Big Betting on Inchoate Technologies Continues
On 26 January 2023, Natilus, the San-Diego, California-based designer and builder of autonomous cargo aircraft, announced that Ameriflight, the DFW-based cargo airline, had signed a purchase agreement valued at $134-million for twenty of Natilus's Kona feeder aircraft. To date, Natilus has logged north of $6.8-billion in order commitments and 460+ aircraft pre-orders from major airlines and supply-chain integrators the likes of Volatus Aerospace, Flexport, Astral, Aurora International, and Dymond.