VÆRIDION, an all-electric aircraft manufacturer, announced the successful completion of its second Pre-Application Contract (PAC) with the European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA), marking another major milestone on the path to certification.
The completion of the PAC places VÆRIDION among the industry’s frontrunners in bringing certifiable high-voltage electric systems to market. Working alongside EASA and GKN Aerospace, the company has established the certification basis for some of the Microliner’s most novel technologies and helped define how future battery-electric aircraft can be certified under European regulations.
Throughout the PAC, VÆRIDION and EASA addressed the key certification aspects associated with the Microliner’s novel electrical storage, High Voltage Electrical Wiring Systems (HV-EWIS) and power distribution architecture. The viability of the proposed certification approach was confirmed, subject to the completion of the required testing, validation and formal compliance demonstration in the subsequent certification phases.
“Certification is built on early technical alignment, and this work confirms that our approach to high-voltage energy storage, power distribution and EWIS is on the right path,” said Markus Kochs-Kämper, CTO of VÆRIDION. ” Together with GKN Aerospace and EASA, we have established a robust certification framework that not only supports the Microliner, our 9-seat passenger and freighter aircraft, but also contributes to the future certification of high-voltage electric aircraft across the CS-23 category.”
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23 July 2026
