"Autonomous Aerial Cargo for the Middle Mile"
South San Francisco autonomous cargo VTOL developer; Chaparral carries 300 lbs over 300 miles crewless, selected for USDOT eVTOL Integration Pilot Program 2026.
Elroy Air is a US autonomous aerial systems company founded in November 2016 and headquartered in South San Francisco, California, with flight operations in Byron, CA. The company develops the Chaparral — a hybrid-electric VTOL aircraft carrying up to 300 lbs of cargo across up to 300 miles without an onboard crew, using 8 vertical and 4 forward propellers for safety-through-redundancy design. Chaparral completed its first point-to-point autonomous cargo delivery (213 lbs, 2.6 miles) in December 2024.
In March 2026, Elroy Air was selected as the only purpose-built heavy-payload cargo drone OEM for the USDOT's eVTOL Integration Pilot Program (eIPP), established under the White House's Drone Dominance Executive Order. Elroy Air has secured US military contracts (Army, Air Force, Marine Corps) and commercial agreements with FedEx, LCI, and Bristow Group, representing over $3 billion in future revenues. Total funding raised is $116M from Levitate Capital, Amplify Partners, and Homebrew.
CEO is Dr. Andrew Clare; co-founder David Merrill serves as Executive Chairman.
Primary type & automation activities this supplier delivers:
Autonomous hybrid-electric VTOL heavy-cargo drone, no runway required.
Modular aerial cargo pod for autonomous load/unload on the Chaparral.
Contact Elroy Air
WEBSITE
https://elroyair.comPHONE
415-874-6000HEADQUARTERS
United States
Company Facts
Founded
2016
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Manufacturer
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Primary Region
North America
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