The Advanced Air Mobility Institute has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Economic Expansion Committee of Val d’Oise (CEEVO) to collaborate on advancing the sustainable urban air mobility (UAM) sector in France.
This partnership aims to leverage the expertise and resources of both organizations to drive innovation, public acceptance, and regulatory advancements in the field.
Jean-François Benon, Managing Director of CEEVO, said; “This agreement will be one of the vectors for facilitating knowledge exchange between CEEVO-The Val d’Oise Economic Development Agency, Paris region and Advanced Air Mobility Institute, by exploring use cases and sharing technological expertise to foster the air mobility decarbonization on local and global scale, and better anticipate tomorrow’s challenges.”
Institute Founder and President, Dan Sloat, highlighted the historical significance of France in aviation, adding; “French aviation pioneers contributed substantially to the progress of powered flight in the early 1900s so it’s only natural that France has taken a strong leadership role in this new era of electrification. CEEVO is a welcome partner in the greater Paris region as economic development is essential to our mission of broad public benefit and public acceptance of AAM.”
Together, CEEVO and the AAM Institute will focus on developing policy frameworks at the Pontoise-Cormeilles-en-Vexin airport, the epicenter of this innovative project.
