Unmanned Aerial Vehicles
MightyFly Flies Autonomous Freighter in FAA-approved Corridor
The 100-pound-payload Cento is expected to have a range of up to around 522 nm
MightyFly Cento autonomous eVTOL freight aircraft
MightyFly has been testing its Cento autonomous eVTOL freight aircraft in a flight corridor between two small airports in California.

MightyFly is testing its 100-pound-payload Cento eVTOL freighter using an FAA-approved flight corridor in California. Since March, the start-up has conducted over 30 autonomous flights, and with partners is now starting missions carrying medical and pharmaceutical supplies, spare parts, manufacturing components, and consumer goods to demonstrate the aircraft’s suitability as a business-to-business logistics platform.

Based on a Freedom of Information Act inquiry supported by SMG Consulting, MightyFly has established it is the first operator of a large autonomous eVTOL cargo aircraft to be granted a flight corridor by the FAA. The company is still at the seed-funding stage and is competing with rivals backed by much larger amounts of capital. The Cento is MightyFly’s third-generation hybrid-electric aircraft.

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