MightyFly plans ‘unprecedented’ cargo drone flights in Michigan

Up-and-coming cargo delivery drone developer MightyFly is preparing what the company calls the first public demonstration of an autonomous, fixed-wing electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) aircraft, with planned flights in Michigan of its third-generation UAV hauling 100 lb. of freight.

San Francisco Bay Area-based MightyFly this morning announced the demonstration program, which is being planned in coordination with Michigan’s Office of Future Mobility and Electrification (OFME). MightyFly said it has already received $150,000 in funding from the Michigan Mobility Funding Platform (MMFP) to stage the 2024 flights of its still unnamed third-generation cargo drone. 

MightyFly said its aerial exhibit of the autonomous drone – which boasts 100 pounds of cargo capacity, and a 6 foot x 19 inch x 18 inch payload bay capable of carrying up to 212 small USPS packages – is expected to be the first public display of its…