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Pelican Cargo
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Pilot useUnited StatesFully autonomous

Pyka · autonomous cargo aircraft

Pelican Cargo

An autonomous battery-electric cargo plane that carries up to 181 kg (400 lb) over about 320 km (200 miles), with an 11.5 m wingspan and a nose-loading cargo tray.

Price
—Not published
Autonomy
DriverlessHow it runs
Driverless
TestingDriverless tests only
Fleet
—Not published
Speed
148.0 km/hFaster than 0%
Payload
181 kgCarries more than 0%

Why it matters

A pilot use vehicle from Pyka.

Real-world use

More than 80 orders and options from three launch customers reported at unveiling (February 2023).

Timeline

First shown
2023-02
Released
Not yet
Unveiled at Pyka's Oakland, California facility

Maker

PykaCompany

How it drives

Fleet and city figures move fast; each carries its date and who reported it.

Driverless status
Driverless tests only
Where it runs
Northern California (flight tests)

How it stacks up

Against other cargo aircraft that publish the figure. Pick a measure.

  1. Chaparral C1Elroy Air · 2022212.0 km/h
  2. CarryAll (V2000CG)AutoFlight · 2024200.0 km/h
  3. Unmanned K-MAXKaman Aerospace and Lockheed Martin · 2011185.0 km/h
  4. Pelican CargoPyka · 2023148.0 km/h

Pelican Cargo is faster than 0% of the 3 other cargo aircraft that publish a speed. Bars show the 3 closest in date.

Speed 148.0 km/h 148.0 km/h212.0 km/h #4 of 4 · faster than 0%

Not published by the maker: height, weight, joints, battery, price.

Public attention

A hidden gem: a recent robot with full published specs that gets little attention so far.

  • No Wikipedia article of its own yet
  • No recent press stories listed yet

Measures how much people read and write about a robot, not how good it is. Measured 2026-10-13; same method for every robot. How it is measured

What’s inside

No component details published yet.

Movement
Other movement
How it runs
Fully autonomous. Does its job with nobody at the controls.

From the maker

Pelican Cargo is the only vehicle from Pyka in the atlas.

Made, sold and where

No production or sales figures published yet.

Price
Not published
How to get one
No official buying page found

Sources

Figures come from press coverage. Every link below backs something on this page.

electrive Pyka unveils autonomous electric cargo aircraft Military & Aerospace Electronics Pyka unveils its large autonomous electric aircraft Pelican Cargo

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