Company profile
Wisk Aero
Wisk Aero develops a self-flying, all-electric vertical-takeoff-and-landing aircraft and ground systems for autonomous passenger operations. The Boeing-own...
Facts
- Segment
- AERIAL
- Country
- United States
- Headquarters
- Mountain View, California
- Founded
- 2019
- Website
- https://wisk.aero/
About Wisk Aero
Wisk Aero is developing Generation 6, a four-seat electric vertical-takeoff aircraft designed to carry passengers without an onboard pilot. Twelve propellers are distributed across wing-mounted booms: forward units tilt between lift and cruise, while aft units provide vertical lift. The aircraft targets a 120-knot cruise, a 90-mile range with reserves and operation between 2,500 and 4,000 feet above ground.
Flight software uses deterministic decision logic, redundant sensing and detect-and-avoid functions, with ground-based supervisors overseeing multiple aircraft and able to intervene. Wisk is pursuing FAA type certification for autonomous passenger service and completed Generation 6's first vertical takeoff, hover and stabilised manoeuvres in December 2025. The Boeing-owned company is building the aircraft, ground-control system and operating concept as one commercial air-taxi service.
Market context
DEVELOPMENT
Summary
Type: Autonomous eVTOL builder
Core: Generation 6 air taxi
Function: Self-flying passenger aviation
Audience: Public operators
Research, Articles and recent verified events
- Archer agrees to acquire Boeing’s Wisk Aero, Insitu and SkyGrid subsidiaries — 2026-08-10
- Wisk and NASA complete three-aircraft autonomy supervision trial — 2026-07-15
- Wisk selects Liebherr for Generation 6 actuation system — 2025-10-28
- Wisk selects Safran SkyNaute navigation for Generation 6 — 2023-06-20
- Kitty Hawk and Boeing establish Wisk Aero — 2019-12-02