The General Aviation Manufacturers Association continues to expand its reach in the aviation industry with the addition of two new members, CiES and FlightAware, and another associate member, Lilium. The additions bring GAMA expertise in fuel and oil quantity measurement instruments, flight data tracking and electric vertical takeoff and landing (e-VTOL), underscoring the breadth of the association’s membership and an evolution with rapidly changing technologies.

Founded in 2010, Bend, Oregon-based CiES supplies fuel-quantity probes and fuel-level sensors for light aircraft, including manned and unmanned models. The company is engaged in developing cost-effective systems that tackle historically difficult fuel measurement challenges for pilots, GAMA said.

FlightAware, which operates from offices in Houston, New York and Singapore, provides flight-tracking services to more than 10,000 aircraft operators and service companies and 12 million passengers. FlightAware uses its network of more than 15,000 ADS-B ground stations across 160 countries, along with Aireon space-based ADS-B and global datalink, to process data from air traffic control systems in more than 55 countries.

Founded in 2015 by four academics at the Technical University of Munich with a vision of a new type of transportation, Lilium has grown into a team 70 engineers who are developing the e-VTOL “Lilium Jet,” which is expected to have a range of about 162 nm, 162-knot speed and "zero emissions."

Lilium joins a growing number of new GAMA members involved in hybrid, electric and unmanned technologies, including companies such as Uber, Pipistrel, Empirical Systems Aerospace and Piasecki Aircraft. Nearly a dozen new companies have joined the association this year. Association membership has reached 110, including more than a dozen associate members.