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BAE Systems Moves Into Aircraft Electrification, Signs MoU With Jaunt Air Mobility

By Brian Garrett-Glaser

Thursday, December 5th, 2019

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BAE Systems Moves Into Aircraft Electrification, Signs MoU With Jaunt Air Mobility

A rendering of Jaunt Air Mobility's aircraft, under development. (Jaunt)

BAE Systems signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Jaunt Air Mobility to develop electric energy management systems for their aircraft, which is one of Uber’s [UBER] six announced partners for its Elevate urban air mobility project. As part of the MoU, BAE will work with Jaunt and its structural engineering partner, Triumph Aerospace Structures, to develop and certify Jaunt’s Reduced Rotor Operating Speed Aircraft (ROSA). BAE will work with Triumph [TGI] to integrate hardware and software for the aircraft’s…

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