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NEWS DIGITAL

SUMITOMO ACQUIRES STAKE IN

ONESKY

By Brian Garrett-Glaser

Working with
Bell and Japan
Japanese conglomerate Sumitomo Airlines, Sumitomo
Corporation has acquired a stake in OneSky intends to build
Systems, a developer of unmanned traffic the infrastructure
management (UTM) services and analytics, and regulatory
environment
as part of its Series A fundraiser. Sumitomo necessary for an
recently partnered with Bell, developer of aerial mobility
the APT unmanned cargo drone and Nexus network for cargo
electric air taxi, along with Japan Airlines and passenger
to create an on-demand mobility network drones - a mission
in Japan. which will require
OneSky was established by Analytical UTM services like
Graphics Inc. (AGI) in January 2018 to those offered by
apply its suite of software products to air OneSky.
navigation services, including airspace In January, Bell
management, real-time flight monitoring announced it is
and collision avoidance. building AerOS, a
In May 2019, the company announced it software ‘operating
had begun live flight testing using its UTM system’ to manage
platform in partnership with Northeast UAS and optimize UAM
Airspace Integration Research (NUAIR) and vehicle operations, as a developmental airspace simulation
Griffiss International Airport in Rome, New including fleet maintenance, passenger-fac- partner for its initial Urban Air Mobility
York. ing interactions and vehicle deconfliction Grand Challenge event, also including Bell
"We are very pleased to become services. as a vehicle provider information exchange
part-owner of OneSky Systems," Kevin "In the journey to bring Advanced Air partner.
Hyuga, general manager of construction Mobility to reality, Sumitomo offers a wide OneSky did not disclose the total amount
and transportation systems at Sumitomo array of capabilities to the relationship with raised in its Series A or other participating
Corporation of Americas, said of the new Bell spanning a breadth of infrastructure investors besides Sumitomo.
acquisition stake. provisions and use case applications," a
"Sumitomo has a longstanding history representative for Bell told Avionics. In March, Sumitomo also announced
in transportation, including the aerospace "AerOS is designed as a digital platform investment in Origin Wireless, a developer
of advanced wireless sensing technologies
market. We see significant potential in that is capable of integrating a diverse
growing and scaling OneSky's capabilities set of services that can include, but is not that can leverage 5G connectivity. Q
so that it can support the air mobility needs limited to, UTM providers like OneSky." Article courtesy: https://www.aviation-
of the future." In March, NASA announced OneSky today.com/

NEWS DIGITAL BOEING TERMINATES AGREEMENT WITH

EMBRAER

"Boeing has worked diligently over more than two years to
finalize its transaction with Embraer. Over the past several months,
Boeing has announced that it has terminated its Master we had productive but ultimately unsuccessful negotiations about
unsatisfied MTA conditions. We all aimed to resolve those by the
Transaction Agreement (MTA) with Embraer, under which the initial termination date, but it didn't happen," said Marc Allen,
two companies sought to establish a new level of strategic president of Embraer Partnership & Group Operations.
partnership. The parties had planned to create a joint venture "It is deeply disappointing. "
comprising Embraer's commercial aviation business and a second The planned partnership between Boeing and Embraer had
joint venture to develop new markets for the C-390 Millennium received unconditional approval from all necessary regulatory
medium airlift and air mobility aircraft. authorities, with the exception of the European Commission.
Under the MTA, April 24, 2020, was the initial termination date, Boeing and Embraer will maintain their existing Master Teaming
subject to extension by either party if certain conditions were Agreement, originally signed in 2012 and expanded in 2016, to
met. Boeing exercised its rights to terminate after Embraer did not jointly market and support the C-390 Millennium military aircraft.
satisfy the necessary conditions. Q

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