The ePlane Company unveils India’s largest integrated eVTOL prototyping & testing facility at IIT Madras Discovery Campus

The ePlane Company (Ubifly Technologies Pvt. Ltd.), India’s pioneer in electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) technology, announced the opening of its state-of-the-art prototyping and testing facility at the IIT Madras Discovery Campus in Thaiyur. Spanning 60,000 sq. ft., the site is the nation’s first integrated plant dedicated to the serial production of electric aircraft, signaling a pivotal shift in India’s Urban Air Mobility (UAM) sector from initial design concepts & subscale prototypes to flight-ready hardware and certification-grade fullscale prototyping.

The facility was officially inaugurated by Professor V. Kamakoti, Padma Shri recipient and Director of IIT Madras. His vision for the 163-acre Discovery Campus has been instrumental in providing the high-tech infrastructure necessary for deep-tech ventures to scale.

A Strategic Hub for Industrial-Scale Aerospace

The facility will support key development milestones, including tethered hover testing, as the company progresses toward Type Certification. It houses design, prototyping ...