Skyworks Aeronautics Announces Collaboration with Williams Advanced Engineering to Fabricate the eGyro Prototype

• Skyworks and Williams Advanced Engineering (WAE) announce a strategic partnership to collaborate on the design, fabrication and testing of Skyworks’ eGyro™ electrically powered aircraft
• The gyroplane has been designed to provide a practical approach to intra and inter-city passenger transport, enabling a runway independent system
• Electrification of the powertrain has enabled innovative design solutions that are unrestricted by conventional technologies

Skyworks Aeronautics (“Skyworks”) and Williams Advanced Engineering (“WAE”) announce a strategic partnership to collaborate on the design, fabrication, and testing of Skyworks’ eGyro™ electrically powered aircraft.

The Skyworks eGyro has been designed to leverage the fundamental safety and performance advantages of a gyroplane to create a runway independent system that provides a practical approach to intra and inter-city passenger transport. With an autorotating main rotor, which allows the aircraft to land safely with even a complete loss of power, the eGyro is fundamentally safe. Electrification of the powertrain has enabled innovative design solutions that are no longer restricted by conventional technologies.

“The eGyro re-envisions the gyroplane for the 21^st century. The eGyro performance, efficiency, and unparalleled safety provide a compelling approach to Urban Air Mobility (UAM), remarked Skyworks’ Chief Technology Advisor Don Woodbury. “The partnership with WAE will bring their amazing talents with aerodynamics and design as well as their electric powertrain capabilities to the eGyro and further our efforts to create a best-in-class UAM system”.

With years of experience working with the likes of Airbus to develop the Zephyr record-breaking high altitude unmanned aerial system (UAS), as well as BAE Systems, on the electrification of future aircraft, WAE’s credentials are perfectly suited to this project.

“We are excited to be partnering with Williams Advanced Engineering, born from Formula 1 racing, a globally recognized leader in advanced composites, electrification systems, and lightweight engineering, to develop our groundbreaking eGyro electric aircraft,” stated John Michel, Skyworks’ Chief Executive Officer.  ”Their past experience make  them the perfect development and testing partner to make the promise of electrified gyro technology an exciting reality.”

Paul McNamara, Technical Director, Williams Advanced Engineering said: “We’re delighted to be partnering with Skyworks on this innovative project. Aerodynamics, lightweight advanced materials and electrification are core competencies for us – and we’re looking forward to applying them to the eGyro, which seems set to redefine the gyroplane; bringing about a step change in aeronautical e-mobility.”

Notes to Editors:

About Williams Advanced Engineering (“WAE”)
Williams Advanced Engineering Limited is a world-leading technology and engineering services business delivering pioneering innovation to improve performance, efficiency and sustainability to a global customer base.

Combining cutting-edge technological advances and the industry’s best engineers with precision and speed to market derived from the ultra-competitive environment of motorsport, Williams Advanced Engineering’s capabilities cover a wide range of disciplines.

The company provides ground-breaking innovation covering electrification, lightweighting, systems and whole product development, all aided by advanced simulation, rapid prototype manufacturing, testing, and in close collaboration with our customers, Williams Advanced Engineering is committed to meeting the continued sustainability challenges of the 21^st Century.

The company can trace its foundations back to 2010 when Williams Grand Prix Engineering Limited began diversifying its operations; a division which later became Williams Advanced Engineering Limited. In December 2019, Williams Grand Prix Engineering sold a majority equity stake in Williams Advanced Engineering to EMK Capital.

Williams Advanced Engineering has grown from an embryonic business in 2010 to a company employing 350 people engaged in leading-edge and transformative technologies for a growing list of clients. The investment by EMK represented a natural next step in the evolution of the company, unlocking the potential for further growth.

The Company was honoured with the Queen’s Award for Enterprise in Innovation 2018.

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CLAIRE ROSE
HEAD OF MARKETING & COMMUNICATIONS
WILLIAMS ADVANCED ENGINEERING
+44 (0) 7483 014 046
CLAIRE.ROSE@WAE.COM 

About Skyworks Aeronautics (“Skyworks”)
Skyworks is the world leader in the science and technology of gyronautics, focusing on the design and development of high-performance gyroplanes. Skyworks gyroplanes provide more affordable, safer, and higher performance alternatives for runway independent aircraft.

Skyworks has more than 40 patents with several more underway, all obtained in an effort to radically change not only the way gyroplanes are perceived, but also the way they are utilized. From mass personnel transportation, agriculture, defense, and border protection to changing the economies of developing nations, Skyworks’ goal is to change the nature of vertical flight.

For more information about the company, its products, and members of the Skyworks team, visit www.Skyworks-Aero.com