Overview
- Lat One v0.1 lifted off in an ultra-short takeoff and then went down shortly after due to structural defects the team anticipated.
- Deepinder Goyal shared the test video on X and called the flight a milestone that delivered key data despite the loss of the airframe.
- Work has begun on Lat One v0.2, which the company says is intended to complete a full mission.
- The electric demonstrator was built in-house, has about 60 minutes of endurance, and is described as capable of autonomously covering the Mumbai–Pune route.
- LAT outlines a roadmap that includes hybrid-electric propulsion for future manned STOL aircraft, in-house gas-turbine engine development, and reported funding of roughly $50 million including about $20 million from Goyal.