{"id":24913,"date":"2023-02-27T00:56:14","date_gmt":"2023-02-27T00:56:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/saj.pachecostudios.com?p=24913"},"modified":"2023-02-27T00:56:17","modified_gmt":"2023-02-27T00:56:17","slug":"ameriflight-signs-intent-to-purchase-agreement-with-sabrewing-aircraft-for-35-vtol-air-cargo-drones","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/national-news\/ameriflight-signs-intent-to-purchase-agreement-with-sabrewing-aircraft-for-35-vtol-air-cargo-drones\/%20","title":{"rendered":"Ameriflight Signs Intent to Purchase Agreement with Sabrewing Aircraft for 35 VTOL Air Cargo Drones"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Ameriflight<\/a>, the nation\u2019s largest Part 135 Cargo airline, has announced a signed letter of intent to purchase 35 VTOL air cargo drones from Sabrewing Aircraft Company<\/a>, Inc., a U.S. corporation designing and producing a new generation of regional cargo UAV that offers high-efficiency, all-weather operation with vertical landing and takeoff (VTOL) capabilities. The agreement is for the Rhaegal-A aircraft, also known as \u201cAlpha\u201d, the world\u2019s best-in-class, highest fuel and maintenance efficiency cargo UAV on the market. Ameriflight expects to take delivery following type certification of the aircraft.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Sabrewing partnership and Rhaegal-A purchase will enable\nAmeriflight to enter into new business opportunities in distribution center\nlogistics. Using the VTOL capabilities to carry over a ton of cargo to\noff-airport alternative landing zones, the new cargo aircraft will allow\nAmeriflight to aid customers in developing a faster and more efficient\nwarehouse distribution network. For Ameriflight, this will be a complementary\nservice, not replacing their current flying operation, aircraft, or pilots. The\ncompany\u2019s goal is to build diversified aviation services, and this fits well\nwith that vision.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIn looking to the future, adding this advanced aircraft to\nour portfolio will complement our fleet and increase our assortment of assets,\nallowing us to expand our service areas through the development of warehouse\ndistribution operations,\u201d said Ameriflight President and COO Alan Rusinowitz.\n\u201cWith a payload capability of 2,000+ pounds, the Rhaegal-A is perfectly suited\nfor the medium lift category operation. Sabrewing\u2019s record-setting technology\nguiding Rhaegal-A as the world\u2019s first autonomous cargo aircraft capable of\nboth vertical and conventional take-off is an incredible milestone, and we are\nexcited to partner with them on this new fleet.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe\u2019re committed to developing advanced, versatile, and\nefficient air cargo solutions with our best-in-class Rhaegal aircraft that\nmaximize on long range, payload capacity, and sustainable fuel efficiency to\nsuccessfully deliver on a range of cargo missions,\u201d explained Ed De Reyes, CEO\nof Sabrewing. \u201cWe\u2019re excited to be at the forefront of autonomous innovation\nand to have Ameriflight at our side, with this new agreement marking the\nAlpha\u2019s first American launch customer.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sabrewing\u2019s Rhaegal-A aircraft achieved its first hover\nflight in September 2022 while lifting a record-setting payload of 829 pounds.\nThe company is in the process of initiating the aircraft\u2019s production line,\nwith first deliveries expected to take place in the first quarter of 2024.\nInnovation in design allows the Rhaegal-A aircraft the ability to use\nsustainable aviation fuel (SAF) reducing carbon emissions by up to 80%, while\nmaintaining the efficiency to fly cargo between facilities four times faster\nthan can be driven and land in locations other aircraft cannot, eliminating the\nadded cost of airport transfer of cargo. The new fleet will be used to support\nAmeriflight\u2019s new business opportunities, primarily for its expedited supply\nchain services.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This marks Ameriflight\u2019s second agreement to purchase\nautonomous aircraft after having signed with Natilus just last month on the\npurchase of its Kona aircraft, a 3.8-ton payload, short-haul feeder uncrewed\naerial vehicle. Ameriflight intends to use both fleet types in tandem with\ntheir current operation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Ameriflight, the nation\u2019s largest Part 135 Cargo airline, has announced a signed letter of intent to purchase 35 VTOL air cargo drones from Sabrewing Aircraft Company, Inc., a U.S. corporation designing and producing a new generation of regional cargo UAV that offers high-efficiency, all-weather operation with vertical landing and takeoff (VTOL) capabilities. The agreement is […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[143,115],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-24913","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-airlines","category-national-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24913","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24913"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24913\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24914,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24913\/revisions\/24914"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24913"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24913"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24913"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}