Qarbon Aerospace ships first completed HEXA eVTOL aircraft
The composite aircraft, designed by LIFT Aircraft, was manufactured, assembled and integrated by Qarbon Aerospace.
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HEXA eVTOL aircraft. Photo Credit: Qarbon Aerospace
Qarbon Aerospace Inc. (Red Oak, Texas, U.S.) has announced the completion and delivery of the first HEXA, LIFT Aircraft’s (Austin, Texas, U.S.) electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) aircraft, produced by Qarbon Aerospace. HEXA’s carbon fiber structure was manufactured at Qarbon Aerospace’s Thailand facility, with final assembly and integration performed in Red Oak.
Qarbon Aerospace is a provider of large, complex composite and metallic structural components, and assemblies such as fuselages, wings, flight control surfaces and engine nacelles and components. Qarbon Aerospace operates nearly two million square feet of factory space across three facilities located in Red Oak, Texas, Milledgeville, Georgia, and Rayong, Thailand, with vertically integrated manufacturing capabilities from component fabrication through large-scale assembly as well as proprietary thermoplastics technologies. Read more about the company in CW’s latest tour “Plant tour: Qarbon Aerospace, Milledgeville, Ga. and Red Oak, Texas.”
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