Corporation Will Guide U.S. Development, Certification, And Production

On the heels of the unveiling of its new business airplane design, Cobalt Aircraft Industries has decided to create a U.S. corporation for development, certification, and production of its aircraft.

The company unveiled the airplane for the first time to the public Wednesday, showing the first prototype of the Co50 high-performance canard pusher aircraft, at EAA AirVenture. David Loury, founder and CEO, said "We are pleased to announce the creation of our U.S. branch, based in San Francisco, CA. While a final assembly site is still under negotiation, the American activities of the company will be directed from these U.S. Headquarters. We felt that we needed a creative, stimulating environment, and to get closer to our customer base."

Cobalt Prototype

The U.S. branch will be a full duplicate of the French company based in Paris. Its activities will entail engineering, production & assembly, marketing & sales, and customer support for the American markets.

Cobalt hopes to tackle its Part 23 certification program before the end of the year, and flight testing is expected to get underway at that time.

FMI: www.cobalt-aircraft.com