Autonomous Flight Timeline

Events

2022-01-04 - Market Signal - Autonomous Flight announces Y6S Plus order-book opening - Autonomous Flight opened the order book for its six-seat battery-electric Y6S Plus concept. The aircraft was presented with a 125 mph target speed and an 80-mile target range. The company targeted initial assembly in 2023 and customer deliveries from 2024. - source: ainonline.com
2021-04-26 - Funding - Autonomous Flight raises £5M Series A for eVTOL development - The Series A provided £5 million, reported at about $7 million. The financing supported development of the Y6S family of battery-electric vertical-take-off-and-landing aircraft. The round followed the company's full-scale prototype work and preceded its Y6S… - source: uktech.news
2021-01-13 - Product Launch - Autonomous Flight unveils six-seat Y6S Plus eVTOL concept - The Y6S Plus used a tricopter layout with two tilting coaxial front rotors and a third coaxial rotor behind the main wing. The company targeted a 200 km/h cruise speed and roughly 130 km of range from swappable lithium battery packs. The larger six-seat… - source: newatlas.com
2019-02-22 - Demonstration - Autonomous Flight demonstrates powered Y6S development prototype - The development prototype powered its fans and rotated the front rotor shrouds to demonstrate the planned transition mechanism on the ground. The full-scale airframe represented the two-seat Y6S configuration while the company prepared financing for a… - source: ainonline.com