Hyderabad firm BluJ Aerospace unveils prototype aircraft to scale up in eVTOL space
BluJ Aerospace has introduced its Gen #2 prototype aircraft, aimed at the eVTOL market. This aircraft is designed for various vertical take-off and landing applications, focusing on urban and regional transportation. Currently in flight testing, it represents a significant step towards commercializing heavy-payload aerial logistics in India.
- ▪BluJ Aerospace unveiled the Gen #2 prototype aircraft, developed on VANTIS platform-based architecture.
- ▪The aircraft is designed for an active payload target of 200 kg and operates under a maximum take-off weight of 500 kg.
- ▪Gen #2 is fully battery-powered and is currently being used for early customer pilots and real-world logistics mission evaluations.
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Deep-tech aerospace company BluJ Aerospace, focused on the vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) space, has unveiled the Gen #2 prototype aircraft.Developed on VANTIS platform-based architecture and designed to scale across different VTOL variants spanning urban and regional transportation, with passenger mobility as the long-term destination, Gen #2 is the outcome of four years of in-house research and development.It follows Gen #1, the company’s technology demonstrator and India’s first public flight demonstration of a 500 kg class eVTOL aircraft. Gen #2 is now in active flight testing and makes BluJ as the closest-to-commercialisation heavy-payload aerial logistics company in India, the Hyderabad-based company said. BluJ Aerospace has unveiled the Gen #2 prototype aircraft.
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