Lyte Aviation launches SkyTruck

U.K.-based Lyte Aviation unveiled its urban air mobility cargo platform today, and intends to develop a full-scale prototype by 2025. The new SkyTruck will have a 4.5-tonne payload capacity, a range of 540 nautical miles and the ability to reach speeds of 161 knots, Lyte told Cargo Facts. [caption id="attachment_56861919" align="alignright" width="460"] The SkyTruck will have a 4.5-tonne payload capacity. (Photo/Lyte Aviation)[/caption] Check out Cargo Facts' Drone database to compare the SkyTruck’s capacity with other future aircraft types. The company also unveiled the SkyBus, which is designed for air transit within major metropolitan areas to help cut travel times for commuters who face one- to two-hour drives. Its capacity is forty passengers. Both platforms will be electrically powered vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL)-capable, according to the company. With today’s announcement, Lyte joins Burlington, Vt.-based Beta Technologies among a growing number of urban air mobility aircraft developers look to produce cargo variants of their eVTOL aircraft. Beta’s Alia-250c can carry up to 1,400 pounds of payload across distances of 250 nautical miles and has attracted orders from customers such as Bristow , UPS , leasing company LCI and biotech company United Therapeutics. For its part, Beta Technologies also recently unveiled plans to certify a conventional take-off and landing electric cargo aircraft alongside its Alia-250c. Cargo Facts Asia, the essential event for stakeholders in Asia, will take place in person April 17-19 in Singapore. Register today.

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