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Bell and Yamato’s Autonomous Aerial Logistics Solution ‘APT’ Takes Flight

Bell and Yamato’s Autonomous Aerial Logistics Solution ‘APT’ Takes Flight
Bell Flight's APT-70 autonomous logistics drone, equipped with Yamato's PUPA-70XG pod, flies above Texas. (Bell Flight)

FORT WORTH, Texas — Out at Wrangler Field, an old Army airstrip far from dense populations and controlled airspace, Bell [TXT]and Japanese logistics company Yamato on Monday demonstrated to journalists the capabilities of their joint project announced last year: the Autonomous Pod Transport system, or APT. APT is a tail-sitting, all-electric vertical takeoff and landing (VTOL) autonomous aircraft, capable of being scaled up or down to handle different size payloads and fulfill different mission sets. Currently, Bell is using APT-20…

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