Qarbon Aerospace selected to assemble LIFT’s eVTOL aircraft

Qarbon Aerospace Inc. (Red Oak, Texas, U.S.), Triumph Group’s recently acquired composites business, has announced an agreement with LIFT Aircraft Inc. (Austin, Texas, U.S.) to perform complete system integration and assembly for LIFT’s electric vertical take-off landing (eVTOL) aircraft, HEXA, a single-passenger, wingless multicopter aimed primarily at tourism and short-distance travel, at the Qarbon Aerospace manufacturing facility in Red Oak, Texas.

“This integration and assembly work expands upon the strong existing relationship between Qarbon Aerospace and the LIFT Aircraft team,” says Pete Wick, CEO of Qarbon Aerospace. “The Qarbon Aerospace Thailand facility currently manufactures the carbon fiber structure for HEXA. In addition to this system integration and assembly agreement, Qarbon Aerospace will perform supply chain sourcing for the aircraft, making the Tier 1 aerospace supplier the end-to-end manufacturer of the LIFT HEXA aircraft.” Wick adds that this program is another example of the versatility and capability of the Qarbon Aerospace team. “We are very proud that LIFT has placed their confidence in us to support them as the manufacturer of choice for their first-to-market eVTOL aircraft.”

Qarbon Aerospace is a leading provider of large, complex composite and metallic structural components and assemblies such as fuselages, wings, flight control surfaces and engine nacelles and components. Qarbon Aerospace operates nearly two million square feet of factory space across three facilities located in Red Oak, Texas, Milledgeville, Ga., and Rayong, Thailand. The company boasts vertically integrated manufacturing capabilities from component fabrication through large-scale assembly as well as world-leading proprietary thermoplastics technologies. Further, the company maintains longstanding relationships with blue-chip OEM customers and a diversified product portfolio across a variety of successful commercial, defense, and business jet platforms.