On August 31, Blue Vector and Harbin Hafei Industry Co., Ltd. (“Hafei Industry”) formally signed a strategic cooperation framework agreement.

Zhang Xu, Co-founder & COO of Blue Vector, and Wang Hongguan, Deputy General Manager of Hafei Industry, signed on behalf of their respective companies, with Wu Qiong, Founder & CEO of Blue Vector, and Sun Yongheng, Party Committee Secretary, Chairman, and General Manager of Hafei Industry, witnessing the signing.

This signing is an important step in further deepening the strategic collaboration between the two parties, following their cooperation on the SKYLA V30 A/C01 full-scale technology demonstrator project.

Why Hafei Industry

The airframe structure of an eVTOL bears not only on its safety, reliability, and lightweight performance, but also directly shapes its future engineering and large-scale manufacturing capabilities.

With long-standing expertise in aviation manufacturing, Hafei Industry has fairly complete airframe structure manufacturing capabilities and a full-process closed loop. It has deep experience in aircraft R&D, process engineering, quality management, and lean manufacturing.

These capabilities are an indispensable industrial foundation as eVTOLs move from technology development to engineering validation, airworthiness certification, and large-scale manufacturing.

Looking Ahead: A Continuing Commitment

Under the agreement, the two parties will cooperate closely on eVTOL airframe structures, covering the fuselage, wings, empennage, landing gear, and related components. They will jointly advance structural design, manufacturing processes, lightweighting technologies, and airworthiness-related test and validation, and will explore new models for the repair, maintenance, and customer service of next-generation low-altitude aircraft products based on composite materials.

At the same time, the two parties will explore the development of standards related to eVTOL airframe structures, and promote the practical application of digital tools in aircraft structure design, process planning, manufacturing, and other R&D scenarios.

No aircraft reaches the market through the efforts of a single company alone. Aircraft are moving from being “built” to being “well validated,” and products are moving from single-aircraft development toward building the capabilities for future large-scale manufacturing and full lifecycle support and services.