Autonomous drone firm MightyFly has unveiled a new cargo aircraft and gained approval for a US air corridor.
The new Cento eVTOL can carry around 45 kg more than 950 km. MightyFly said the aircraft’s cargo bay is significantly larger than its second-generation predecessor.
"This enlarged cargo bay will allow the delivery of larger packages and goods, including the traditional cooler boxes used to transport donor organs for transplantation and blood bags," MightyFly said.
"It will also benefit additional use cases and businesses in the industries of logistics, manufacturing, healthcare, pharmaceutical, retail, automotive, and oil and gas, as well as organisations performing humanitarian and disaster relief work, and government’s defence teams executing various logistics and resupply missions."
The aircraft can also autonomously open and close its cargo bay door, receive and eject packages into and from the cargo bay opening, move and secure packages in the cargo bay via an internal positioning and locking system, and sense and compute weight and balance.
“We are very excited to show everyone the tremendous work and ingenuity performed by the MightyFly team throughout the last year, and to unveil the 2024 Cento that couples innovation with efficiency in design, maintenance, and operation, bringing to the world the key to transform the expedited logistics market,” said Manal Habib, co-founder and chief executive of MightyFly.
Meanwhile, the company has also received US Federal Aviation Administration approval for an air corridor between Byron and New Jerusalem airports in California.
This will allow the company to begin its aircraft qualification tests and flight tests between the two airports.
"In the fall of 2024, MightyFly will publicly debut its autonomous cargo aircraft delivery flights in Michigan, demonstrating point-to-point autonomous delivery use cases to partners and potential customers," the company added.
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