Electric Power Systems (EPS) announced its official collaboration with Bye Aerospace, a company that applies innovative Energy Storage System technology to the Bye Aerospace All Electric Trainer dubbed Sun Flyer.

"We're excited to work with Bye Aerospace on making the Sun Flyer the first All Electric Airplane certified under the new FAA Part 23 regulations," EPS Chief Executive Officer Nathan Millecam said.

Bye Aerospace contracted EPS to design and build the Energy Storage System that includes Battery Modules, Battery Management Unit and Power Distribution unit for its Flight Demonstrator. It is scheduled for first flight tests in the Q1-Q2 timeframe in 2018. George Bye, CEO of Bye Aerospace, said the collaboration with EPS is both timely and critically important.

"The Sun Flyer flight demonstrator will soon start the flight test phase," Bye said. "My thanks to the EPS leadership and team for their battery expertise and participation in this revolutionary program." "This partnership aligns with our shared vision to advance allelectric aircraft for commercial aviation applications." Millecam said. "Our Energy Storage System leverages technology developed for NASA's X57 platform, that enables our Battery Module to meet stringent FAA safety requirements around containment of cells in thermal runaway at a very lightweight."