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Natilus Kona / Horizon

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Family of blended wing body aircraft. Includes Kona (UAV with patent pending Diamond’ cargo-bay), Nordes (100T UAV), Alisio (60T UAV), and Horizon and Horizon Evo (passenger turbofan aircraft) variants. In development.

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Lift type

Fixed wing

Construction

Factory-built

Control

Remotely piloted

Engine type

Turboprop, Turbofan

Application

Cargo, Passenger large

Design & construction

Primary structure

Composite

Wing

Composite

Landing gear

Retractable tricycle

Pressurisation

Unpressurised

Flight controls

Full FBW digital

Autopilot

3-axis

Avionics architecture

Integrated glass suite

Environmental control

None-unpressurised

Wing position

High

Planform

Swept

Tail

Conventional

Certification

Part 23

Composite wing (primary structure) Primary Composite fuselage (primary structure) Primary Synthetic vision Standard

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Type variants

Variant	Launch / first flight	Production end	Notes
Natilus Kona	2015 / 2023		85 ft, 3.8 ton payload (category) short-haul feeder domestic turboprop UAV, prototype designated N3.8T.
Natilus Horizon	2024 /	2026	200 passenger single-deck BWB aircraft.
Natilus Horizon Evo	2026 /		Redesigned passenger variant with dual-deck design and 150 (three class), 200 (two class), or 250 (single class) passenger capacity.

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