Embraer's Eve reaches first deal to provide air traffic control software

Eve Holding, the electric aircraft unit of Brazil's Embraer, on Sunday announced its first deal to provide a software for air traffic management, and is in talks with other potential customers in the sector. The company signed a letter of intent with UK-based Halo Aviation Ltd to develop and launch its air traffic solution, with operations expected in both the United Kingdom and the United States. Halo had ordered 200 electric vertical take-off and landing vehicles (eVTOLs) from Eve last year, in a bid to enhance the development of the so-called Urban Air Mobility sector. The software will not be focused only on Eve's aircraft as its eVTOLs will share airspace with drones, helicopters, commercial airplanes and other flying taxis, co-chief executive Andre Stein said. "It is an agnostic solution," he said.<br/>