The General Aviation Manufacturers Association (GAMA) has announced the addition of TAT Technologies (TAT) as a Member, Eve Air Mobility as an Associate Member and Ascendance and Electra as Associate Members EPIC.
TAT, headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina, has been a trusted original equipment manufacturer (OEM) and maintenance, repair, and overhaul (MRO) solution provider since its founding in 1969. TAT offers expertise in thermal solutions, auxiliary power unit (APU), and landing MRO services. With a global presence, TAT enhances aircraft performance and operational efficiency, providing innovative aerospace solutions to its commercial and defence partners worldwide.
Eve Air Mobility, headquartered in Melbourne, Florida, was founded in 2020 and is dedicated to accelerating the urban air mobility (UAM) ecosystem globally. Benefitting from a start-up mindset backed by Embraer's more than 55 years of aerospace expertise, Eve is taking a holistic approach to advancing the UAM ecosystem. Its focus includes an advanced eVTOL project, a comprehensive global service and support network, and a unique air traffic management solution. Eve Air Mobility joined GAMA in 2022 as an Associate Member EPIC and has now elevated its membership.
Founded in 2018, Ascendance is a French industrial start-up with a mission to decarbonise aviation. It develops and commercialises two solutions: an innovative hybrid-electric propulsion system called STERNA and ATEA, a vertical take-off and landing aircraft powered by STERNA.
Electra, headquartered in Manassas, Virginia, was founded in 2020. They are developing and manufacturing hybrid-electric Ultra Short aircraft that integrate blown lift and hybrid-electric propulsion to achieve unprecedented performance advantages, including take-off and landing in just 150 feet. With the Ultra Short, Electra is pioneering Direct Aviation, a new category that enables point-to-point air travel without airports while dramatically reducing operating costs, noise and emissions.
GAMA is an international trade association representing over 150 of the world's leading manufacturers of general aviation airplanes and rotorcraft, engines, avionics, components and related services. GAMA's members also operate repair stations, fixed based operations, pilot and maintenance training facilities and manage fleets of aircraft.
