Elroy Air’s Autonomous Chaparral Delivers Lunch on A-to-B Flight
Company aims to build its first production-intent Chaparral aircraft in 2026 before ramping up to high-rate production.
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Elroy Nabs Manufacturing Deal for Autonomous Chaparral Drone
With support from Kratos, the company aims to churn out hundreds of drones per year.
Elroy’s Chaparral C1 Achieves First Transition Flight
Company’s middle-mile cargo drone successfully transitions from vertical to wingborne forward flight.
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.
Will the Most Powerful Rocket Ever Built Fly Again This Week?
We try to answer that question and more in this week’s Future of FLYING newsletter.
Elroy Air Conducts Groundbreaking Flight of Hybrid-Electric Cargo Drone
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.
Bristow Group Secures Early Deliveries of 5 Elroy Air Chaparral Cargo Drones
The Houston-based firm primarily operates helicopter services but is looking to expand its portfolio with aircraft from Elroy and others.
Air Force Plans to Feature eVTOL Innovation Arm at EAA AirVenture
AFWERX and its emerging aviation technology division, Prime, will have a booth and host several forum sessions at Oshkosh.
Elroy Air Tops $2B in Purchase Demand for Chaparral eVTOL With LCI Deal
Firm now boasts orders for more than 900 autonomous cargo drones
Marine Corps To Advance Uncrewed VTOL Program
Marines are looking to unmanned vertical takeoff and landing aircraft to support logistics for distributed operations.
