Building the next era of commercial aviation.
We’re building a new type of aircraft that is financially viable to design and produce, and transformative for airlines.
It’s not just what we build, it’s how we build.
Designed to deliver. Engineered to evolve.
Flying should feel like the future, not the past.
1956
2025
Yes, there have been incremental upgrades. But under the surface, it’s the same architecture pushed to its absolute limits, the same fragile production model, the same painfully slow development cycles.
Demand for air travel is rising, but only ~10% of the global population flies each year. The passenger experience remains commoditized and forgettable. Efficiency has plateaued. Emissions are surging.
Unless changes are made, the next all-new aircraft will take the industry at least $30B to bring to market.
Innovation has been priced-out.
It’s time for a new approach.
No technology miracles required.
Just a system built to innovate at scale.
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Fully digital processes identify and simplify aircraft complexity to prioritize safety and maximize engineering speed.
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Targeted vertical integration, supplier interoperability, and reconfigurable tooling rapidly scale production with demand while protecting against disruption.
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Aircraft designed to accommodate upgrades – either as new-build or in-service retrofits – rapidly deploy new technology without replacing the fleet.
$12 trillion opportunity
Over the next 20 years, the world will need 44,000 new commercial aircraft.*
30% supply shortfall
Incumbents’ fragile production have left them unable to meet market demand for aircraft.
The time is NOW to disrupt the status quo.
*Boeing & Airbus Market Forecast
Why we’re different
We chase the moon by rebuilding the launchpad.
Faster R.O.I.
Financial barriers-to-entry stifle innovation. That’s why we’re obsessed with reinventing design, certification, and production processes to reduce the time and cost required to bring new technology to market.
Pragmatism isn’t glamorous, but it unlocks the future.
Flying for everyone
Commercial air travel is a scarce commodity: only ~10% of the world flies each year. Bringing to market new aircraft with new technology means lower costs, greater convenience, and differentiated service.
We put air travel within reach of hundreds of millions more people.
Scalable sustainability
Our aircraft continuously evolve in-service to adopt sustainable technologies as they mature. No more betting on a single technology solution; no more waiting decades to upgrade the fleet.
The path to zero-emission air travel is real.
The Team
We’ve led and built some of the most advanced aerospace programs of the last 20 years.
With backgrounds spanning aircraft development, production, & delivery, Collier Trophy-winning breakthroughs, and disruptive startups, we’ve experienced how legacy systems hold back progress and what it takes to move faster.
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Alden Black, Ph.D.
CEO & Founder
Previously: Boeing
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Martin Sieben
CTO & Co-Founder
Previously: Airbus, Thielert
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Jeff Peachman
Structures & Co-Founder
Previously: SpaceX
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Navindran Davendralingam, Ph.D.
Digital Integration
Previously: Amazon
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Charlie Mayer
Finance & Business Operations
Previously: Opower by Oracle, Accurio
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Ben Diachun
Executive Advisor
Aircraft Design & PrototypingPreviously: Scaled Composites, Supernal
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Uma Subramanian
Executive Advisor
CommercializationPreviously: Aero, Voom, Volocopter
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José Martin
Executive Advisor
CertificationCurrently: FAA D.E.R.