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Wisk's Autonomous Gen 6 eVTOL Makes First Flight in California

The flight launches a structured, FAA-aligned test campaign toward U.S. certification.

Overview

  • The untethered maiden sortie occurred December 16 at Wisk’s Hollister, California test site, performing vertical takeoff, hover, and brief forward movement on a preprogrammed plan that lasted about one minute.
  • Generation 6 is the company’s active FAA type certification platform as Wisk seeks approval for what it says could be the first passenger-carrying autonomous eVTOL in the United States.
  • Early flight testing will focus on hover, repeated takeoffs and landings, and low-speed stability before expanding to higher speeds, altitudes, and transitions while validating models and systems performance.
  • The four-passenger aircraft is fully electric and autonomous, using onboard sensing and computing to fly predefined routes under oversight from remote Multi-Vehicle Supervisors.
  • Wisk cites more than 1,750 prior test flights across six generations and is pursuing IFR certification with NASA collaboration, targeting a commercial timeline that includes cities such as Houston, Miami, and Los Angeles before 2030.