Key Takeaways
- Ubifly Technologies launches a prototyping and testing facility for electric airplanes at IIT Madras Discovery Campus
- The facility will support key development milestones, including tethered hover testing, as the company progresses toward Type Certification
- The e200X aircraft is uniquely engineered for the world’s most congested cities, with a compact 8m x 10m footprint that enables seamless rooftop-to-rooftop operations
Chennai: City-based Ubifly Technologies Pvt Ltd or The ePlane Company, on Thursday, opened its prototyping and testing facility at the IIT Madras Discovery Campus in Thaiyur.
The company is in the process of making electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) aircraft.
Spanning 60,000 sq. ft., the site is the nation’s first integrated plant dedicated to the serial production of electric aircraft.
The facility was officially inaugurated by Professor V. Kamakoti, Padma Shri recipient and Director of IIT Madras.
According to the company, the facility will support key development milestones, including tethered hover testing, as the company progresses toward Type Certification. It houses design, prototyping, integration, and subsystem testing teams in a single location and serves as the engineering hub for the passenger, relief, and cargo eVTOLs.
The site includes composite fabrication, electric powertrain assembly, avionics testing, and a dedicated Ground Test Vehicle (GTV) facility to support subsystem validation and full-scale development.
The e200X aircraft is uniquely engineered for the world’s most congested cities. While global competitors require massive landing pads, the e200X’s 8m x 10m footprint, the most compact in the world, enables seamless rooftop-to-rooftop operations, the company claimed.
This prototyping facility is a critical step forward for India’s deep-tech hardware ecosystem.
Moving beyond design approvals, it enables the physical integration and validation of complex aerospace systems.
