A prototype of {an electrical} air-taxi drone by German start-up Volocopter
BERLIN: German flying taxi startup Volocopter mentioned on Tuesday it was buying long-time accomplice DG Flugzeugbau, in a step that secures its compliance with the European Union air security regulator’s manufacturing requirements.
The acquisition, the phrases of which weren’t disclosed, implies that Bruchsal-based Volocopter now has manufacturing organisation approval in compliance with the European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA), along with present EASA design approval.
“Volocopter is now the primary and solely electrical vertical take-off and touchdown firm holding each the required design and manufacturing organisation approvals to advance its plane in direction of industrial launch,” it mentioned in a press release.
Volocopter hopes to deliver its two-seater flying taxi, which appears like an outsized drone, into common service in time for the 2024 Paris Olympics. Additionally it is growing the same cargo-lift drone.
It just lately raised 200 million euros ($237 million) to fund its push for certification. Nicely-funded rivals Lilium and Joby have in the meantime introduced plans to drift on the U.S. inventory market by merging with listed shell corporations.
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