Dornier Seawings has raised an additional €150 million in funding from shareholders for further research and development of its Seastar program, construction of manufacturing facilities, and expansion of production. The Oberpfaffenhofen, Germany-based company’s Seastar CD2 amphibious aircraft is currently undergoing some design changes and certification tests, following the prototype’s rollout in August 2017.

According to Dornier Seawings, the new funding will accelerate serial production by finalizing the Seastar certification supplements and completing the production facilities in Wuxi, China, in addition to its established production line in Oberpfaffenhofen. It also plans to “implement new aviation products to complement its current product line.”

The company’s investors include two state-owned enterprises of Jiangsu Province, China. This province has been supportive of Dornier Seawings and has selected it to be one of the provincial key development projects, it said.