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Vehicle 01

Electric Test Platform

Use a consumer grade EDF aircraft as a workhorse testing platform to validate, test, and develop the avionics and control systems for following programs. Prove that BExA's processes and procedures work along the way.

Progress

  • System Requirements Review
  • Static Engine & Avionics Testing
  • Stock Configuration Flight
  • V02 Conceptual Design Review
  • V02 Avionics Design and Integration
  • Flight Readiness Review
  • V02 Avionics testing

Specifications

Status
In progress
Target
Fall 2026
Stage
Foundation
Propulsion
Electric Ducted Fan (90 mm)
Program Director
Ethan Hess
RoadmapExample data

Updates

No updates posted yet. Dated progress notes, test results and photos for Vehicle 01 will appear here.

Nobody has done this in a remotely piloted jet.

Guinness RC jet record

Niels Herbrich, 2017: 749.2 km/h (Mach 0.61). An unverified 2026 run by Tomas Salve reportedly reached ~805 km/h (Mach 0.657). Nobody has taken a remotely piloted, air-breathing jet past Mach 1 in level flight.

The Boom Prize

A standing open competition for exactly that: a remotely piloted, air-breathing airplane exceeding Mach 1 in level flight. It's the specific target our roadmap is built to reach.

Other university attempts

Purdue's High Speed Plane, the University of Bath's Mach Initiative, and Yale's Project Jet are all working the same problem. A multi-university effort, Project Boom, has since ended.

"We aren't just building an aircraft. We are building the team that will create the next one."

Viktor Bakhurynskyy, President