MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. - Wisk Aero, a Boeing-owned developer of autonomous electric air taxis, has acquired SkyGrid, an Advanced Air Mobility (AAM) third-party service provider, as a subsidiary. The move aligns the two companies in their efforts to integrate autonomous aircraft into the national airspace and bring Wisk’s self-flying Generation 6 aircraft to market.
Wisk is currently pursuing Type Certification for its Generation 6 aircraft from the Federal Aviation Administration. SkyGrid will support Wisk’s future operations by providing airspace integration and automation tools to enhance situational awareness, support decision-making, and enable safe scaling of autonomous flights.
"To unlock the full potential of Advanced Air Mobility, we must also have advanced airspace," said Sebastien Vigneron, CEO of Wisk. "By collaborating with SkyGrid, we're vertically integrating our own aircraft autonomy technologies with their established airspace automation capabilities, accelerating the path to safer, more efficient air travel in the national airspace system."
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SkyGrid, whose platform supports multiple aircraft types, will continue to serve external customers with capabilities across airspace integration, autonomous aviation, and Air Traffic Management automation. The company’s work will focus on enabling Automated Flight Rules, a key requirement for the safe and efficient use of autonomous aircraft.
"This alignment with Wisk marks an important step in the advancement of autonomous aviation," said Jia Xu, CEO of SkyGrid. "By deploying our comprehensive airspace integration capabilities with Wisk’s autonomous eVTOL technology, we are paving a path to safe, efficient, and increasingly autonomous operations for all."
Wisk and SkyGrid plan to expand collaboration beyond certification, focusing on sustained testing, operational validation, and international deployment opportunities. The partnership aims to support industry-wide efforts to make autonomy in aviation both scalable and viable.
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