@ZuriVTOL

Uncrewed cargo VTOL for routine and extraordinary civil and defense missions. Hybrid-electric and fixed-wing, 100+ kg of cargo up to 700 km with full reserves.

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Michal Illich speaks at AIRTEC, Tue 20 Oct, 16:05: “Zuri: Hybrid-Electric Regional Mobility”, New Aero session on electric aircraft progress. DefenceTec and Counter-UAS run alongside. What is new in the industry and at Zuri, including the uncrewed cargo VTOL. Q&A 16:35.
Michal Illich, Zuri CEO, conference speaker at AIRTEC 2026, Augsburg, 20 to 22 October.

ALT Michal Illich, Zuri CEO, conference speaker at AIRTEC 2026, Augsburg, 20 to 22 October.

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The generator engine in our hybrid-electric Technology Demonstrator 2.0 comes from EdgePerformance: a rebuilt Rotax 912 ULS, flex-fuel to 100% ethanol, driving a generator, not a propeller. Why cooling is the hard part, and where Zuri takes over. zuri.com/news/zuri-td-2-0-ge…

Zuri's TD 2.0 generator engine, built by EdgePerformance

EdgePerformance builds the flex-fuel engine driving the generator in Zuri's hybrid-electric TD 2.0. CEO Thomas Hauklien explains how.

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Zuri at Future Forces Forum in Prague, October 21-23. Uncrewed cargo VTOL for dispersed forces: resupply, reconnaissance, communications relay, one airframe. Built in the Czech Republic, ITAR-free. Technology Demonstrator 2.0 engine will be at the stand. #FFF2026
Zuri banner for Future Forces Forum 2026: render of the uncrewed cargo VTOL aircraft, 21 to 23 October, Prague.

ALT Zuri banner for Future Forces Forum 2026: render of the uncrewed cargo VTOL aircraft, 21 to 23 October, Prague.

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The uncrewed cargo VTOL. One airframe, many places. Civil and defense. Full-scale demonstrator in integration and ground test in Prague.
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Two days at CASSINI Entrepreneurship Days in Prague. Why a VTOL company at an EU space event? Zuri is a partner in VITOLMINS, a Horizon Europe project using Galileo, EGNOS and Copernicus for takeoff and landing in zero visibility. Thank you to everyone who stopped by. #EUSpace
Visitors gathered around a Zuri aircraft model at the stand, CASSINI Entrepreneurship Days, Prague.

ALT Visitors gathered around a Zuri aircraft model at the stand, CASSINI Entrepreneurship Days, Prague.

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Zuri at CASSINI Entrepreneurship Days, Prague, today and tomorrow. Why an aircraft company at an EU space event: under VITOLMINS, Galileo and EGNOS will guide our demonstrator to a safe landing in zero visibility. Founder and CEO Michal Illich and engineer Tse Lin are at the stand. #EUSpace
Michal Illich and Tse Lin at the Zuri stand with an aircraft model, CASSINI Entrepreneurship Days, Prague.

ALT Michal Illich and Tse Lin at the Zuri stand with an aircraft model, CASSINI Entrepreneurship Days, Prague.

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Zuri in Augsburg, 20 to 22 Oct: AIRTEC, DefenceTec, Counter-UAS. Uncrewed hybrid-electric VTOL for civil and defense: a hundred-plus kilograms over hundreds of km, without a runway. Demonstrator in ground test, first flight Q2 2027. Built in Europe, ITAR-free.
Zuri banner for AIRTEC, DefenceTec and Counter-UAS 2026: render of the uncrewed cargo VTOL aircraft, 20 to 22 October, Augsburg.

ALT Zuri banner for AIRTEC, DefenceTec and Counter-UAS 2026: render of the uncrewed cargo VTOL aircraft, 20 to 22 October, Augsburg.

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Back at Future Aero Lab in Hamburg for Lab Session #29. No decks: a 60-second pitch, then five 17-minute sessions with aviation mentors. Michal Illich and investor Daniel Majewski represented Zuri. #FutureAeroLab
Michal Illich and Daniel Majewski next to a Future Aero Lab banner inside the ZAL research hall, Hamburg.

ALT Michal Illich and Daniel Majewski next to a Future Aero Lab banner inside the ZAL research hall, Hamburg.

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The European Commission has awarded Zuri a Horizon Europe Seal of Excellence for our hybrid tilt rotor demonstrator proposal, "recognized as a high-quality project proposal in a highly competitive evaluation process." It carries no EU funding.
The European Commission's Horizon Europe Seal of Excellence certificate for Zuri's hybrid tiltrotor demonstrator proposal, stating that it was recognised by an international panel of independent experts as a high-quality project proposal in a highly competitive evaluation process.

ALT The European Commission's Horizon Europe Seal of Excellence certificate for Zuri's hybrid tiltrotor demonstrator proposal, stating that it was recognised by an international panel of independent experts as a high-quality project proposal in a highly competitive evaluation process.

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Three checks before full-power testing of the engine for our full-scale hybrid-electric demonstrator: it runs correctly, our oil and water cooling holds at idle, and the sensors we added read correctly. All three passed.
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We ran the engine at the heart of Technology Demonstrator 2.0's hybrid-electric powertrain on our test rig in Prague.
Engineer working on the engine of Zuri Technology Demonstrator 2.0 on a test rig in Prague.

ALT Engineer working on the engine of Zuri Technology Demonstrator 2.0 on a test rig in Prague.

Zuri engineers monitoring the Technology Demonstrator 2.0 engine test from a laptop beside the test rig.

ALT Zuri engineers monitoring the Technology Demonstrator 2.0 engine test from a laptop beside the test rig.

Engine and test rig for Zuri Technology Demonstrator 2.0’s hybrid-electric powertrain in Prague.

ALT Engine and test rig for Zuri Technology Demonstrator 2.0’s hybrid-electric powertrain in Prague.

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The first tranche of our Series A is open. Existing investors have already committed. zuri.com/invest
The TD 2.0 fuselage seen end-on through its open frames, on the jig in Zuri's Prague workshop.

ALT The TD 2.0 fuselage seen end-on through its open frames, on the jig in Zuri's Prague workshop.

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Transition, at subscale, on an experimental configuration. Flown last week on a three-meter wing, from hover to wing-borne cruise. TD 2.0, the full-scale demonstrator, flies in 2027. Subscale work carries on alongside it.
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Before a propulsion unit goes to the airfield, it runs here. Under power on the stand in Prague, wired to instrumentation, two engineers watching the numbers rather than the propeller. Full RPM comes next, at the airfield. zuri.com/technology/td-2-0-h…
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We announced our uncrewed cargo VTOL last week, and rebuilt our website around it. Every figure published with the number behind it, the payload and range trade as a slider you can move yourself, and the aircraft in 3D. zuri.com/aircraft
Render of two Zuri uncrewed cargo aircraft over calm sea, the white civil one above and the olive defense one below, the same airframe in two liveries.

ALT Render of two Zuri uncrewed cargo aircraft over calm sea, the white civil one above and the olive defense one below, the same airframe in two liveries.

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Today we unveiled our first product: Zuri uncrewed cargo VTOL. A hybrid-electric tiltrotor for civil and defense operators. It carries 115 kg across a 679 km design range, or 569 km with a full 30-minute reserve counted in. It lands on a pad, a deck, or open ground, refuels in minutes on ordinary fuel, and no one is on board. The work: resupply to offshore platforms and islands, the failed part that idles a rig, relief past broken roads, and resupply to positions where the risk is sending people. It is built on Technology Demonstrator 2.0, in ground test in Prague now. First flight is planned for early 2027, and what TD 2.0 proves in the air becomes the cargo aircraft. More than fifteen aircraft and hundreds of test flights got us here, since 2018. Full release: zuri.com/news/zuri-unveils-u…
Render of the Zuri uncrewed cargo aircraft on an apron at dusk, its cargo bay open, a crew member holding a parcel, a loaded transport case on the ground and the swappable pod detached beside it.

ALT Render of the Zuri uncrewed cargo aircraft on an apron at dusk, its cargo bay open, a crew member holding a parcel, a loaded transport case on the ground and the swappable pod detached beside it.

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Michal Illich is @eVTOLInsights' first CEO Feature. Hybrid power rather than battery only. A real wing rather than a multicopter. Neither was where the funding was going in 2017. Both are now industry consensus. We don't read that as vindication. We read it as an eight-year head start. Full interview in the thread. Complete August edition, including the Farnborough recap, free here: evtolinsights.com/august-202…
Michal Illich stands beside the nose of Zuri's white and orange subscale model on the cover of eVTOL Insights, August 2026.

ALT Michal Illich stands beside the nose of Zuri's white and orange subscale model on the cover of eVTOL Insights, August 2026.

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The interview in full, four pages. Also in there: why the sector wastes energy arguing over what to call these aircraft. "Nobody buys an aircraft, they buy a route." Payload, range, and no runway is what customers are buying.
Zuri's subscale model in flight at dusk above a rural airfield, lift propellers turning.

ALT Zuri's subscale model in flight at dusk above a rural airfield, lift propellers turning.

Overhead view of a Zuri TD 2.0 display aircraft with green lift propellers parked on paving beside a display tent at an outdoor event.

ALT Overhead view of a Zuri TD 2.0 display aircraft with green lift propellers parked on paving beside a display tent at an outdoor event.

Close-up of a Zuri tilt mechanism and propeller hub on a test rig, with an engineer reviewing data on a tablet.

ALT Close-up of a Zuri tilt mechanism and propeller hub on a test rig, with an engineer reviewing data on a tablet.

A Zuri display aircraft with green and white wings inside a hangar, plus the subscale model in flight over farmland below.

ALT A Zuri display aircraft with green and white wings inside a hangar, plus the subscale model in flight over farmland below.

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We're hiring an Hardware Designer in Prague. Arduino, STM32CubeIDE, AI assistants, we don't judge developers by their tools. We care that you understand what you're designing. Analog and digital, power supplies, PCB, STM32. Your board flies. zuri.com/career
Zuri hiring banner. Hardware Designer, Prague.

ALT Zuri hiring banner. Hardware Designer, Prague.

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