Otto Aviation, a pioneering force in sustainable aviation, announces that Kyle Heironimus, the company’s Vice President of Engineering, will be a featured speaker at AIAA AVIATION 2025 Forum, hosted by the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics. The event takes place July 21-25, 2025, in Las Vegas, Nevada, and brings together global experts to shape the future of aviation....read more
Otto Aviation, a pioneering force in sustainable aviation, announced today a strategic partnership with Mecaer Aviation Group (“Mecaer”) to develop and supply both the landing gear system and the primary flight control actuation system for its revolutionary Phantom 3500 aircraft....read more
Otto Aviation, a pioneering force in sustainable aviation, is proud to announce the selection of Advanced Integration Technology (AIT) as the primary tooling and automation production system supplier for the Phantom 3500 aircraft program. This strategic collaboration marks a key production milestone as Otto Aviation advances toward credible rate-ready manufacturing for its next-generation, high-efficiency aircraft, designed to set a new standard in sustainable aviation....read more
Otto Aviation, a pioneering force in sustainable aviation, announced today it has selected the FJ44-4 QPM turbofan engine from Williams International as the powerplant for its revolutionary Phantom 3500 aircraft, marking a major milestone in the path toward first flight and FAA certification....read more
Otto Aviation, a pioneering force in sustainable aviation, has announced the selection of the Garmin G700 TXi™ flight display to equip its initial Phantom 3500 flight test vehicle, marking a key development milestone as the company moves closer to first flight and FAA certification of its next-generation aircraft. The company plans to begin flight tests in early 2027 and aims to achieve certification and enter service in 2030....read more
Otto Aviation, a pioneering force in sustainable aviation, held a press briefing today at the Paris Air Show where CEO Paul Touw announced the company would achieve net-zero carbon emissions with its Phantom 3500 aircraft when it enters service around 2030 – two decades ahead of the aviation industry’s net-zero carbon goal....read more
Otto Aviation, a pioneering force in sustainable aviation, has announced plans to establish an advanced manufacturing and production facility at Cecil Airport in Jacksonville, Florida. This strategic expansion represents a significant milestone in the development of Otto's next-generation business jet, the Phantom 3500....read more
Touw to unveil how Otto’s breakthrough tech behind the Phantom 3500 aircraft is enabling a new era of ultra-efficient, low-emission flight...read more
Otto Aviation, a leader in aerospace innovation, has been awarded $7 million grant under the Federal Aviation Administration’s (FAA) Fueling Aviation's Sustainable Transition (FAST-Tech) discretionary grant program for Low-Emission Aviation Technology. This funding will accelerate the company’s pioneering work on transonic natural laminar flow (TNLF), an aircraft technology they believe can help the aviation industry achieve carbon-neutral flight by 2050....read more
Otto Aviation has been awarded a joint collaboration between Operation Energy Capability Improvement Fund (OECIF) and DARPA to work on next-generation contested logistics concepts to develop a demonstrator aircraft, a critical step on the path to a wireless energy network. The EWA demonstrator will help validate aerodynamic and sizing considerations for future optical energy relay and prove the feasibility of using a high-altitude, long-endurance UAV as an energy web node....read more
