Asia-Pacific AAM Report 1H 2023
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EMERGING OEMS<br />
IN EUROPE<br />
Several studies show North America held the largest share in <strong>AAM</strong><br />
OEMs as of <strong>2023</strong>, while Europe will witness the fastest growth in<br />
the foreseeable future. In July 2019, the European Union Aviation<br />
Safety Agency (EASA) published its “Special Condition for VTOL<br />
and Means of Compliance” for the first time and has continued to<br />
roll out VTOL-related requirements and regulations since. EASA<br />
published the initiative “A Drone Strategy 2.0”, with one of the<br />
actions being “[adopting rules for] the operational requirements<br />
applicable to manned VTOL-capable aircraft.”<br />
Besides well-known eVTOL OEMs like Airbus, Lilium, Volocopter,<br />
and Vertical, emerging OEMs are also sprouting in Europe. This<br />
section displayed ten emerging OEMs from Europe and one from<br />
the Middle East. Most VTOL aerial vehicles are entirely electricpowered,<br />
in contrast to the <strong>Asia</strong>-<strong>Pacific</strong> market. Six of the eleven<br />
vehicles shown in this section already have or will have a version<br />
with hydrogen cells or hybrid-electric propulsion. As the <strong>Asia</strong>-<br />
<strong>Pacific</strong> market matures, <strong>Asia</strong>-<strong>Pacific</strong> OEMs might shift towards<br />
using hydrogen as a power source.<br />
<strong>1H</strong> <strong>2023</strong> ASIA-PACIFIC <strong>AAM</strong> REPORT | 59
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