Boeing Cargo Air Vehicle


The Boeing Cargo Air Vehicle is an unmanned, fully electric cargo air vehicle. It was made possible by an investment of Boeing HorizonX Ventures.

Development

At the beginning it was remote control-operated, but then changed to autonomous flight. First flight tests have been in 2017. The CAV is for research of autonomy technology for aerospace vehicles in the future. In Boeing's Ridley Park wind tunnel flight tests have been finished. It was flying indoor in 2018 before outdoor flights in 2019. With the Boeing CAV there are new possibilities for the transport of time-sensitive and high-value goods and to conduct autonomous missions in remote or dangerous environments.
Its configuration evolved to six dual-rotor systems with 12 propellers and the first outdoor flights tests were done by May 2019, including forward flight transition.

Design

In less than three months, the CAV was designed and built by 50 engineers.

Specifications

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