Daewoo E&C (CEO Baek Jeong-wan) and Jeju Air (CEO Kim I-bae) formed a consortium for K-UAM today (22nd) and signed a basic agreement for the Grand Challenge phase 1 demonstration project supervised by the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport.

This agreement was conducted for the purpose of demonstrating integrated operation in three areas: aircraft operation, traffic management, and vertiport. It was concluded to prepare the technology, performance, and operating system in the field of UAM. Minister of Land, Infrastructure and Transport Won Hee-ryong Korea Aerospace Research Institute President Lee Sang-ryul Daewoo Engineering & Construction CEO Baek Jeong-wan Jeju Airways CEO Kim Yi-bae signed the agreement.

In addition, a total of seven consortiums participated in the agreement ceremony, and each consortium plans to conduct the 1st Grand Challenge demonstration project from August 2023 to December 2024 at a UAM test site in Goheung, South Jeolla Province. The consortium that successfully passed the 1st Grand Challenge demonstration project will participate in the 2nd Grand Challenge demonstration project in July 2024, and UAM pilot route operation projects will be carried out in the metropolitan area and local governments only for companies that have completed all Grand Challenge integrated operation demonstrations. expected to be possible. The Daewoo E&C-Jeju Air consortium took its first step through the grand challenge agreement ceremony to finally carry out the UAM operation business. Daewoo E&C is the only one of the seven consortiums to participate as a leading construction company.

In the Daewoo E&C-Jeju Air consortium, Daewoo E&C is in charge of the design/construction/operation of Vertiport, which serves as an airport for Urban Air Mobility (UAM), and the development of a traffic management system to be built in Vertiport. As an innovative company in the aviation industry that has realized the popularization of travel, it is expected to create a synergistic effect in the areas related to air operation management and traffic management. Humax Mobility plans to participate in the operation of flight aircraft battery chargers and integrated mobility services in Vertiport.

The Daewoo E&C-Jeju Air consortium plans to use the ALIA-250 of Beta Technologies, an American company, for demonstration purposes. The ALIA-250 can accommodate a total of six people, including one driver, and was confirmed to be the largest among the seven consortium aircraft participating in the Grand Challenge Agreement Ceremony. In addition, Beta Technologies is receiving support from the US Air Force for test flights, and successfully completed a transcontinental flight in the United States in 2022.

CEO Baek Jung-wan of Daewoo E&C said, 'Daewoo E&C is a comprehensive construction company celebrating its 50th anniversary this year. 'We are looking forward to the expectations of the K-UAM industry by utilizing our capabilities.' Looking at it, it will be able to increase synergy in the commercialization of the K-UAM business.'

Contact:

Tel: +82 02-2288-3114

(C) 2023 Electronic News Publishing, source ENP Newswire