Eve Air Mobility successfully conducted a flight demonstration of its full-scale engineering prototype at Embraer’s test facility in Gavião Peixoto, Brazil, for Brazilian government officials including President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva. The event on March 25, 2026, also featured presidents of civil aviation regulator ANAC and development bank BNDES, along with cabinet ministers for science, technology, ports, and airports.
This milestone advances Eve’s flight test campaign toward certification of its electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) aircraft. Since its maiden flight in December 2025, the prototype has completed 35 flights, accumulating nearly 1.5 hours of total flight time. It reached an altitude of 140 feet (43 meters) above ground level, demonstrating stable flight behavior during maneuvers with simultaneous inputs across all three axes.
Preliminary results show propulsion and battery performance exceeding initial expectations, with noise levels within projections and significantly lower than conventional helicopters. Testing has focused on low-speed operations up to 15 knots (approximately 28 km/h), validating control laws, rotor aerodynamic efficiency, thermal performance, and the propulsion model.
Eve plans to expand the flight envelope with higher speeds up to 30 knots in coming days. “We are advancing with discipline and consistency in our flight test campaign, reducing risk and building the foundation for future certification flights,” said Johann Bordais, CEO of Eve. The results reinforce confidence in the aircraft’s architecture for urban air mobility.