Embraer invests in air mobility research centre

Embraer, ITA (Technological Institute of Aeronautics), and FAPESP (São Paulo Research Foundation) announced the approval of a joint investment of R$48 million (US$10 million) in an Engineering Research Centre (ERC) for the future of air mobility over the next five years. The research in Brazil will gather representatives of the scientific community and professionals of the aeronautical industry in activities that are based on three pillars: low carbon aviation, autonomous systems and advanced manufacturing. The initiative creates a favourable environment for knowledge dissemination, highly qualified human resources training and production of high-impact scientific publications. “We are very excited with the approval of the Engineering Research Center focused on the future of air mobility, in partnership with ITA and FAPESP,” said Luís Carlos Affonso, Embraer’s senior vice president of Engineering, Technology, and Strategy. “I am certain that the centre will be a benchmark of enterprise-government-academia cooperation toward the zero-carbon aviation of the future, generating value to society as a whole.” “ITA was created in the triple helix model, as an intersection of academia, government and industry,” said the dean of ITA, Anderson Correia. “This initiative is another icon of this model, which will expand the training of human resources in strategic areas for Embraer, FAB and the sector’s production chain. It will also promote international integration to meet the challenges of the future of air mobility.” Over the last few months, the institutions described the research and the main activities scope to materialise this partnership, which proposed innovative technological solutions that will maximise the competitiveness in the global innovation ecosystem. Partnerships such as the ERC guide and enable the conditions for the technology’s transfer among industry players, stakeholders and the third sector, and strengthen connections and innovations through partnership models and intellectual property management. These partnerships also generate new business incubation and stimulation of entrepreneurial activity in which the research results are applied. For Editorial Inquiries Contact: Editor Matt Driskill at [email protected] For Advertising Inquiries Contact: Head of Sales Kay Rolland at [email protected]