The Autonomous Pod Transport 70 is part of an electrical vertical take off (eVTOL) family of drones under development by Bell. APT 70 can reach over 100 mph / 161 km/h and has a baseline payload of 70 lbs / 32 kgs. First flew on August 2019
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First BVLOS Flight for Bell APT 70 Drone, 17-Feb-20 : #drones The electrical vertical take off (eVTOL) Autonomous Pod Transport (APT) 70 drone completed its first Beyond Visual Line of Sight (BVLOS) flight
Bell Nexus 4EX at CES 2020, 06-Jan-20 : #CES2020 Bell at CES 2020 in Las Vegas featuring the Nexus 4EX air taxi and the Autonomous Pod Transport (APT) for urban air mobility in the city of the future
Bell Drones Testing at Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma, 18-Dec-19 : #drones The Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma (CNO) and Bell signed agreement
to allow the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS) Integration Pilot Program (IPP) perform drones testing in rural southeastern Oklahoma
Bell APT 70 Cargo Drone Best of Aerospace 2019, 05-Dec-19 : #drones Bell Autonomous Pod Transport APT-70 eVTOL recognized by Popular Science with the “Best of What’s New in Aerospace” award for 2019
Bell Autonomous Pod Transport APT 70 First Flight, 26-Aug-19 : #drones Bell Autonomous Pod Transport APT-70 completed its first autonomous flight at the Fort Worth facility. Part of an electrical vertical take off (eVTOL) family of drones under development. Can reach over 100 mph / 161 km/h and has a baseline payload of 70 lbs / 32 kgs
#CES2020 Bell at CES 2020 in Las Vegas featuring the Nexus 4EX air taxi and the Autonomous Pod Transport (APT) for urban air mobility in the city of the future
