Robot model
Wisk Cora
Cora is the autonomous air taxi aircraft developed by Wisk Aero (formerly Kitty Hawk).
- Manufacturer
- Wisk Aero
- Form factor
- aerial
- Maturity
- commercial
- Lifecycle
- active
- Deployments
- 1
- Website
- wisk.aero ↗
Appears ineVTOL & passenger air mobility
Overview
Cora is the autonomous air taxi aircraft developed by Wisk Aero (formerly Kitty Hawk). A 2-seat, fully autonomous (pilotless) eVTOL with 12 fixed-pitch lift rotors and a pusher propeller, with approximately 40 km range and 150 m/min climb rate. Cora has been tested extensively in Wairarapa, New Zealand since 2019 under New Zealand Civil Aviation Authority approval, accumulating thousands of test flights.
Wisk has not publicly announced the exact number of Cora aircraft produced; reports through 2023 indicate dozens of vehicles in the fleet. Wisk is developing a next-generation replacement (Generation 6) aimed at commercial certification.
Verified vs. claimed
- Maturity stage
- commercial(Commercially deployed with revenue-generating operations.)
- Verified deployments
- 1 deployment on file
- Sources on file
- 3 sources, view all
Key facts
Form factor
Seating capacity
Autonomy level
Range
Climb rate
Lift rotors
Propulsion
Specs
Range
Range km
Max speed
Payload kg
Data & sources
Press releases
1
News coverage
1
Web sources
1
3 sources backing this record.View all →
Autonomy: verified vs claimed
- What it actually does
- Autonomous
Pricing
No verified price is on record for Wisk Cora. Physical-AI systems are often sold through enterprise contracts or operated as a service rather than at a public list price.
Deployments (1)
- Wisk Cora at Mastertonoperational
Wisk Aero (formerly Kitty Hawk / Cora project) has been operating the Cora autonomous air taxi from Masterton Airport (NZMJ) in the Wairarapa region, New Zealand since 2019, making it one of the world's longest-running…
Wisk Cora on the deployment map
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Recent activity
Every change to this record is dated, sourced, and independently verified where marked.
- Record createdJun 11, 2026
Added to the verified registry
- Price point recordedJun 1, 2025
Not announced
- Deployment verifiedVerifiedMar 12, 2019
at Masterton
Safety record
No incidents on record for Wisk Cora.
Only active incidents are counted. Retracted incidents are excluded from this summary but remain reachable at their canonical URLs.
Sources (3)
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Methodology: Verified · 3 sources (1 primary) · last reviewed 2026-07-22
Verification posture
Verified
High confidence
Review state
Stable
Last reviewed 2026-07-22
Maturity + lifecycle
Maturity stage: commercial
Lifecycle: active
Architectural position
Cohort: aerial
Sources by quality tier
- 1
- primary-company-ir
- Company IR disclosure
- 1
- secondary-industry-publication
- Industry publication
- 1
- unclassified
- Unclassified source
The framework is documented at /methodology. Corrections at /corrections. Reviewer: DEPLOY editorial team.
Methodology surface for Wisk Cora.Recent coverage
Wisk Cora in third-party press
Attention vs reality over time
Media mentions per month (area) against verified deployment events (dots). A press spike over a flat deployment line is the hype gap, drawn over time.
In the press
Recent coverage mentioning Wisk Cora from third-party publications. Automatically surfaced; not part of the verified registry record.
Tesla in-cabin camera fails to prevent 60 mph naps as Wisk Aero faces lawsuit
On today’s surveillance-heavy episode of Quick Charge , it sure looks like Tesla’s in-cabin driver cam failed to stop one woman from falling asleep at the wheel, but safety and…
Lawsuit claims Boeing-backed Wisk rushed eVTOL software testing
Boeing-backed eVTOL startup Wisk Aero is being sued by a former employee who claims they were fired for reporting that the software behind the autonomous air taxi service had…
Boeing-owned Wisk Aero accused of firing manager who raised safety concerns
A former software manager claims Wisk rushed software testing ahead of a crucial 2025 flight test.
Flying buses, new flight rules and more are coming to Texas soon - Houston Chronicle
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Boeing’s Wisk Aero Doubles Autonomous Air Taxi Test Fleet - FLYING Magazine
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Wisk Makes First Flight With Second Gen 6 eVTOL Prototype - Aviation International News
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Second Gen 6 Aircraft Accelerates Wisk’s Flight Test Program - Business Wire
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Wisk Aero Flies Second Gen 6 Autonomous Air Taxi, Doubling Certification Test Rate - DroneXL.co
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Breaking New Ground: The Challenge of Certifying Autonomous Aircraft - FLYING Magazine
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Wisk Rolls Out Second Gen 6 Autonomous eVTOL Prototype - Aviation International News
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Wisk and Texas Selected by White House to Lead the Safe Introduction of Autonomous Air Taxi Flight - Yahoo Finance
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Wisk and Texas Selected by White House to Lead the Safe Introduction of Autonomous Air Taxi Flight - Business Wire
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Machine-readable surfaces
- Markdown mirror: /models/wisk-cora.md
- JSON-LD: embedded in this page’s head
- REST API: /v1/models/b4ee4944-80b3-4701-8eb0-b776913c6c58
- Revision history: /models/wisk-cora/history
- Data documentation: /data
- Query this programmatically: Deploy MCP
Video
Autonomous aviation company Wisk wants its Gen 6 urban air mobility craft to change the future of transport, flying 300 million passengers in just over a decade
Wisk Aero is developing one of the world’s first fully autonomous, all-electric air taxis designed for passenger transport. With a strong emphasis on safety, ef
Wisk, which was founded in 2010 and acquired by Boeing in 2023, is developing autonomous aircraft that can get you across town in a fraction of the time it woul
You never forget your first hover. In 2016, we flew the first piloted eVTOL hover with our 3rd generation aircraft. We began more than a decade ago with a visi
Meet Simon Ang Li, a Senior Controls Engineer at Wisk who plays a key role in developing the systems that ensure our Gen 6 aircraft fly safely and autonomously.
In June of 2015, we had one of our biggest milestones along our journey to date! This was when we flew our first ever piloted flight, using our 2nd generation a
From the first sketch to the final inspection, every team at Wisk played a part in bringing our Generation 6 air taxi to life. Years of collaboration, innovatio
At Wisk, we're doing more than just building and certifying the world’s first passenger-carrying autonomous 4-seat hashtag#eVTOL. We are actively building an en
At Wisk, we're building the world's first self-flying, four-passenger air taxi. We're doing something that's never been done before, all thanks to our adventur
Now that our Flight Test Program is officially underway, here’s an inside look at what happens during the three critical phases of testing. Every flight test mo
Wisk Aero's Dan Parsons explains how the robot air taxi works. Footage: ANDREW KACIMAIWAI
Reality vs attention
Wisk Cora draws attention at the 91st percentile but verifies reality at the 31st percentile among aerial robots. Hype Gap +60.1, 4th widest among aerial robots.
6-month trend
Analysis
Strong recent media coverage and press activity. Thin deployment record; scale validation still in progress.
Signal flags
Dimension breakdown
Verified signal
Attention (reach, not merit)
DEPLOY Intelligence scores are computed from verified registry data: confirmed deployments, disclosed funding rounds, regulatory filings, active job listings, video viewership, and press coverage. Confidence ratings reflect data availability. Scores update nightly.
DEPLOY Indices — verified vs claimed
Last computed: Jul 27, 2026