Israel’s AIR Flies First Production Uncrewed Cargo EVTOL | Aviation Week Network

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Graham Warwick
April 15, 2026

Defense logistics is a likely early use case for AIR’s uncrewed cargo eVTOL.

Defense logistics is a likely early use case for AIR’s uncrewed cargo eVTOL.

Credit: AIR

Israeli electric vertical-takeoff-and-landing (eVTOL) startup AIR has flown its first production heavy-lift uncrewed cargo aircraft, built on an assembly line in central Israel with the capacity to produce 60 aircraft a year. The company is in the final stages of evaluating three sites in the U.S…

Graham Warwick

Graham leads Aviation Week’s coverage of technology, focusing on engineering and technology across the aerospace industry, with a special focus on identifying technologies of strategic importance to aviation, aerospace and defense.

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