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An aviation startup called Otto Aerospace says it has designed an ultra-efficient business jet and has already attracted its first fleet customer....read more

Otto Aerospace’s new business jet has no traditional passenger windows and a tear-drop-shaped cabin. Private-jet company Flexjet wants hundreds of them. The companies said Monday that Flexjet signed a contract to buy 300 of Otto’s Phantom 3500 aircraft. Flexjet’s order would be worth approximately $5.85 billion based on market pricing for each jet, though the companies declined to comment on the negotiated value of their deal....read more

Day 2 of the Global Aerospace Summit centered on the role of technology in emerging threats and new capabilities in defense and aviation, with particular focus on AI, workforce development, and maintaining U.S. leadership....read more

Built to Go Further, Faster Without Accelerating Global Warming, New Designs Show Promise in Meeting Increasing Air Travel Demand...read more

Otto Aerospace has selected Secondo Mona, an Italian aerospace company, to design an integrated fuel system for the company’s next-generation Phantom 3500 light business jet....read more

This plane is set to skyrocket in 2030 with groundbreaking technology and one huge winning factor, laminar flow....read more

In this episode of the podcast we’ll explore one of the most truly disruptive clean-sheet aircraft projects currently underway....read more

Ultra-efficient Phantom 3500 to be manufactured in Jacksonville, Florida; AIT to supply tooling and automation production systems....read more

If the futuristic Phantom 3500 makes that goal, it'll be about 20 years before the aviation industry's collective benchmark of reaching net-zero carbon emissions....read more

Phantom 3500, a nine-passenger, super-midsize business jet, will be carbon neutral when it enters service, Otto said....read more