Designed to autonomously deliver cargo in challenging terrain
Elroy Air, a startup that wants to make cargo deliveries using autonomous hybrid-electric aircraft, has unveiled its pre-production craft: the Chapparral.
“The Chaparral will be a vital logistics link for people around the world with unreliable roadways and in remote and rural areas that take longer to reach today,” said Cope in a press statement.of the aircraft in 2019 but says it’s since improved on the design. The company announced today it’s “secured agreements” to supply 500 aircraft to commercial, defense, and humanitarian customers, and says these amount to “more than $1 billion in aircraft demand.
The promise of the Chaparral in particular is fast deployment in rough terrain. That’s why there’s interest from both military and humanitarian customers. Elroy has received funding from the US Air Force and an order for 100 new craft from AYR Logistics, a company that works with aid groups like the United Nations and World Food Programme .
The Chaparral is designed to fit inside a standard 40-foot shipping container, making it easy to move and deploy around the world, while its modular cargo pods can be pre-loaded by personnel on the ground and then left within a 50-foot landing square for pick-up.As well as military and humanitarian customers, Elroy says it’s also received interest from regional airlines Mesa Airlines to use the craft in express parcel and medical delivery.
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