Denso: Strengthening partnership with Honeywell on electric aircraft
-To test flight in 2022-
Denso:
Honeywell International:
On May 24, Denso announced that it will start a joint venture with Honeywell International of the United States to “develop, produce and sell propulsion systems for electric aircraft.”
Both companies will focus on the field of urban air mobility.
Denso and Honeywell:
We have been co-developing since 2019, and we will strengthen the alliance for the next 10 years with this joint project.
Honeywell estimates:
Honeywell estimates that the urban air mobility market will grow to $ 120 billion by 2018.
Denso test flight:
We are already working on a project with a customer.
A test flight of the electric aircraft propulsion system is scheduled to be conducted in 2022.
Bloomberg
https://www.bloomberg.co.jp/news/articles/2021-05-24/QTM48HT0AFBB01
DENSO, Honeywell Ascend into Urban Air Mobility with Expanded Alliance
– Collaboration will enable development, testing and flying of electric propulsion systems for UAM segment; supports each company’s sustainability focus –
DENSO and Honeywell
are in advanced discussions with current and prospective customers and intend to deliver flight test configurations of the electric propulsion systems within the next year.
This focus on electrified power sources
will not only help the companies fulfill UAM’s promise of providing cleaner, safer, more efficient, quieter and freer-moving transportation in and between cities,
but also strengthen each company’s efforts to achieve carbon neutrality by 2035.
Honeywell Aerospace.
DENSO’s leadership in automotive technology combined with our experience in Aerospace will help bring about cleaner and smarter ways for people to move throughout the world.
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