With eVTOLs on the cusp of taking off commercially in the coming years, GE Aerospace is partnering with Lilium, a leading electric aircraft manufacturer and pioneer in Regional Air Mobility (RAM), to build a solid safety foundation for this exciting new mode of travel. The two companies are bringing together their respective flight data and analytics platforms to build scalable flight data management solutions that inform the right safety standards and guidelines for eVTOL operators.
GE’s Event Measurement System platform will be a critical digital component of Lilium’s unique and comprehensive aftermarket offering “POWER-ON” that provides safe, efficient, and customer-centric solutions for operators of the Lilium Jet. All Lilium customers will have access to a range of digital services to support their daily operations with critical insights and actionable data.
eVTOLs are flying today at dedicated demonstration and testing sites around the world in the US, Europe, and Asia, and first customer deliveries of the Lilium Jet are expected in 2026. The market is forecasted to grow to as much as $1 trillion by the year 2040, according to JP Morgan.
“Aviation regulators in Europe and the US are rightly setting the highest bar for eVTOLs to meet in safety standards and regulations,” said Andrew Coleman, General Manager, GE Aerospace’s Software as a Service (SaaS) Group. “Together with Lilium, a leader in the eVTOL space, we’re bringing together OEM-level flight data monitoring and quality assurance capabilities of EMS with Lilium’s eVTOL jet-related analytics platform to establish a robust safety foundation for eVTOL industry that will help to accelerate commercial scale adoption of this exciting new technology.”
“We’re thrilled to partner with GE Aerospace to ensure that Lilium Jet operators have industry-leading comprehensive safety data at their fingertips,” said Dominique Decard, VP Fleet Operations, Support, and Services at Lilium. “Flight data monitoring at a fleetwide level is a key component of our aftermarket services offering for operators. Collaborating with GE today will allow us to deploy the technology to support our flight test campaign”
As part of this extraordinary partnership, GE Aerospace and Lilium will build an OEM-level Flight Data Monitoring (FDM) or Flight Operations Quality Assurance (FOQA) program, to monitor eVTOL safety at a fleet wide level, as well as establish a voluntary FDM program option for Lilium’s customers, built in collaboration by both companies.
EMS is used by more than 60 airlines globally and more than 500 business jet operators today for FDM / FOQA. With the millions of data points recorded by Lilium’s aircraft fed through its Fleet Optimizer and EMS, both companies will not only be able to build scalable FDM solutions, but also establish the safety foundations for eVTOL operators.
Lilium’s Fleet Optimizer is the core platform for all Lilium Jet related data and analytics that will share its insights with GE’s EMS platform. With EMS’ exceptional legacy for safety and efficiency, Lilium and GE, through this partnership, will also explore how the combination of the Fleet Optimizer and EMS could maximize efficiency and reliability of the aircraft.
