# elroyair.com

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## Homepage

- [Elroy Air - Revolutionizing Express Shipping](/content/site-root.html): At Elroy Air we develop autonomous heavy-cargo drones to enable delivery of critical cargo for defense, commercial, and rapid response. (209 words)

## Articles & Blog Posts

- [Elroy Air - Page Not Found](/content/privacy-policy/legal-elroyair-com.html): We couldn't find the page you referenced. (32 words)
- [Elroy Air - Page Not Found](/content/company/news/press-releases/bristow-early-chaparral-delivery-positions/media-elroyair-com.html): We couldn't find the page you referenced. (32 words)
- [Elroy Air - Page Not Found](/content/company/news/press-releases/elroy-air-to-go-public/www-sec-gov.html): We couldn't find the page you referenced. (32 words)
- [Elroy Air - Privacy Policy](/content/privacy-policy/index.html): Our privacy policy. (3,147 words)
- [Elroy Air - Terms of Use](/content/terms-of-use/index.html): Terms of Use. (1,957 words)
- [Elroy Air - About Us](/content/company/about-us/index.html): At Elroy Air we're on a mission to redefine the future of logistics. (765 words)
- [Elroy Air - History](/content/company/history/index.html): Follow us on our mission to redefine the future of logistics with autonomous heavy-cargo drones. (766 words)
- [Elroy Air - News](/content/company/news/index.html): The latest media, press releases, and blog posts from Elroy Air HQ. (928 words)
- [Elroy Air - Careers](/content/company/careers/index.html): Developing the future of logistics isn't going to be easy, but that's always true for things that are worth doing. (179 words)
- [Elroy Air - Cargo Pod](/content/chaparral/cargo-pod/index.html): Our flexible and adaptable shipping systems are designed to enable a wide range of payload configurations, with ample room for expansion. (217 words)
- [Elroy Air - Aircraft](/content/chaparral/aircraft/index.html): Our hybrid-electric autonomous heavy-cargo drone Chaparral is designed to autonomously accommodate a wide range of needs, providing logistics support with minimal infrastructure. (255 words)
- [Elroy Air - Contact Us](/content/contact-us/index.html): Get in touch with Elroy Air! (24 words)
- [Elroy Air to Become Publicly Traded Company via Business Combination with Inflection Point-led SPAC](/content/company/news/press-releases/elroy-air-to-go-public/index.html): Elroy Air has entered into a definitive business combination agreement to become a publicly traded company. The transaction is expected to close in the fourth quarter of 2026, values Elroy Air at $800 million pre-money, and has over $165 million in committed PIPE capital to fully fund commercial scale production of the Chaparral. (1,329 words, Jun 26, 2026)
- [Office of Strategic Capital Founder Dr. Jason Rathje joins Elroy Air’s Defense Advisory Board](/content/company/news/press-releases/osc-founder-jason-rathje-joins-elroy-air-dab/index.html): Dr. Jason Rathje, the founding director of the Department of War’s Office of Strategic Capital (OSC) - an office dedicated to attracting private investment in critical technologies vital to U.S. national security - has joined Elroy Air's Defense Advisory Board. (680 words, Mar 19, 2026)
- [Elroy Air selected to provide autonomous aerial cargo delivery as part of new White House program](/content/company/news/press-releases/elroyair-selected-for-dot-eipp-program/index.html): Elroy Air has been selected for the U.S. Department of Transportation’s (USDOT) eVTOL Integration Pilot Program (eIPP), to accelerate safe eVTOL and advanced air mobility operations across the United States. (701 words, Mar 11, 2026)
- [Barq Group Signs Initial Agreement with Elroy Air to Set Up $200M Joint Venture for Chaparral Manufacturing and Services in Abu Dhabi](/content/company/news/press-releases/barq-group-signs-with-elroy-air-200m-joint-venture-for-chaparral-manufacturing.html): Barq Group, the leader in smart mobility and logistics solutions in the MENA region, and Elroy Air signed an agreement establishing the framework for a joint venture that will invest $200M to build a state-of-the-art manufacturing facility in Abu Dhabi to produce and service the Chaparral. (730 words, Jan 8, 2026)
- [Elroy Air makes first A to B cargo delivery with its hybrid-electric VTOL aircraft Chaparral ](/content/company/news/press-releases/first-a-to-b-delivery-with-chaparral-drone/index.html): Elroy Air successfully completed its first point A to point B cargo delivery using the first-of-its-kind hybrid-electric VTOL drone, Chaparral. (725 words, Dec 18, 2025)
- [Kratos to be Exclusive U.S. Manufacturer for the Elroy Air Chaparral VTOL Cargo Drone](/content/company/news/press-releases/kratos-us-manufacturer-for-elroy-air-chaparral-drone.html): Elroy Air has selected Kratos Defense & Security Solutions as its exclusive U.S. manufacturing partner for the Chaparral in a new five-year strategic manufacturing agreement to accelerate expected high-volume production of the Chaparral hybrid-electric autonomous vertical takeoff-and-landing (VTOL) cargo drone. (1,278 words, Sep 23, 2025)
- [Elroy Air Achieves Major Milestone With Transition of Chaparral Aircraft from Vertical Takeoff to Wingborne Flight](/content/company/news/press-releases/chaparral-vtol-transitions-to-forward-flight/index.html): Company successfully flies its hybrid-electric VTOL cargo drone at 70 mph: Elroy Air autonomously transitioned its hybrid-electric Chaparral VTOL cargo drone from vertical takeoff to forward flight three times in July and August, marking a major milestone and key technical achievement in the development of this type of aircraft. (765 words, Aug 14, 2025)
- [Dean Donovan joins Elroy Air Board of Directors](/content/company/news/press-releases/dean-donovan-joins-elroy-board-announcement/index.html): Dean Donovan, Managing Director of DiamondStream Partners, has joined Elroy Air's Board of Directors. (497 words, May 28, 2025)
- [Elroy Air brings on Dr. Andrew Clare as CEO and secures additional funding to scale business](/content/company/news/press-releases/new-ceo-and-financing-announcement/index.html): Elroy Air's new CEO Dr. Andrew Clare assumes chief role with fresh investor funding to advance Chaparral UAS to be autonomous logistics workhorse for the U.S. and allied forces, as founder Dave Merrill shifts role to Executive Chairman. (709 words, Jan 14, 2025)
- [Leidos and Elroy Air to demonstrate autonomous aerial resupply drone for U.S. Marine Corps](/content/company/news/press-releases/leidos-elroy-air-to-demo-for-marines/index.html): Leidos and Elroy Air have been approved to demonstrate an autonomous Medium Aerial Resupply Vehicle – Expeditionary Logistics (MARV-EL) prototype for the Navy and Marine Small Tactical Unmanned Aircraft Systems program office (PMA-263). The flight test activities are scheduled for July 2024. (604 words, May 14, 2024)
- [Elroy Air achieves industry-first flight of turbogenerator-hybrid hVTOL aircraft](/content/company/news/press-releases/first-flight-hvtol-chaparral/index.html): Elroy Air flew the world’s first turbogenerator-hybrid electric vertical take-off and landing (hVTOL) aircraft on November 12 at its test-flight facility in Byron, California - the Chaparral C1. (1,027 words, Nov 16, 2023)
- [Elroy Air demonstrates autonomous cargo delivery systems for Air Mobility Command and AFWERX](/content/company/news/press-releases/demo-for-air-mobility-command-afwerx/index.html): Elroy Air recently demonstrated its autonomous cargo delivery system at Travis Air Force Base. The demonstration was part of Mobility Guardian 2023, a large Air Mobility Command (AMC) full-spectrum readiness exercise. (878 words, Oct 12, 2023)
- [Elroy Air announces commercial demand exceeding 1,000 Chaparral eVTOL cargo drones](/content/company/news/press-releases/chaparral-orders-exceed-1000-drones/index.html): At the UP.Summit, Elroy Air, the company developing an end-to-end autonomous hybrid-electric vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) cargo system, announced the demand backlog for its Chaparral aircraft exceeded 1,000 vehicles in 2023. (650 words, Oct 5, 2023)
- [Bristow Secures Early Delivery Positions for Five Elroy Air Chaparral Aircraft](/content/company/news/press-releases/bristow-early-chaparral-delivery-positions/index.html): Bristow Group Inc., the world's leading global provider of innovative and sustainable vertical flight solutions, has reserved early delivery slots via deposit and will receive some of the first commercially certified Elroy Air Chaparral VTOL cargo systems off the production line. (1,037 words, Sep 5, 2023)
- [Elroy Air Announces Defense Advisory Board](/content/company/news/press-releases/defense-advisory-board-announcement/index.html): The board includes former senior military officials from the Navy, Army, Special Operations Command and Office of the Secretary of Defense. (1,134 words, Aug 24, 2023)
- [Elroy Air demonstrates autonomous cargo-handling capabilities of Chaparral aircraft at Travis Air Force Base](/content/company/news/press-releases/chaparral-autonomous-cargo-travis-afb/index.html): Elroy Air demonstrated the autonomous ground navigation and cargo-handling systems of its Chaparral aircraft for United States Air Force senior and executive officers as part of the Golden Phoenix Technology Demonstration Event. (512 words, May 25, 2023)
- [Elroy Air Secures More Than $2B in Total Aircraft Demand and Moves Flight   Test Operations to New Facility](/content/company/news/press-releases/aircraft-2b-demand-new-facility/index.html): Elroy Air has signed an agreement with LCI—a leading aviation company and a subsidiary of Libra Group—for commitments to purchase up to 40 of the company’s Chaparral vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) aircraft, with deposits paid for the first 20 vehicles. (933 words, Jan 11, 2023)
- [Bristow and Elroy Air Sign Letter of Intent for 100 Chaparral VTOL Aircraft](/content/company/news/press-releases/bristow-intent-100-chaparral-aircraft/index.html): Bristow Group Inc. has signed a Letter of Intent (LOI) with Elroy Air to pre-order 100 Chaparral hybrid-electric cargo VTOL aircraft to use the Chaparral to serve logistics, healthcare, and energy applications. (1,167 words, Jul 13, 2022)
- [FedEx Plans to Test Autonomous Drone Cargo Delivery with Elroy Air](/content/company/news/press-releases/fedex-testing-autonomous-cargo-delivery/index.html): FedEx and Elroy Air will work together to launch test flights aimed at middle-mile delivery in 2023, the latest initiative from FedEx in its effort to explore and adopt emerging technologies across its networks. (630 words, Mar 30, 2022)
- [Elroy Air Unveils Its Chaparral, a First-of-its-kind, Autonomous, Hybrid-electric VTOL Cargo Aircraft](/content/company/news/press-releases/chaparral-autonomous-vtol-unveil/index.html): Company announces commitments for more than 500 aircraft representing more than $1 billion in aircraft demand from commercial, defense, and humanitarian customers. (1,153 words, Jan 26, 2022)
- [AYR Logistics Partners With Elroy Air to Deploy Autonomous Aerial Delivery Service for Humanitarian Aid](/content/company/news/press-releases/ayr-logistics-partner-humanitarian-aid/index.html): AYR Logistics signs agreement to purchase up to 100 Chaparral autonomous, hybrid-electric VTOL delivery aircraft. (814 words, Nov 15, 2021)
- [Elroy Air’s Series A Financing](/content/company/news/press-releases/elroy-series-a-financing/index.html): Elroy Air raises $40MM Series A financing including Lockheed Martin Ventures to accelerate the development of its Chaparral Autonomous VTOL Cargo Aircraft. Strategic and financial investors back the California-based aerospace company leading the industry in large autonomous VTOL delivery drones for middle-mile express commercial shipping and Defense logistics. (1,295 words, Aug 3, 2021)
- [Elroy Air and NASA Partner to Integrate Advanced Autonomous Cargo Aircraft Into US Airspace](/content/company/news/press-releases/nasa-partner-integrate-us-airspace/index.html): Trailblazing partnership aims to demonstrate safe airspace integration for unmanned logistics aircraft. (846 words, Jan 29, 2021)
- [Elroy Air Expands Partnership with US Air Force to Advance its Chaparral VTOL Platform to Acquisitions](/content/company/news/press-releases/us-airforce-partnership-expansion/index.html): Elroy Air announced that it has won a Phase 3 Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) contract with Agility Prime, a non-traditional program in the US Air Force seeking to accelerate the commercial market for advanced air mobility vehicles. (1,012 words, Dec 17, 2020)
- [Elroy Air Successfully Completes First Test Flight of Large Unmanned VTOL Cargo Aircraft](/content/company/news/press-releases/chaparral-first-successful-test-flight/index.html): Elroy Air announced the successful completion of its first full-scale system flight test, the 1215 lb prototype reaching a height of 10 feet and hovering for 64 seconds before descending and landing safely. (858 words, Aug 28, 2019)

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