# Transcend Air: drone company

Canonical ID: `29405529-1951-4921-b237-8609419b4484`

## Key facts

- **Founded:** 2017
- **Products:** [Vy 400](/models/transcend-vy-400.md) high-speed VTOL
- **Target launch:** 2028 airline service
- **Partners:** GE (engines), IAI (military), KAMAN (manufacturing), US Air Force, VerdeGo Aero, Prometheus Fuels, Lily Helipads
- **Prototypes:** 18 prototypes validated the design
- **Market:** 46+ US city-center pairs — 5x faster, less expensive than airlines
- **Fuel:** Zero-net carbon with Prometheus sustainable aviation fuel

- **Slug:** transcend-air
- **Status:** active
- **Founded:** 0
- **HQ:** San Diego, California, USA
- **Category:** [Drones](/drones)

## Models

- [Vy 400](/models/transcend-vy-400.md) (aerial) (id: `58b42fc6-9ea3-40d5-8cf3-085ccba7a96d`)

## 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 Transcend Air?

US-based VTOL aircraft company headquartered in San Diego, California, founded in 2017. Transcend Air is developing the Vy 400 — a high-speed hybrid-electric VTOL aircraft for regional city-center air travel that is three times faster and goes twice as far as battery eVTOLs. The company plans to launch airline service in 2028 using zero-net-carbon sustainable aviation fuel from Prometheus Fuels. 18 prototypes have validated the design. Transcend targets 46+ US city-center pairs where service will be less expensive and five times faster than existing airlines. Key partners: General Electric (engines), IAI North America (militarization), KAMAN (manufacturing), US Air Force (development), VerdeGo Aero (hybrid components), Lily Helipads (vertiports), Prometheus Fuels (sustainable fuel).

### What does Transcend Air make?

Transcend Air has 1 robot model on the DEPLOY registry: Vy 400 (Transcend Air builds physical robots).

### Where is Transcend Air headquartered?

Transcend Air is headquartered in San Diego, California, USA.

### Where does Transcend Air operate robots?

Transcend Air 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 Transcend Air a top robotics company?

On DEPLOY's intelligence score, which blends verified deployments, funding, hiring, media, safety, and IP signals, Transcend Air ranks in roughly the top 99% of companies tracked by the registry.


## Sources (1)

1. https://transcend.aero/

## 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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