AutoFlight V5000 Matrix Completes Blended-Fleet Formation Flight and Launches Airworthiness Certification – sUAS Information

• Formation flight validates multi-aircraft coordination throughout 5-ton and 2-ton eVTOL platforms
• V5000CGH cargo hybrid-electric variant formally enters airworthiness certification
• 1.5-ton payload and 1,500km vary open pathway from city short-haul to interprovincial logistics

KUNSHAN, China, 26 Might 2026 – AutoFlight has accomplished a mixed-fleet formation flight of three plane, comprising one V5000 Matrix and two V2000-series eVTOL plane. The mission validated vital capabilities – communication hyperlinks, route planning, flight coordination and security management – throughout 5-ton and 2-ton platforms, demonstrating that completely different plane varieties can function collectively at scale. It marks a major step ahead in AutoFlight’s system integration capabilities and lays the operational groundwork for multi-aircraft coordination in low-altitude logistics, emergency response, maritime assist and regional air transport, and represents a concrete step towards the business deployment of coordinated multi-aircraft networks within the low-altitude financial system.

Multi-Plane Coordination at Scale

The V5000 Matrix is the flagship of AutoFlight’s ‘From Small to Large, From Cargo to Passengers’ portfolio, designed for heavy-lift, long-range, point-to-point high-value missions. Following its transition flight in February 2026, the cargo hybrid-electric variant V5000CGH has formally entered airworthiness certification, shifting from R&D validation to a scientific, standardised approval course of.

Constructed for the Calls for of Heavy-Carry Logistics

The V5000CGH includes a most take-off weight of 5,700kg, a most payload of 1.5 tons, a 14m³ cargo maintain accommodating two AKE normal air cargo containers, a cruise pace of 280 km/h and a most vary of 1,500km. Collectively, these specs handle the three constraints which have restricted eVTOL mass deployment – payload, vary and value – and prolong the operational envelope from city short-haul into long-haul, heavy-duty logistics.

From Emergency Response to Interprovincial Freight

The plane is suited to a variety of demanding functions. In large-scale emergency rescue it permits speedy supply of rescue gear, emergency provides and medical materials. In offshore power and marine assist, its cargo capability and lengthy endurance exchange gradual maritime resupply with time-critical low-altitude supply. In heavy feeder logistics, it helps interregional medium- to long-haul transport, extending low-altitude mobility from intercity hyperlinks to interprovincial connectivity.

A Security-First Path to Certification

AutoFlight maintains a safety-first, regulation-driven strategy to airworthiness, with a crew drawing on expertise from the ARJ21-700, C919 and Diamond DA42 certification programmes. The V2000CG CarryAll already holds the complete set of CAAC airworthiness certificates – TC, PC and AC – whereas the six-seat manned eVTOL V2000EM Prosperity has entered the compliance verification part.

AutoFlight will advance V5000CGH design, testing, flight trials and compliance verification in strict accordance with airworthiness rules, accelerating the trail to business deployment of heavy-payload, long-range eVTOL know-how and contributing to the event of sustainable low-altitude logistics infrastructure.

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