{"city":"South San Francisco","name":"Elroy Air","slug":"elroy-air","facts":[{"date":"2026-09-02","type":"deployment","value":"Completed the first autonomous, uncrewed Chaparral flights authorized under the U.S. eVTOL Integration Pilot Program","source":"Elroy Air"},{"date":"2026-09-02","type":"pilot","value":"Selected for Louisiana's eVTOL Integration Pilot Program","source":"Elroy Air"},{"date":"2026-09-02","type":"partnership","value":"Kratos Defense & Security Solutions to manufacture Chaparral in Sacramento, with first production aircraft planned for late 2026","source":"Elroy Air"},{"date":"2026-08-18","type":"contract","value":"Multi-year U.S. Army contract for autonomous heavy-cargo VTOL drone development","source":"Elroy Air"},{"date":"2026-08-18","type":"ownership_change","value":"Definitive business combination agreement to become a publicly traded company","source":"Elroy Air"},{"date":"2026-08-18","type":"partnership","value":"Exclusive U.S. Chaparral manufacturing partnership with Kratos Defense & Security Solutions","source":"Elroy Air"}],"peers":[],"stage":null,"state":"California","aliases":[],"country":"United States","domains":[{"why":"Elroy Air develops the Chaparral, an uncrewed hybrid-electric VTOL cargo aircraft, for commercial logistics and defense customers including the U.S. Army.","list":null,"rank":null,"tier":"watchlist","layer":null,"total":73,"domain":"Robotics","scores":{"gate_ne":["firepower"],"leverage":10,"position":8,"progress":10,"firepower":4,"commercial":5,"deployment":7,"production":6,"technology":8},"edition":null,"segment":null}],"founded":null,"signals":[{"date":"2026-09-02","header":"Elroy Air reported a commercial demand pipeline exceeding 1,400 aircraft and $5 billion in potential revenue.","outlet":"Elroy Air"},{"date":"2026-09-02","header":"Kratos Defense & Security Solutions will manufacture Elroy Air’s Chaparral in Sacramento, with first production aircraft planned for late 2026.","outlet":"Elroy Air"},{"date":"2026-09-02","header":"Elroy Air was selected for Louisiana’s eVTOL Integration Pilot Program application in March 2026.","outlet":"Elroy Air"},{"date":"2026-09-02","header":"Elroy Air completed the first autonomous, uncrewed Chaparral flights authorized under the U.S. eVTOL Integration Pilot Program.","outlet":"Elroy Air"},{"date":"2026-09-02","header":"Elroy Air’s Chaparral demonstrated heavy-cargo autonomous flight with a 500-plus-pound payload and range of up to 450 miles.","outlet":"Elroy Air"},{"date":"2026-08-18","header":"Elroy Air was awarded a $46 million multi-year U.S. Army contract for autonomous heavy-cargo VTOL drone development.","outlet":"Elroy Air"}],"website":"elroyair.com","category":"Robotics · Systems","categories":[{"name":"Drones & aerial","domain":"Robotics","parent":"Robotics · Systems"}],"last_round":null,"updated_at":"2026-10-25T23:17:49.578217+00:00","facts_total":45,"positioning":"Elroy Air (San Francisco, US) develops the Chaparral, an autonomous hybrid-electric VTOL heavy-cargo drone for middle-mile logistics and military resupply, carrying 300+ lbs over 300+ miles without runways. It completed its first autonomous A-to-B cargo delivery (213 lbs, 2.6 mi) in Byron, CA on Dec-10-25, secured Kratos as exclusive US manufacturer (Sep-25), won an up-to-$46M US Army contract (Aug-26), and announced a SPAC business combination valuing it at ~$800M pre-money / ~$1.0B EV (Jun-26). Open question: revenue is still nascent — value rests on ~$2B in stated purchase demand and production ramp yet to materialize.","sub_category":"Drones & aerial","signals_total":51,"url":"https://www.frontiertechintelligence.com/companies/elroy-air","title":"Elroy Air · robotics, South San Francisco, California, United States · scores, facts and signals · Frontier Tech Intelligence","description":"Elroy Air develops the Chaparral, an uncrewed hybrid-electric VTOL cargo aircraft, for commercial logistics and defense customers including the U.S. Army. Robotics watchlist (score 73) 51 signals and 45 facts with sources.","publisher":"Frontier Tech Intelligence (Future Frontiers, a trade name of Essential Cognition Inc.)","note":"Assessment by Frontier Tech Intelligence; facts and signals carry their sources."}