A New Horizon of Air Mobility

Executives

The leadership of PLANA is the powertrain in motivating and guiding the organization in the right direction to grow and become the leading AAM company

Braden led the UAM vehicle development at Hyundai until January 2020 by unveiling a full-scale UAM prototype at CES 2020 and launching a business partnership with Uber. He received his Ph.D. in mechanical engineering at MIT. He has long been dreaming of opening a new aviation history.

Braden J. Kim

CEO & CTO

Braden led the UAM vehicle development at Hyundai until January 2020 by unveiling a full-scale UAM prototype at CES 2020 and launching a business partnership with Uber. He received his Ph.D. in mechanical engineering at MIT. He has long been dreaming of opening a new aviation history.

Jim Leachman, Chief Investment Officer, received his master degree from Stanford Business School, and has expertise in domains of financing, asset management and investment.

Jim Leachman

CIO & CSO

Jim Leachman, Chief Investment Officer, received his master degree from Stanford Business School, and has expertise in domains of financing, asset management and investment.

Dr. John T. Kim, a Senior Vice President of Engineering, received his Ph.D. degree in Aeronautics and Astronautics at MIT, and has joined PLANA as Chief Airframe Engineer. He worked at Boeing for 17 years in the field of aeroelasticity to improve both aerodynamic and structural efficiencies of airframe.
He was a consultant for Lilium in their early development stage.
He is also working on a Zero-Emission Aircraft project funded by NASA.

John T. Kim

SVP of Engineering

Dr. John T. Kim, a Senior Vice President of Engineering, received his Ph.D. degree in Aeronautics and Astronautics at MIT, and has joined PLANA as Chief Airframe Engineer. He worked at Boeing for 17 years in the field of aeroelasticity to improve both aerodynamic and structural efficiencies of airframe.
He was a consultant for Lilium in their early development stage.
He is also working on a Zero-Emission Aircraft project funded by NASA.

Team

Our team consists of experts with the best skills and experience

Quality Experience
in the Relevant Industry

Global

Team

A multinational team pursuing the company's global orientation in terms of organizational culture and future business expansion

35+

Employees

Strong engineering workforce, with 70 % of engineers holding a master's or doctorate

500+

Years experience

30+ engineers with more than 5 years of experience in world-class aviation and automotive industries

Roadmap & Milestone

The milestone of PLANA is a series of challenges to shift paradigm of aerial transportation

2021

Jul. PLANA establishment
Sep. SEED investment

2022

Sep. Pre-series A investment

Feb. MOU with HANSEO Universtiy
Aug. MOU with Seoyon E-Hwa
Sep. LOI with Ghenus Airs for the purchase of 20 AAM aircraft
Oct. Contract with EPS

2023

Sub-Scale Prototype (First Flight)
USA Office / HQ
Series A (~2Q.2024)

Feb. MOU with LG U+
Mar. MOU with Jeju Air, Volatus Infrastructure, SkyScape Japan
Mar. Established US branch
Apr. Won iF Design Award
May. LOI with Skytaxi for the purchase of 50 AAM aircraft and MOU
May. MOU with MOVIATION
Jun. MOU with Bluenest,  DUC Hélices Propellers
Jul. MOU with Gloria Aviation,  OneSky
Jul. LOI with Hi-Air for the purchase of 30 AAM aircraft and MOU
Nov. MOU with SEHAN Universtiy

2024

Hybrid ePowertrain Core Tech. Dev.
Full-scale Testbench (Iron Bird)

2025

Integrated Full-scale Powertrain
PDR,CDR for Full-scale
Series B (4Q.2025~)

2026

Full-scale Demonstrator (First Flight)
Powertrain Component Sales

2027

Certification Path
Series C (pre-IPO)

2028

Production Certification
Preparation of Commercialization
IPO (e.g. SAPC)

Partners

We introduce our partners who share the vision of PLANA

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