Wisk is excited to welcome two industry leaders to our team: Jonathan Lovegren (Head of Autonomy) and Sumita Tandon (Head of Software). Their expertise and more than 40 years of combined experience add to our long-established history and will help us realize our vision of safe, all-electric, everyday flight.
Future Thoughts: On the Dawn of Autonomous Flight
Source: Airspeeder
As part of their Future Thoughts series, our CEO, Gary Gysin, sat down with the Airspeeder team to talk about advanced air mobility and the future of autonomous flight.
NASA Partnership Continues Wisk’s Decade-Long Innovation in Advanced Air Mobility
Wisk’s partnership with NASA continues our decade of innovation in Advanced Air Mobility. We’re proud to be selected as an AAM industry partner by NASA and we are enthusiastic about engaging with industry leaders supporting the National Campaign (NC-1) and its objective of advancing AAM flight, airspace, and operations infrastructure.
A Place to Land
Everyday flight is coming soon, but what about everyday landing? Our latest blog outlines how we’re evaluating future vertiport sites and our commitment to ensuring the safest, most accessible and most reliable air taxi service for future passengers!
Self-Flying Air Taxi Is the Future of Urban Commute, Says Wisk Aero CEO
What Is a Flying Car? Inside Silicon Valley’s 10-year quest to make soaring above a crowded city street as easy as calling an Uber.
Source: New York Times
Wisk Aero, a company that spun out of Kitty Hawk in 2019 with backing from Mr. Page and Boeing, is already testing a two-seat vehicle, and it is building a larger autonomous air taxi that may have more seats. Many believe this is how flying cars will ultimately operate: as a taxi, without a pilot. In the long run, they argue, finding and paying pilots would be far too expensive.
Autonomy is the Path to Everyday Aviation
Despite the potential of general aviation, as a pilot I’ve been able to share its benefits with only a handful of friends. Only 1 in 500 Americans have overcome the many obstacles to becoming a pilot, and once licensed, pilots face the additional challenge of having access to aircraft.
Wisk to Provide and Operate up to 30 Electric Vertical Aircraft for Key Blade Urban Air Mobility Routes
Wisk announces arrangement to provide and operate up to 30 electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) aircraft that will be deployed on Blade’s U.S. network. Blade and Wisk will also form a working group to engage with regulators and municipalities to pursue charging infrastructure and next generation air traffic control systems.
NBAA’s New AAM Roundtable Will Advocate for Interests of On-Demand Air Mobility Sector
Building Community Connections the Wisk Way
Anna Kominik, Wisk’s Asia Pacific Region Director talks about how our participation in the Take Charge event in Christchurch, New Zealand is part of our larger, ongoing effort to not only build an aircraft that safely flies, but also work with communities, businesses, and government leaders on how best to shape a new eco-friendly environment in transportation.

New Zealand Updates from Wisk’s New APAC Director
By Catherine MacGowan, Asia Pacific Regional Director at Wisk Kia ora koutou (greetings everyone) from New Zealand. As Wisk’s new Asia Pacific Regional Director, I’m excited to share an update on some important pieces of work we have underway in our neck of the woods....

Air taxi CEO: fully-autonomous plane market could reach $4 trillion by 2035
Source: Yahoo News
Whether it’s commuting by car, cab, or public transportation, the hustle and bustle of metropolitan life can make traveling throughout a city time-consuming and costly. However, advanced air mobility (AAM) company Wisk Aero may have just the solution — a fully-autonomous, electric flying taxi.

Catherine MacGowan Joins Wisk as New Asia Pacific Director
Catherine MacGowan joins Wisk as new Asia Pacific Director to oversee Australasia operations and expansion of Wisk’s presence in the broader APAC region.

Boeing Adds $450 Million to Air-Taxi Effort
Source: Wall Street Journal
Boeing Co. said it is investing a further $450 million in its air-taxi joint venture with Google co-founder Larry Page, developing small, pilotless aircraft for short passenger hops in and around cities.

Boeing invests $450 million in flying taxi developer Wisk

Wisk Aero Secures $450 Million from The Boeing Company to Advance Certified Autonomous Electric Flight
Wisk has secured $450 million in funding from The Boeing Company, making it one of the most well-funded AAM companies in the world. Combined with previous funding, this investment reinforces Wisk’s strong position as a privately-backed AAM leader and highlights the strength of Wisk’s strategic partnership with Boeing and their collaboration on critical technology development.

A Leap Into the Future of Urban Mobility
You don’t step into the future. You leap. In order to make that leap, you must first dare to do the impossible. Developing and certifying an all-electric, vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) aircraft is hard. Bringing to market a fully autonomous eVTOL air taxi...

Wisk Expands Leadership Team with Addition of Industry Leaders
Wisk expands Executive Leadership Team with the addition of Sebastien Vigneron as Senior Vice President of Engineering and Programs and Ricky Robinson as Chief People Officer, highlighting Wisk’s growth trajectory and adding to the company’s industry-leading talent.

Those Who Leap
How does imagination become possibility? How can ideas transform into inventions and innovations that advance all of humankind? With a Leap. Wisk’s Chief Marketing Officer, Becky Tanner talks about how current advancements will fundamentally change mobility in the very near future.

Wisk Publicly Displays eVTOL Aircraft for the First Time in the U.S. During CoMotion LA
Wisk, the U.S. leader in autonomous advanced air mobility (AAM) flight, will be displaying its fifth generation, self-flying, electric vertical take off and landing (eVTOL) air taxi during CoMotion LA (Nov. 16 – 18). Wisk’s Chief Marketing Officer, Becky Tanner, will also be presenting a keynote, entitled “Those Who Leap.”