
SkyDrive Inc., a leading Japanese eVTOL aircraft manufacturer headquartered in Toyota City, Japan, and CT UAV JSC in Vietnam, announced they had signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) and CT UAV had agreed on a pre-order of up to 100 SkyDrive eVTOL aircraft.
CT UAV is a subsidiary of CT Group, one multi-business group in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, developing various kinds of unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) technologies.
SkyDrive is developing a three-seat eVTOL aircraft called SKYDRIVE. Its eVTOL is in the process of acquiring its Japan Civil Aviation Bureau (JCAB) certification.
In Vietnam, significant traffic congestion happens daily and is growing. To address this issue, Pacific Group Co Ltd. in Vietnam signed an MOU with SkyDrive and agreed on a pre-order of up to 100 eVTOL aircraft in November 2022.
Thanks to a new pre-order received from CT UAV, the announced pre-order count for SkyDrive’s eVTOL in Vietnam has reached 200 units.
CT UAV is supported by CT Group, a company operating in nine business lines. Along with three sustainable business lines, CT Group is focusing on six high-tech industries to bring Vietnamese intelligence to catch up with the stormy speed of the 4.0 technology revolution, including CT UAV.
With the mission to pioneer the integration of artificial intelligence (AI) with UAV technology, CT UAV is creating a smarter and more advanced future and improving the quality of life.
SkyDrive and CT UAV will evaluate commercial eVTOL considerations such as vertiports, routes and network planning, infrastructure requirements and ecosystems with interested stakeholders in launching new mobility solutions in Vietnam.
“We recognize the importance of leveraging its accumulated expertise and technological capabilities in infrastructure development, as well as the development of cutting-edge technologies such as drones and AI,” said Tran Kim Chung, CT Group president. “We expect to contribute to the general development of Vietnam on the global market.”
“We are very grateful for the opportunity to work with CT Group, which is one of the three largest and most comprehensive UAV companies in Vietnam and has a large share of the urban development market, especially in Ho Chi Minh City, in providing eVTOL as a new means of mobility infrastructure that to solve modern society issues such as traffic congestion in Vietnam,” said Tomohiro Fukuzawa, SkyDrive Inc. CEO
“It will be our honor to contribute to further social development in Vietnam.”
This press release was prepared and distributed by SkyDrive Inc.