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Boeing builds unmanned electric cargo air vehicle prototype
US aircraft manufacturer Boeing has developed the prototype for an unmanned electric vertical-takeoff-and-landing (eVTOL) cargo air vehicle (CAV) that has a payload of up to 227 kilogrammes.
"Our new CAV prototype builds on Boeing's existing unmanned systems capabilities and presents new possibilities for autonomous cargo delivery, logistics and other transportation applications," Boeing HorizonX vice president Steve Nordlund was quoted as saying in a report by London's Air Cargo News.
The prototype will be used to test and evolve Boeing's autonomy technology for future aerospace vehicles.
"This flying cargo air vehicle represents another major step in our Boeing eVTOL strategy," said Boeing chief technology officer Greg Hyslop. "We have an opportunity to really change air travel and transport, and we'll look back on this day as a major step in that journey."
In less than three months, a team of engineers and technicians across the company designed and built the CAV prototype. It successfully completed a series of initial flight tests at Boeing Research & Technology's Collaborative Autonomous Systems Laboratory in Missouri.
Boeing HorizonX, with its partners in Boeing Research & Technology, led the development of the CAV prototype, which complements the eVTOL passenger air vehicle prototype aircraft in development by Aurora Flight Sciences, a company acquired by Boeing late last year.
Powered by an environmentally-friendly electric propulsion system, the CAV prototype is 4.57 metres long, 5.49 m wide and 1.22 m high, and weighs 339 kilogrammes.
"Our new CAV prototype builds on Boeing's existing unmanned systems capabilities and presents new possibilities for autonomous cargo delivery, logistics and other transportation applications," Boeing HorizonX vice president Steve Nordlund was quoted as saying in a report by London's Air Cargo News.
The prototype will be used to test and evolve Boeing's autonomy technology for future aerospace vehicles.
"This flying cargo air vehicle represents another major step in our Boeing eVTOL strategy," said Boeing chief technology officer Greg Hyslop. "We have an opportunity to really change air travel and transport, and we'll look back on this day as a major step in that journey."
In less than three months, a team of engineers and technicians across the company designed and built the CAV prototype. It successfully completed a series of initial flight tests at Boeing Research & Technology's Collaborative Autonomous Systems Laboratory in Missouri.
Boeing HorizonX, with its partners in Boeing Research & Technology, led the development of the CAV prototype, which complements the eVTOL passenger air vehicle prototype aircraft in development by Aurora Flight Sciences, a company acquired by Boeing late last year.
Powered by an environmentally-friendly electric propulsion system, the CAV prototype is 4.57 metres long, 5.49 m wide and 1.22 m high, and weighs 339 kilogrammes.
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