Delkia's Dragonfly Programme: Pioneering Modular VTOL Aircraft Development

In this episode of the North West Aerospace Alliance News, Emma and Daniel delve into Delkia's exciting Dragonfly programme. The programme, launched in early 2024, focuses on air vehicle development for uncrewed aviation and advanced air mobility sectors. The first experimental aircraft, Teneral, has completed its first phase of flight testing in a tri-copter configuration. Teneral is a modular and configurable platform that allows for a range of air vehicle configurations with different properties. The team is also trialing their Nest technologies with this platform. Delkia's head of Research, Technology & Innovation, Pete Hudson, reveals that they are already proving the tilt-rotor configuration, and soon they will be adding wings and a tail section to create a hybrid copter/plane. This development will provide the foundation for a range of VTOL aircraft capable of long range autonomous operations. To learn more about Delkia's Dragonfly or Nest programmes, listeners can contact innovation@delkia.co.uk.