Photo Credit:Fair Use [17 U.S.C. § 107]. Autonomous Whisper CLA Light pay 500-lb payload

Whisper Unveils Autonomous Aircraft Family For Contested Logistics

08 May 2025 | Abstracted from Aviation Week

"Collaborative Logistics Aircraft (CLA) family comprises the clean-sheet Group 3 uncrewed CLA Light, with a 500-lb. payload, and the Group 5 optionally piloted CLA Heavy, a retrofitted nine-passenger aircraft able to carry 3,000 lb. of cargo...The CLA Light has a 40-kW powerplant that drives an array of 12 eQ250s on the wing leading edge...The 10,140 lb. CLA Heavy has a 600-kW powerplant driving 30 ducted fans on the leading edge of a new 50-ft.

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