WICHITA, Kan. (KSNW) — A company developing a new type of airplane that could be the future of commercial travel is opening up offices at Wichita State University’s Innovation Campus.
JetZero’s planned engineering offices at WSU near the National Institute for Aviation Research will focus on advanced materials expertise, digital engineering and certification testing in the development of the company’s Z4 airplane.
The company’s headquarters and advanced manufacturing and final assembly campus are under construction in North Carolina, while the company’s design center is in Long Beach, California.
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“Opening a satellite engineering office in Wichita expands our ability to attract the world’s best talent,” Dan da Silva, JetZero president and chief operating officer, said in a news release. “JetZero and NIAR have been collaborating for years on composite materials qualification and structural testing for the Z4 demonstrator. The selection of Wichita for this office, where some of our structures engineers are already located, will help propel in-person collaboration as we continue to meet our milestones for the demonstrator’s first flight by the end of 2027.”…