Elroy Air

The fly-off is intended to lead to a follow-on engineering and manufacturing development phase and initial production.

The aircraft has been delivered to New Braunfels National Airport, Texas.

Elroy Air’s Chaparral, Electra’s Goldfinch and Daher’s EcoPulse take the next step in electric aircraft propulsion.

U.S. startup Electra.aero has received cash deposits from Bristow Group to secure early delivery positions for an initial five eSTOL aircraft.

Elroy Air has conducted the first flight of its Chaparral C1 uncrewed cargo aircraft.

The demonstrator is representative of the Chaparral full-scale prototype that Elroy is preparing for flight testing.

Embraer and Japanese electric motor manufacturer Nidec have received approval for their U.S.-based joint venture Nidec Aerospace,

The U.S. Air Force’s AFWERX innovation unit plans to sign a memorandum of understanding in October with the FAA to gather flight-testing data for the regulator.

Bristow Group has secured early delivery slots for five of U.S. startup Elroy Air’s Chaparral hybrid-electric VTOL cargo aircraft.

LCI has placed conditional orders with Beta Technologies for up to 125 of its eVTOL utility aircraft, and with Elroy Air for up 40 of its cargo drones.

Natilus, Elroy Air and Sabrewing are U.S. startups developing large unmanned cargo aircraft. But the Chinese may be ahead of them.