Wisk Aero Completes First Flight of Second Autonomous Air Taxi as Certification Push Advances

Second Gen 6 Aircraft Accelerates Wisk’s Flight Test Program

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 4, 2026-

Wisk Aero completes first flight of second autonomous air taxi as certification push advances

Boeing’s Wisk Aero Doubles Autonomous Air Taxi Test Fleet

Boeing electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) unit Wisk Aero is ramping up flight testing of its flagship Generation 6 air taxi. Wisk on Monday revealed that it completed the first flight of a second production prototype aircraft—a “test article” of the autonomous model it aims to certify with the FAA. An initial Generation 6 test article first flew in December. The aircraft was uncrewed and not under control of a remote pilot, instead fo…

Wisk’s Flight Test Program Accelerates As Second Generation of its Gen 6 Aircraft Takes Flight

Wisk has completed the first flight of its second Generation 6 aircraft, in the latest milestone in the company's flight test program and scale after the first Gen 6 aircraft started its flight test campaign in December 2025. Conducted at Wisk’s flight test facility in Hollister, California, on Friday, May 1st, the flight included vertical

Wisk reports first flight of its “second generation 6” aircraft

Wisk Aero has today announced the successful first flight of its second Generation 6 aircraft. The first Gen 6 aircraft started its flight test campaign in mid-December. “Conducted at Wisk’s flight test facility in Hollister, CA, the flight included vertical takeoff, hover, and chirp maneuvers – an important first step in characterizing the aircraft’s performance,” said the company in a press release. “The addition of a second active Gen 6 flight

Wisk Aero Flies Second Gen 6 Autonomous Air Taxi, Doubling Certification Test Rate

Wisk Aero flew its second Generation 6 autonomous air taxi for the first time on May 4 at the company’s flight test facility in Hollister, California, bringing the Boeing subsidiary’s active certification test fleet to two aircraft for the first time. The milestone arrives roughly four and a half months after the first Gen 6 aircraft completed its initial hover flight in mid-December 2025, a pace that outstrips what most eVTOL programs have mana…