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BETA ALIA

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eVTOL with four fixed propellers mounted above the fuselage and single pushing propeller at the rear. A six-seater, initially semi-autonomous and eventually autonomous with a 50 foot wingspan. Includes ALIA CTOL (CX300), electric fixed-wing aircraft, and ALIA VTOL (A250), electric vertical takeoff and landing aircraft, both with proposed military applications.

Lift type
Fixed wing
Construction
Factory-built
Control
Piloted, Autonomous
Engine type
Electric
Application
Cargo, Utility, Urban air mobility

Design & construction

Primary structure
Composite
Wing
Composite
Ice protection
None
Pressurisation
Unpressurised
Flight controls
Full FBW digital
Autopilot
3-axis
Avionics architecture
Integrated glass suite
Wing position
High
Planform
Straight
Certification
Part 23
Minimum crew
1
Composite wing (primary structure) Primary Composite fuselage (primary structure) Primary

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Type variants

VariantLaunch / first flightProduction endNotes
BETA ALIA VTOL (A250)2020 / 2020Electric vertical takeoff & landing aircraft, includes A250C cargo variant.
BETA ALIA CTOL (CX300)2023 / Fixed-wing airport-to-airport all-electric airplane, without the four mounted propellers.
BETA MV2502026 / Hybrid autonomous military variant, derived from A250.

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