U.S. Marines to Get Autonomous Cargo Drone Demo This Summer
Flight testing of Elroy’s Chaparral, a hybrid-electric vertical takeoff and landing (hVTOL) design, is scheduled to begin in July.
Flight testing of Elroy’s Chaparral, a hybrid-electric vertical takeoff and landing (hVTOL) design, is scheduled to begin in July.
The company calls the aircraft a turbogenerator-hyrbid electric vertical takeoff and landing aircraft—hVTOL, for short—and claims it’s the first of its kind to fly.
The Houston-based firm primarily operates helicopter services but is looking to expand its portfolio with aircraft from Elroy and others.
Firm now boasts orders for more than 900 autonomous cargo drones