into the first work report.
Source: Screenshot of the "Implementation Opinions on Prospective Cultivation of Future Industries and Building New Momentum for High-quality Development" by the people of Chengdu City.
As a leading EVTOL aircraft R&D company in China, the engineering research and development and airworthiness certification of the fully self-developed pure electric power vertical take-off and landing manned aircraft AE200 under Wofei Changkong are also steadily progressing. At the end of 2023, Wofei Changkong completed the first phase of the test flight of the AE200 airworthiness technical verification aircraft, and at the same time, the airworthiness certification took the lead in entering the third stage - a new stage of compliance plan formulation and approval.
The first stage of test flight of Wofei Changkong AE200 airworthiness technology verification aircraft.
As the world's leading civil avionics system solution provider, AVIAGE SYSTEMS previously provided the core avionics system for the C919 domestic large aircraft, and also undertook a lot of system integration work, helping COMAC successfully obtain the C919 type certificate in 2022. In the civil aviation sector, AVIAGE SYSTEMS has extensive experience in R&D, airworthiness and project management.
The signing of the strategic cooperation agreement between Wofei Changkong and AVIAGE SYSTEMS will bring together the advantages of both parties to carry out close cooperation in the fields of joint design, integration, airworthiness certification and other fields of avionics suite, and promote the development of avionics system technology and products in the direction of more automation, intelligence and greenness through continuous exploration and innovation.
Yuanzhong Zhang, President and CEO of AVIAGE SYSTEMS:
Through this collaboration, AVIAGE SYSTEMS will leverage its proven experience in avionics and airworthiness certification for civil aircraft, combined with the avionics system requirements of Vofei Changkong, to accelerate the commercialization of EVTOL aircraft.
We are pleased to cooperate with Wofei Changkong, a leading eVTOL company in China, to contribute to building a safe, reliable, intelligent, efficient and sustainable aviation industry, and jointly promote the vigorous development of China's low-altitude economy."
Guo Liang, CEO and Chief Scientist of Wofei Changkong:
Wofei's mission is to create reliable, sustainable and beautiful low-altitude travel, and is committed to becoming a global industry leader, so that low-altitude travel can benefit everyone. In the future, we look forward to cooperating with AVIAGE SYSTEMS, an industry-leading avionics company, to integrate the industrial resources of both parties and build a leading EVTOL benchmark in China." We will also continue to innovate and develop, expand more aerial flight scenarios, and contribute to the development of low-altitude economy.
Wofei Sky AE200
In the future, Wofei Changkong will continue to accelerate the R&D and airworthiness process of eVTOL products, work with upstream and downstream partners to actively explore the eVTOL business model, improve the industrial ecological layout, continuously promote the mature practice of high-safety eVTOL, accelerate the large-scale growth of the electric aviation industry, and help the vigorous development of the low-altitude economy.