Astro’s Elroy Urban Air Mobility Vehicle to Get a New Stablemate This Summer

May 3, 2019

William Kucinski

Astro’s autonomous Elroy eVTOL UAM vehicle (Image courtesy: Astro Aerospace, Ltd)

Astro’s Elroy urban air mobility vehicle to get a new stablemate this summer

Before Dallas-based Astro Aerospace, Ltd (Astro) reveals its new modular, autonomous, electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) urban air mobility (UAM) prototype this summer, the company has begun filing patent, design, and trademark applications. The new modular system will add flexibility to Astro’s UAM vehicle lineup and complement the current two-passenger, short-haul “Elroy” model.

The yet-to-be-named modular system prototype will feature an updated proprietary control system, triple redundancy capabilities, improved flight time, increases speed and payload capacity, and a new battery management system. The single platform is designed to fill various roles such as cargo hauling, rescue and medical evacuation, and commercial, business, and military transportation.

William Kucinski is content editor at SAE International, Aerospace Products Group in Warrendale, Pa. Previously, he worked as a writer at the NASA Safety Center in Cleveland, Ohio and was responsible for writing the agency’s System Failure Case Studies. His interests include literally anything that has to do with space, past and present military aircraft, and propulsion technology.

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