Unmanned Aerial Vehicles
XTI Aerospace Shelves TriFan 600 VTOL Aircraft
Colorado-based business aircraft developer pivots to drones
XTI Aerospace TriFan 600 VTOL aircraft
XTI Aerospace was considering hybrid-electric propulsion as an option for its TriFan 600 VTOL aircraft, which it sees as an alternative to business jets and helicopters.

XTI Aerospace has all but abandoned its plans to bring the TriFan 600 ducted-fan VTOL aircraft to market. After more than a decade of research and development work on the six-passenger business aircraft, the company has shelved the TriFan program and shifted its focus toward drones.

Speaking with investors during a town hall in early February, XTI chairman and CEO Scott Pomeroy confirmed that the TriFan 600—the company’s flagship product—has been defunded and deprioritized amid “a strategic evaluation of the business.” 

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