Eve Taps Embraer Beacon Platform To Expedite eVTOL Aircraft Maintenance Services

Eve Urban Air Mobility Solutions is to include Embraer's Beacon maintenance coordination in its portfolio of services for eVTOL aircraft operations.

Eve eVTOL — Eve Urban Air Mobility Solutions wants to provide efficient maintenance arrangements for eVTOL aircraft operations using Embraer's Beacon platform. (Image: Eve Urban Air Mobility Solutions)

July 1, 2021

Eve Urban Air Mobility Solutions is including the Beacon maintenance coordination platform in its portfolio of services for eVTOL aircraft operations. Beacon has been developed by the EmbraerX technology incubator unit of Eve’s parent company to connect operators, maintenance providers, aftermarket suppliers, and manufacturers to get aircraft back into service quickly after unscheduled maintenance events.

Beacon aims to be a commercially neutral platform that brings together a wide variety of capabilities to support real-time collaboration in response to operational circumstances. Eve feels this process will make a valuable contribution to urban air mobility flight operations, which are expected to scale up to include thousands of new eVTOL aircraft.