Aircraft
GA-ATS Rolls Out Do228 NXT and Signs First Customer
Updated Dornier 228 heads to humanitarian operator next year
Do228 NXT
General Atomics AeroTec Systems rolled out the Do228 NXT demonstrator at its Oberpfaffenhofen, Germany factory on June 8. © GA-ATS

General Atomics AeroTec Systems (GA-ATS) has secured a launch customer for the Do228 NXT utility aircraft, agreeing to deliver the first modernized Dornier 228 to an unnamed humanitarian group in early 2027. The June 11 announcement came three days after GA-ATS rolled out the Do228 NXT, an updated version of the Dornier 228 twin turboprop, at its factory in Oberpfaffenhofen, Germany—the site where Do228 aircraft have been manufactured and serviced for more than 40 years.

“We are very pleased that the contracts for the first Do228 NXT have been signed and that the aircraft will be delivered to the launch customer in early 2027,” said Florian Rohe, managing director of GA-ATS. “This confirms that the decision to further develop the Do228 NXT and resume production was the right one.”