Aircraft
XTI Begins Component Construction
Fabrication of a 60-percent-scale flying prototype of its hybrid-turbine-electric VTOL will begin in April, with first flight expected later this year.

Colorado-based XTI Aircraft Company announced this week that it is on schedule and on budget as it completes the ducts and fans for the 60-percent-scale flying prototype of its hybrid-turbine-electric vertical takeoff and landing (VTOL) TriFan 600 and moves toward ground testing those components.