General Atomics DO228 NXT

[RavenOne]

Laughingly or not as I walked through HAll 3 at ILA Berlin 2024 last week, came across General Atomics booth, showcasing off their Predator, Reaper, Avenger , noticed on their video, pair of DO228. Outside in static between Halls 3 and 4, was DO228 (my photos below) with General Atomics branding. I thought huh, perhaps GA were going to test unmanned tech on said a/c.




Then spoke to the guy turns out its an offshoot /sub company called General Atomics Aerotec and they are now producing the DO228 NXT

https://www.ga-ats.com/en/do228/do228-nxt
cheers

 

[DWG]

It's less odd when you remember most Do 228s are/were used in a para-military role.

 

[Moose]

There also appears to be growth in this segment of the market. Twin Otter is back and Textron's Cessna just brought the Skycourier to market. I wouldn't be surprised if someone made an attempt to build an eSTOL in this segment before the decade's done.

 

[RavenOne]

It's less odd when you remember most Do 228s are/were used in a para-military role.

meant as in an aerospace firm thats into unmanned systems since the year dot, suddenly acquires a legacy aircraft and goes into producing it, but then again Aerotec is an European division of theirs that also does NH90 maintenance ....

cheers