Wisk selects Safran SkyNaute navigation for Generation 6
Wisk selected Safran Electronics & Defense SkyNaute inertial navigation for its Generation 6 autonomous air taxi.
Evidence notes
- Safran will supply the SkyNaute hybrid inertial navigation system for Wisk's Generation 6 autonomous, all-electric air taxi.
- SkyNaute uses Safran's HRG Crystal hemispherical resonator gyroscope technology to maintain high-integrity navigation when GNSS is absent or jammed.
- Wisk said initial testing confirmed the system's performance and plans to use it to support precise trajectories through every phase of autonomous flight.
Company context
Wisk Aero develops a self-flying, all-electric vertical-takeoff-and-landing aircraft and the ground systems required to supervise autonomous passenger operations. The Boeing-owned company combines aircraft, deterministic flight autonomy, sensing, fleet operations and airspace integration, with certification work centred on its four-seat Generation 6 air taxi.