Sabrewing CEO Discusses Record Cargo Drone Hover Flight Written 11 October 2022
Rhaegal-A Half-Scale Unmanned Air Cargo Aircraft Prototype. | Credit: Look.ma.no.pilot, via Wikipedia; CC BY-SA 4.0
Aviation Today reports, “Sabrewing Aircraft Company, based in California, recently announced the successful completion of its cargo drone prototype’s first hover flight with an 829-pound payload.” The company claimed this set a new world record for a vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) cargo drone. The company’s $3.2 billion order book includes purchase orders for 28 aircraft and 102 firm orders and letters of intent for over 400 aircraft. Deliveries of the first 28 aircraft are scheduled to begin by December 2023. Sabrewing added that the company has US Air Force contracts to study autonomous cargo delivery.
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