Wisk Aero will use Safran’s SkyNaute inertial navigation system for the four-passenger eVTOL air taxi it intends to operate fully autonomously, without a pilot on board. The companies announced the partnership this week at the Paris Airshow. The Boeing-owned advanced air mobility company is displaying what calls its Generation 6 eVTOL aircraft at Le Bourget. 

According to the company, it has conducted more than 1,600 test flights in various earlier iterations of the vehicle. While the timeline for approving autonomous passenger-carrying flights remains unclear, Wisk has indicated it hopes to start commercial flights around the end of the 2020s.