ALTEN China has established a strong partnership with a world’s leading creator of low-altitude mobility solutions and the largest flying car company in Asia,  supporting the development of both flying and terrestrial components for advanced mobility solutions. The collaboration spans multiple product areas, including component control systems for flying bodies, powertrain and electronics systems for terrestrial bodies, system calibration, software validation, integration testing, and functional verification, ensuring high performance, reliability, and scalability.

Challenges

The advanced mobility industry faces several key challenges:

• Complex multi-platform systems: Coordinating software and hardware across flying and terrestrial bodies requires seamless integration and high reliability.
• Rapidly evolving technologies: Development must keep pace with new propulsion, control, and electronics innovations while maintaining safety standards.
• High quality and safety standards: Validation and testing must comply with functional, electrical, environmental, and performance requirements.
• Integration and acceptance testing: Ensuring that flying and terrestrial systems work together safely and efficiently before deployment.

The client required a multidisciplinary engineering partner capable of delivering end-to-end solutions across system development, software engineering, testing, and calibration to accelerate product readiness and ensure global competitiveness.

Solutions

ALTEN China assembled a specialized engineering team to provide integrated, scalable, and full lifecycle solutions:

1. Flying Body Development

• System and software development of control units for aircraft landing gear and swing arms.
• Development and debugging of control systems for flying and terrestrial body separation/docking.
• Motor control development for aircraft servo actuators.
• Aircraft propulsion system calibration and power testing.

2. Terrestrial Body Development

• Contributed to the terrestrial powertrain system, focusing on energy calibration, dynamometer economic performance calibration, and emission calibration.
• Participated in thermal management system calibration and testing.
• ECU/CCU/ZCU testing, CAN development, and harness design.

3. Integration & Functional Validation

• Conducted land aircraft system integration, validation, and acceptance testing.
• Ensured seamless coordination between flying and terrestrial systems to meet functional, safety, and performance requirements.

Outcomes

Through continuous collaboration, ALTEN delivered significant value to this leading global flying car and land aircraft company:

• Enhanced system reliability and performance: Comprehensive R&D, calibration, and functional testing improved overall system stability.
• Accelerated development cycles: Integrated development, testing, and validation processes reduced time-to-market for both flying and terrestrial components.
• Optimized operational efficiency: Streamlined software, calibration, and testing workflows ensured efficient project execution.
• Scalable advanced mobility solutions: End-to-end engineering support empowered the client to expand flying car and land aircraft capabilities globally.

This case demonstrates ALTEN China’s ability to empower advanced mobility clients with full lifecycle engineering expertise, driving continuous innovation, operational excellence, and cutting-edge technological advancement.