The Center will be a benchmark of enterprise-government-academia cooperation toward the zero-carbon aviation of the future.
Embraer, ITA (Technological Institute of Aeronautics), and FAPESP (São Paulo Research Foundation) have entered into a partnership of about USD 48 million to set up an Engineering Research Center for the future of air mobility over the next five years. This unprecedented research in Brazil will gather representatives of the scientific community and professionals of the aeronautical industry in activities that are based on three pillars: low carbon aviation, autonomous systems, and advanced manufacturing. The initiative will create a favorable environment for knowledge dissemination, highly qualified human resources training, and the production of high-impact scientific publications.
Luís Carlos Affonso, Embraer’s Senior Vice President of Engineering, Technology, and Strategy said, “We are very excited with the approval of the Engineering Research Center focused on the future of air mobility, in partnership with ITA and FAPESP. I am certain that the Center will be a benchmark of enterprise-government-academia cooperation toward the zero-carbon aviation of the future, generating value to society as a whole.”
FAPESP President, Marco Antonio Zago said, “The partnership among FAPESP, Embraer, and ITA will certainly be fruitful and will offer an answer to a great challenge that will be faced by the research in the next years: the transition to a low carbon economy associated with advanced manufacturing.”
Dean of ITA, Anderson Correia said, “ITA was created in the triple helix model, as an intersection of academia, government, and industry. This initiative is another icon of this model, which will expand human resources training in strategic areas for Embraer, FAB, and the sector’s production chain. It will also promote international integration to meet the challenges of the future of air mobility.”
Over the last few months, the institutions described the research and the main activities scope to materialize this partnership, which proposed innovative technological solutions that maximize competitiveness in the global innovation ecosystem.
Partnerships as the ERC guide and enable the conditions for the technology’s transfer among industry players, stakeholders, and the third sector, and strengthen connections and innovations through partnership models and intellectual property management. These partnerships also generate new business incubation and stimulation of entrepreneurial activity in which the research results are applied.
