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Elroy Air
Chaparral is a hybrid-electric turbogenerator VTOL cargo aircraft with tandem-wing design and pusher propeller; six vertical-lift rotors under twin booms enable no-infrastructure takeoff and landing from unprepared surfaces; fully autonomous navigation with detect-and-avoid sensor suite for point-to-point cargo delivery; no ground charging infrastructure required; U.S. Army, Marine Corps, and Air Force programs for 6+ years support ongoing autonomy stack development.
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Robot models
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Chaparral
- MTOW 865 kg; payload 136–227 kg (300–500 lb); range ~480 km (300 miles); max speed 125 knots; max endurance 8.5 hours; max altitude 18,000 ft; wingspan 8 m; length 5.8 m; hybrid-electric turbogenerator powertrain; 250 kW max propulsion power
Vendor-stated airframe and performance specifications for the Chaparral autonomous hybrid-electric VTOL cargo aircraft
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Funding history
Publicly announced rounds
Series B
Marlinspike Partners, Shield Capital, Snowpoint Ventures, Lockheed Martin Ventures, Milano Investment Partners, DiamondStream Partners, Levitate Capital
Round sourceSeries A
Marlinspike Capital, Lockheed Martin Ventures, Aramco Ventures, Catapult Ventures, DiamondStream Partners, Shield Capital Partners, Side X Side Management, Precursor Ventures
Round sourceForm D
Investors undisclosed
Round sourceForm D
Investors undisclosed
Round sourceSeed
Levitate Capital, Lemnos, Precursor Ventures
Round sourceSeed
Round sourceHiring signal
Public job board · 2026-07-13
Hiring is an operating signal, not deployment evidence. Roles are refreshed from the company’s public careers system.
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