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MightyFly Cleared to Start Autonomous Cargo Drone Services
The start-up's hybrid-electric MF-100 aircraft is expected to have a 100-pound payload and a range of up to 600 miles.
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MightyFly founders Scott Parker (left) and Manal Habib (right) with their MF-100 hybrid-electric cargo delivery aircraft. (Photo: MightyFly)

The FAA has granted a special airworthiness certificate to allow MightyFly to start conducting test flights with its hybrid-electric MF-100 autonomous eVTOL cargo aircraft. The San Francisco-based company intends to use the aircraft to provide an almost door-to-door service with autonomous transfers of loads being made via ground transfer stations.

The MF-100 will have a 100-pound payload and a range of up to 600 miles at speeds of 150 mph. MightyFly is planning to develop a larger version with a 500-pound payload.

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