Otto Aerospace

Otto Aerospace LLC is an emerging aerospace technology company based in Fort Worth, Texas.

On September 29, 2025 Otto Aerospace announced that Flexjet is its launch customer with a firm fleet order of 300 aircraft plus options. [1] The Wall Street Journal estimated the value at approximately $5B - although Otto and Flexjet did not release commercial terms. Deliveries are expected to begin in 2030.

At the 2025 Paris Airshow Otto CEO Paul Touw and Florida Governor Ron DeSantis announced a $515M incentive plan with Otto moving its corporate hq and manufacturing center to Cecil Field in Jacksonville.

The company was established in 2008 by Bill Otto to develop the Celera 500L.[2] William Otto had been a research scientist at Los Alamos Scientific Labs, systems engineer then chief scientist at North American Aviation.[3] Otto Aviation has been privately funded since 2008 and is seeking a Series B fundraising round: 200 million dollars are needed for FAR Part 23 certification in three years.[4] Construction of the airplane commenced in 2015.[5]

In 2025 the company changed focus from the Celera 500L and is developing a midsize business jet called the Phantom 3500.[6] This uses super-laminar flow technology which was initially tested on the Celera.

The company is working with DARPA on a laminar flow UAV.[7]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Flexjet Orders 300 Phantom 3500 Jets". SherpaReport. 2 October 2025. Retrieved 6 October 2025.
  2. ^ "About Us". Otto Aviation. Retrieved 28 August 2020.
  3. ^ Hemmerdinger, Jon (28 August 2020). "Otto Aviation reveals Celera business aircraft with super-efficient 'laminar flow'". FlightGlobal. Retrieved 2 September 2020.
  4. ^ Graham Warwick (August 28, 2020). "Otto Takes Wraps Off Slippery, Fuel-Sipping Celera 500L". Aviation Week.
  5. ^ Preston Lerner (October 2021). "The Celera 500L Just May Revolutionize Business Aviation". Air & Space Magazine.
  6. ^ https://www.flightglobal.com/business-aviation/otto-outlines-plans-for-ultra-low-drag-phantom-3500/162995.article
  7. ^ https://aviationweek.com/defense/aircraft-propulsion/otto-aviation-reveals-super-laminar-uav-darpa

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