Wisk Aero

Summary

About

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.

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Supply

Supply chain relationships

  • Liebherr-Aerospace

    Inbound - actuation and motion control - Wisk selected Liebherr to develop and supply Gen 6 flight-surface and propulsion-tilt actuation systems

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  • Safran Electronics & Defense

    Inbound - Navigation - Wisk selected Safran SkyNaute inertial navigation for its Generation 6 autonomous aircraft

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Timeline

Events

  • 2026-08-10 - Acquisition - Archer agrees to acquire Boeing’s Wisk Aero, Insitu and SkyGrid subsidiaries

    Wisk adds six generations of autonomous eVTOL development and more than 1,700 flight tests. Insitu has built more than 3,500 uncrewed aircraft systems deployed across 35 countries and generates more than $200 million in annual revenue. SkyGrid contributes aircraft-agnostic airspace-management software; the acquired businesses bring nearly two million combined flight hours of operating data.

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  • 2026-07-15 - Capability - Wisk and NASA complete three-aircraft autonomy supervision trial

    The exercise tested a 1:3 supervisor-to-aircraft concept on routes between Moffett Field and San Martin Airport. Controllers continued using existing procedures and tools while scenarios included operational contingencies. The trial formed part of Wisk’s five-year NASA collaboration and does not represent certified passenger service.

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  • 2025-10-28 - Partnership - Wisk selects Liebherr for Generation 6 actuation system

    Liebherr will provide electromechanical actuation for Generation 6 flaperons, elevators and rudders as well as the propulsion system's tilt angle. The long-term agreement covers development, certification and full-rate scaled production. Liebherr is adapting its modular LiVCAS flight-control system for the smaller all-electric aircraft architecture and will manufacture the hardware primarily in Germany.

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  • 2023-06-20 - Partnership - Wisk selects Safran SkyNaute navigation for Generation 6

    Safran will supply the SkyNaute hybrid inertial navigation system for Wisk's Generation 6 autonomous, all-electric air taxi. SkyNaute uses Safran's HRG Crystal hemispherical resonator gyroscope technology to maintain high-integrity navigation when GNSS is absent or jammed. Wisk said initial testing confirmed the system's performance and plans to use it to support precise trajectories through every phase of autonomous flight.

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  • 2019-12-02 - Partnership - Kitty Hawk and Boeing establish Wisk Aero

    Wisk announced the joint venture on December 2, 2019, identifying Boeing and Kitty Hawk as its founding companies. The Cora team became Wisk's foundation, while Zephyr Airworks was renamed Wisk New Zealand. The new company combined Kitty Hawk's electric-flight work with Boeing's aerospace expertise and scale.

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Notes

Profile notes

  • Wisk's autonomous aircraft still depends on supervised fleet operations

    reviewed 2026-07-20 - Wisk is designing an aircraft with no pilot onboard, but its operating concept includes ground supervisors monitoring multiple aircraft. Autonomous flight therefore removes the onboard pilot without removing human operational oversight, and certification progress should not be described as unsupervised passenger service.

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Relations

Relationships

  • Archer Aviation

    Acquisition Target - Archer agreed to acquire Wisk Aero from Boeing as part of a broader autonomous-aerospace transaction.

  • NASA

    Autonomous Airspace Research Partner - Wisk Aero works with NASA on the cited autonomy programme.

  • Kitty Hawk

    Joint Venture - Kitty Hawk and Boeing established Wisk Aero, with Cora forming its operating foundation.

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Context tags

  • Aerial autonomy technology stack - Stack Layer - Official Wisk materials describe autonomous eVTOL and multi-aircraft supervision.
  • eVTOL air taxi builder - Peer Group - Official Wisk materials describe autonomous eVTOL and multi-aircraft supervision.