The aircraft completed vertical take-off, cruise and vertical landing during a public demonstration at the company’s test facility.
Feedback from regulators and airline customers has led to a reshaping of the blended-wing-body aircraft ahead of planned early-2030s service entry.
A long-term agreement between the two companies supports certification plans and advances development toward commercial service in 2028.
The material passed multi-format testing, establishing an FAA-recognised baseline for structural composite applications in aircraft and spacecraft platforms.
January trials demonstrated that the helicopter could securely receive and process real-time data from the uncrewed aerial system.
North will manufacture and structurally test the composite wing ahead of the X7’s planned aircraft testing in 2027.
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