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Artist rendering of Elroy Air Chaparral with Bristow Livery. Chaparral will carry up to 300 pounds (136kg) of cargo over a 300-mile (482 km) range with its hybrid-electric powertrain and simple, redundant vertical and forward-flight propulsors. Bristow will leverage its 70+ years of aviation expertise to move time-sensitive cargo for logistics, healthcare and energy applications. Elroy Air expects to deliver 100 autonomous-flight Chaparral VTOL aircraft to Bristow.

Bristow Group Inc., the world's leading global provider of innovative and sustainable vertical flight solutions, has reserved early delivery slots via deposit and will receive some of the first commercially certified Elroy Air Chaparral VTOL cargo systems off the production line.

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Side view of Chaparral in front of an Air Force jet in a hangar.

The board includes former senior military officials from the Navy, Army, Special Operations Command and Office of the Secretary of Defense.

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Elroy Air has announced that it has expanded its executive leadership to include Alex Blake as Chief of Staff and Zach Lovering as Vice President of Engineering.

Company attracts top industry executives as it reaches $3B in commitments for its autonomous eVTOL cargo aircraft systems.

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An engineer looks on at the Chaparral Ground Test Vehicle at a demonstration event at Travis AFB.

Elroy Air demonstrated the autonomous ground navigation and cargo-handling systems of its Chaparral aircraft for United States Air Force senior and executive officers as part of the Golden Phoenix Technology Demonstration Event.

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Render of Chaparral aircraft with LCI livery in flight while transporting cargo.

Elroy Air has signed an agreement with LCI—a leading aviation company and a subsidiary of Libra Group—for commitments to purchase up to 40 of the company’s Chaparral vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) aircraft, with deposits paid for the first 20 vehicles.

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Artist rendering of Elroy Air Chaparral with Bristow Livery. Chaparral will carry up to 300 pounds (136kg) of cargo over a 300-mile (482 km) range with its hybrid-electric powertrain and simple, redundant vertical and forward-flight propulsors. Bristow will leverage its 70+ years of aviation expertise to move time-sensitive cargo for logistics, healthcare and energy applications. Elroy Air expects to deliver 100 autonomous-flight Chaparral VTOL aircraft to Bristow.

Bristow Group Inc. has signed a Letter of Intent (LOI) with Elroy Air to pre-order 100 Chaparral hybrid-electric cargo VTOL aircraft to use the Chaparral to serve logistics, healthcare, and energy applications.

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An artist's rendering of Chaparral with attached cargo pod approaching a FedEx distribution center.

FedEx and Elroy Air will work together to launch test flights aimed at middle-mile delivery in 2023, the latest initiative from FedEx in its effort to explore and adopt emerging technologies across its networks.

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The Chaparral aircraft and its flight cargo pod at Elroy Air HQ in South San Francisco, California. Chaparral is the first end-to-end autonomous vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) aerial cargo system, designed for aerial transport of up to 300 lbs of goods over a 300 mile range for commercial, humanitarian, and defense logistics.

Company announces commitments for more than 500 aircraft representing more than $1 billion in aircraft demand from commercial, defense, and humanitarian customers.

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Elroy Air’s Chaparral prototype at Camp Roberts, CA.

AYR Logistics signs agreement to purchase up to 100 Chaparral autonomous, hybrid-electric VTOL delivery aircraft.

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Elroy Air’s Chaparral prototype and a modular cargo pod, on the tarmac at Camp Roberts, CA.

Elroy Air raises $40MM Series A financing including Lockheed Martin Ventures to accelerate the development of its Chaparral Autonomous VTOL Cargo Aircraft. Strategic and financial investors back the California-based aerospace company leading the industry in large autonomous VTOL delivery drones for middle-mile express commercial shipping and Defense logistics.

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Shadow view of Ground Test Vehicle and onlooking crowd in Travis AFB hangar.

Trailblazing partnership aims to demonstrate safe airspace integration for unmanned logistics aircraft.

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Elroy Air’s Chaparral prototype and a modular cargo pod, on the tarmac at Camp Roberts, CA.

Elroy Air announced that it has won a Phase 3 Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) contract with Agility Prime, a non-traditional program in the US Air Force seeking to accelerate the commercial market for advanced air mobility vehicles.

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Chaparral in flight at McMillan Airfield, Camp Roberts, CA.

Elroy Air announced the successful completion of its first full-scale system flight test, the 1215 lb prototype reaching a height of 10 feet and hovering for 64 seconds before descending and landing safely.

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