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Hanwha Aerospace ends $320m eVTOL supply deal with Vertical Aerospace

Source
The Korea Herald - Business
Source link
https://www.koreaherald.com/article/10829612
Published
2026-08-03 19:53:53
Discovered by ProcIntel
2026-08-03 12:22:44
Category
Procurement & Supply Chain News
Geography
South Korea
Organisations
Review status
Pending
Record type
REAL

Summary

Hanwha Aerospace has terminated a 454.8 billion won ($319 million) contract with UK-based electric vertical takeoff and landing, or eVTOL, aircraft developer Vertical Aerospace, ending a four-year partnership that had been considered one of the former's major urban air mobility projects. According to Hanwha Aerospace's regulatory filing on Monday, it had canceled its agreement with Vertical Aerospace covering the development and supply of electromechanical actuators, or EMAs, and tilting and bla

Procurement Relevance Gate

FAIL — score 7.0/100 — evaluated 2026-08-03 12:22:44
Only geographic exposure matched — no substantive content indicator, so this cannot pass alone.
  • geographic_exposure (weight 8) — matched on "1 linked geography"

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