Wisk Aero Generation 6

Generation 6 is an all-electric vertical take-off and landing air taxi developed by Wisk Aero, a wholly owned Boeing subsidiary based in California, in the United States. It carries no pilot on board. All four seats are for passengers, and the flight is flown autonomously with human oversight provided from the ground.

Design and capabilities

Wisk describes a proprietary twelve-propeller layout and a wingspan under 50 ft. The aircraft lifts off vertically, transitions to wing-borne cruise and lands vertically, so it does not need a runway. Wisk gives a cruise speed of 120 knots, about 222 km/h, a range of 90 miles with reserves, roughly 144 km, and a normal cruising band of 2,500 to 4,000 ft above ground level. Power is all-electric, with no combustion engine.

The defining feature is that nobody on board flies the aircraft. Wisk describes the concept as autonomous flight with human oversight: the aircraft flies itself, while multi-vehicle supervisors on the ground monitor every flight and can intervene when needed. Because there is no pilot seat, the cabin volume is given over to the four passengers. Wisk has built redundancy into the flight-critical systems so that a single failure does not end the flight.

Generation 6 follows five earlier Wisk designs, including the Cora two-seat demonstrator. Those earlier generations flew more than 1,750 test flights between them, and the lessons from that programme were folded into the Generation 6 configuration.

Programme status

Wisk unveiled the Generation 6 design in October 2022. In May 2023 the company announced that it had become a wholly owned subsidiary of Boeing. The first flight of the Generation 6 certification model took place on 16 December 2025 at Wisk's facility in Hollister, California, and covered vertical take-off, hover and stabilised flight manoeuvres. Wisk announced a second Generation 6 aircraft to expand the flight-test programme.

The aircraft is the first candidate presented to the United States Federal Aviation Administration for type certification of an autonomous passenger-carrying aeroplane. Wisk has an active certification programme with the FAA and is designing the aircraft to commercial aviation safety standards. Boeing has said its goal is for the Generation 6 to be presented for certification around 2028. No type certificate has been issued, and no regulator has set a service date.

Wisk has named Houston, Los Angeles and Miami as planned launch markets. The company has not announced airline customers or fleet orders in the way some other developers have, and the near-term flight-test plan runs from hover and stability work through to higher-speed manoeuvres before full autonomous operations.

FAQ

Is it flying today? Yes, as a test aircraft. The first Generation 6 certification model flew in December 2025 and remains in early flight testing. It is not carrying passengers.

How many people does it carry? Four, all passengers. There is no pilot on board.

Who is in control? The aircraft flies itself. Ground-based multi-vehicle supervisors oversee each flight and can step in.