Kitty Hawk Corporation

Name: Kitty Hawk Corporation
Telephone: +1 650 641 2300

eVTOL pioneer in Palo Alto, California, now focused on its patent portfolio

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About Kitty Hawk Corporation

Kittyhawk is an eVTOL technology company based in Palo Alto, California. The company spent more than a decade building eVTOL technology. It has invented, built and flown more than 100 aircraft, and several of them are now on display in aviation museums across the US.

Its focus today is the stewardship and strategic management of a large intellectual property portfolio. Kittyhawk looks for ways to extend its technology through strategic investments, partnerships and licensing arrangements. The portfolio covers eVTOL designs, batteries, tiltrotor features, parachutes, noise reduction, motors and vehicle configurations.

Heaviside is the company's latest publicly released all electric aircraft. It can take off, fly and land without a pilot on a small landing pad only slightly larger than its wingspan. The company describes it as ultra quiet and battery efficient, flying hundreds of miles on a single charge and almost inaudible within 30 seconds of takeoff.

Heaviside's key patented technologies include batteries, tiltrotor features and parachutes. Priority dates go back as early as May 2016, and the company reports more than 100 issued patents, with more applications pending.

Flyer is an ultralight eVTOL designed to fly over water with easy, natural controls. It shows that people who are not pilots can fly after a few hours of training. Five years of rigorous testing shaped the company's approach to eVTOL design, testing and manufacturing.

Flyer's patented technology includes an innovative controller architecture, location based safety features, automated safety detection and resolution, and buoyancy features. The company reports more than 150 issued patents for these technologies, with more pending.

Other patented eVTOL technology covers noise reduction, innovative motors and vehicle configurations, with priority dates from November 2019 and more than 10 issued patents. The company's story centers on its aircraft history and its patent portfolio.