# LEO Flight: drone company

Canonical ID: `4ec04443-a4c1-4731-8aad-3a6a90ed3101`

## Key facts

- **Founded:** 2021 by [Pete Bitar](/people/pete-bitar.md) and [Carlos Salaff](/people/carlos-salaff.md) (formerly Urban eVTOL)
- **Technology:** Clustered electric jet propulsion (DARPA origins)
- **Products:** [LEO Coupe](/models/leo-flight-coupe.md) (personal eVTOL), LEO Solo, JetBike ($100K)
- **Flight record:** 100+ flights, 4 pilots, 3 pre-sales
- **Awards:** NASA HeroX award for aerial mobility ecosystem vision
- **Partners:** Electric Jet Aircraft, Volatus Infrastructure, Haza
- **Founders:** [Pete Bitar](/people/pete-bitar.md), [Carlos Salaff](/people/carlos-salaff.md)
- **Co-Founder & Director of Flight Systems:** [Pete Bitar](/people/pete-bitar.md)
- **Co-Founder & Design Director:** [Carlos Salaff](/people/carlos-salaff.md)
- **Propulsion:** Ducted electric jet propulsion (no exposed propellers)
- **Former name:** Urban eVTOL, LLC
- **Pre-seed funding:** ~$580,000 (company-reported)
- **NASA HeroX award:** 2021 — aerial mobility design
- **DARPA:** Electric-jet propulsion system backed by DARPA
- **CES appearances:** CES 2024, CES 2025 (with Indiana IEDC), CES 2026 (JetBike launch)
- **Advisory Board — Boris Sofman:** Sr. Director of Engineering for Trucking at Waymo
- **Advisory Board — Rob Ferber:** CTO at XOS Trucks
- **Advisory Board — Randy Schlitter:** CEO of RANS Aircraft

- **Slug:** leo-flight
- **Founded:** 2021
- **HQ:** Pendleton, Indiana, USA
- **Category:** [Drones](/drones)

## Models

- [LEO JetBike](/models/leo-jetbike.md) (aerial) (id: `6d1fe1d9-6b24-4c40-ac37-09cc965aff51`)
- [LEO Coupe](/models/leo-flight-coupe.md) (aerial) (id: `b4004985-936f-4056-ae35-cb44c7d215ca`)

## Current leadership (4)

- [Pete Bitar](/people/pete-bitar.md) Co-Founder & Director of Flight Systems (secondary-verified)
- [Pete Bitar](/people/pete-bitar.md) Director of Flight Systems (secondary-verified)
- [Carlos Salaff](/people/carlos-salaff.md) Co-Founder & Design Director (secondary-verified)
- [Carlos Salaff](/people/carlos-salaff.md) Design Director (secondary-verified)

## Partnerships (2)

- [LEO Flight x Indiana Economic Development Corporation](/partnerships/leo-flight-x-indiana-economic-development-corporation.md) with Indiana Economic Development Corporation _development_
- [LEO Flight x GoAERO](/partnerships/leo-flight-x-goaero.md) with GoAERO _development_

## Supplies to

_No verified supply relationships on file. Supply-chain coverage is being added across the registry; check back as the seed populates this company's outbound edges._

_Outbound supply edges. Each appears when verified with at least two strong sources. Sources are append-only; corrections add new sources rather than rewrite history._

## Common questions

### What is LEO Flight?

LEO Flight Corporation (formerly Urban eVTOL) is an American electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) company based in Pendleton, Indiana, developing personal flying vehicles using a proprietary ducted electric jet propulsion system. Founded in 2021 by Pete Bitar and Carlos Salaff, its products include the [LEO Coupe](/models/leo-coupe) flying car and the LEO JetBike personal eVTOL, both designed to operate without exposed propellers. The company targets FAA MOSAIC light-sport aircraft certification for the Coupe and FAA Part 103 ultralight classification for the JetBike.

### What does LEO Flight make?

LEO Flight has 2 robot models on the DEPLOY registry: LEO JetBike, LEO Coupe (LEO Flight builds physical robots).

### Who competes with LEO Flight?

On the DEPLOY registry, peer companies to LEO Flight building in the same form factors include Anduril Industries, DJI, Amazon, Autel Robotics.

### Where is LEO Flight headquartered?

LEO Flight is headquartered in Pendleton, Indiana, USA.

### Where does LEO Flight operate robots?

LEO Flight is a robot manufacturer and does not directly operate deployments on the DEPLOY registry. Its products are deployed by customer operators; see the company page for the verified deployment record.

### Is LEO Flight a top robotics company?

On DEPLOY's intelligence score, which blends verified deployments, funding, hiring, media, safety, and IP signals, LEO Flight ranks in roughly the top 97% of companies tracked by the registry.


## Sources (2)

1. https://www.leoflight.com/
2. https://evtol.news/urban-evtol-leo-coupe

## The verified answers

- [Which companies have the most robots deployed](/which-companies-have-the-most-robots-deployed.md)
- [Which operators run the most robots](/which-operators-run-the-most-robots.md)
- [Which robot operators cover the most countries](/which-robot-operators-cover-the-most-countries.md)

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