Companies / Wisk Aero
Wisk Aero
📍 Mountain View, California🗓 Founded 2019💰 $450M+
A Boeing subsidiary focused exclusively on autonomous (no pilot) eVTOL. Their Generation 6 aircraft is designed for fully self-flying urban air taxi operations, building on over a decade of autonomous flight testing in New Zealand. They are pursuing FAA type certification under the autonomous aircraft framework.
$450M+
Total Funding
1
Aircraft Models
2
Target Cities
2
Backers
INVESTORS & BACKERS
Boeing
Google (Kitty Hawk)
TARGET CITIES
Dallas, USAPLANNED
Auckland, New ZealandPARTNERSHIP
Fleet
Wisk Generation 6
Lift+Cruise·fully autonomous·First flight 2018
Flight TestingFAA
4 pax
Passengers
177 km/h
Max Speed
145 km
Range
1,200 m
Altitude
1,500 kg
MTOW
13
Rotors
62 dB
Noise
2026
Cert Target
KEY HIGHLIGHTS
- ·Only major eVTOL company pursuing fully autonomous (no pilot) operations
- ·Boeing subsidiary — backed by Boeing's $450M investment
- ·12 vertical lift rotors + 1 pusher propeller for cruise
- ·Over 1,700 autonomous test flights completed in New Zealand
- ·Working with FAA on novel autonomous aircraft certification framework
- ·No pilot means lower operating costs — potentially $3-5 per mile
SOURCES
Wisk Aero company announcements 2022-2023Boeing investment disclosure 2022FAA Autonomous Aircraft CONOPS published 2023New Zealand CAA operational testing approval