 Type certification and commercial introduction are planned for 2023.The "iron bird" systems test prototype was completed and powered on in December 2017 on a test bench in Taufkirchen, Germany, to test the propulsion system chain, flight controls and propeller dynamic loads, verifying the electric, mechanical and thermal dynamics before being installed on the flight demonstrator by mid-2018.The first structural parts for the demonstrator were produced by Airbus Helicopters.