Overview
- Eve said the initial hover validated the aircraft’s fifth-generation fly-by-wire controls, fixed-pitch lifter rotors, and integration of eight lifters, with results matching pre-flight models.
- The company plans to progressively expand the envelope to wingborne operations through hundreds of flights in 2026.
- Six conforming prototypes will be built to execute the structured certification test campaign.
- Brazil’s ANAC serves as the primary certifying authority with validation planned by the FAA and EASA, and the regulator has called the 2027 target realistic.
- Eve cites nearly 3,000 preorders and backing from Embraer, BNDES, United Airlines, BAE Systems, Thales, Acciona, and Nidec as it advances toward entry into service.