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Company

Beta Technologies

US electric aviation company developing the ALIA-250 eVTOL for cargo and passenger applications.

Founded
2017
HQ
Burlington, VT, USA

CategoryDrones

Overview

US electric aviation company developing the ALIA-250 eVTOL for cargo and passenger applications. FAA Type Certificate application in progress. UPS partnership for cargo operations.

Verified record

Verified deployments
2 deployments on file
Active incidents
1 incident on file

Key facts

Founded

2017, Burlington, Vermont

Founder

Kyle Clark (CEO, former professional baseball player)

Product

ALIA eVTOL - cargo and passenger variants; fixed-wing with tilt propellers; integrated charging network (Charge Cube)

Strategic

United Therapeutics organ delivery contract; UPS flight forward partnership; Blade urban air mobility; Air New Zealand

FAA

USAF Agility Prime program participant; FAA certification in progress; flight testing from Vermont headquarters

Differentiation

Cargo-first strategy; integrated charging infrastructure; cold-climate operations expertise

Data & sources

Government records

1

Web sources

1

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Current leadership (1)

Safety record

1 incident on record. Most recent: Jul 2026.

Severity not classified
1

Most recent: Jul 2026

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Incidents affecting Beta Technologies (1)

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Operated deployments (2)

Operator customers (1)

Recent coverage

Beta Technologies in third-party press

Peer companies