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Long range, battery electric vertical take-off and landing aircraft.
Talyn is making long-range electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) aircraft for cargo. We get fixed-wing performance with VTOL capability by making an electric fixed wing aircraft that is caught mid-air with a custom winged drone, enabling it to take-off and land vertically.
Talyn Air is developing unmanned, battery-electric eVTOL aircraft designed for door-to-door cargo delivery without runways. Their two-stage Lift-Cruise architecture enables regional, multi-hundred-mile transports with payloads up to 1000 lb and fast speeds, aiming for quiet, automated operations.
The system uses a two-vehicle approach: a Lift vehicle vertically carries a Cruise vehicle to altitude, enabling the Cruise to fly efficiently to the destination. After reaching the destination area, the Lift and Cruise pair perform a vertical landing on a suitable platform. The platform supports 100% battery-electric operation, no need for runways, and aims to deliver cargo directly to a final destination, reducing dependence on trucks or other ground vehicles. The current design targets payloads up to 1000 lb, ranges over 300 miles, and speeds above 200 mph, with ongoing prototyping and testing of unmanned, commercialized cargo planes.
Who it’s for: Businesses or logistics operators seeking autonomous, runway-free cargo配送 solutions for regional last-mile and mid-mile hops, requiring high-payload, fast delivery capability and reduced ground transportation integration.
Hiring and traction mentions (recent press, prototypes testing, partnerships) indicating active development and announcements
Jamie graduated from Stanford University with bachelor's and master's degree in Aerospace Engineering. He then joined Scaled Composites as a design engineer where he worked on Stratolauncher early sizing and was one of 5 engineers on a 5000 lbm optionally manned aircraft. Jamie then moved to SpaceX where he was the responsible engineer on the aft thermal shield of the Falcon 9 rocket that enabled the first hypersonic reentry of an orbital rocket and reuse of the first stage.
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