Kittyhawk’s Heaviside H2 was designed as a remote-piloted, single-seat, all-electric eVTOL aircraft with tilting motors, canards, and a large wing. [Courtesy: Kittyhawk]
Key Takeaways:
Larry Page's electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) aircraft company, Kittyhawk, is winding down its operations after over a decade of development.
The company's decision underscores the significant challenges and competitive landscape within the emerging eVTOL industry.
This announcement does not affect Wisk Aero, another eVTOL developer with ties to Page and Kittyhawk (as an investor), which continues its progress towards self-flying air taxi certification.
Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) co-founder Larry Page’s company Kittyhawk, which has been developing an electric vertical takeoff and landing aircraft since 2010, may be calling it quits.
“We have made the decision to wind down Kittyhawk,” the company announced on its Twitter account Wednesday. “We’re still working on the details of what’s next.”
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Thom is a former senior editor for FLYING. Previously, his freelance reporting appeared in aviation industry magazines. Thom also spent three decades as a TV and digital journalist at CNN’s bureaus in Washington and Atlanta, eventually specializing in aviation. He has reported from air shows in Oshkosh, Farnborough and Paris. Follow Thom on Twitter @thompatterson.
