XTI Completes Federal Aviation Administration Flight Technical Familiarization Review

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ENGLEWOOD, Colo., July 30, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- XTI Aerospace, Inc. (Nasdaq: XTIA) ("XTI"), a pioneer in xVTOL and powered-lift aircraft solutions, today announced that it completed a flight-focused technical familiarization ("Tech Fam") meeting with the Federal Aviation Administration (the "FAA") with respect to XTI's TriFan 600 Vertical Take-Off and Landing (VTOL) airplane. This meeting is another important step forward in XTI's path to flight certification of the TriFan 600.
Engineering experts from XTI Aircraft Company, a subsidiary of XTI, met with 17 FAA representatives located across the country to review the TriFan 600's system design approach, and expected flight performance. The Tech Fam addressed key FAA certification areas:
Conventional Take Off and Landing (CTOL) and VTOL climb and landing performance
Payload / range performance
Max range / max cruise performance
Weight and balance; center of gravity envelope
Ceiling altitude
Stall speed characteristics
Flight control architecture
Hover Out of Ground Effect (HOGE)
"The FAA released the new Advisory Circular 21-17-4 "Type Certification of Powered-Lift under 14 CFR 21.17(b)" on July 18, 2025," said David Ambrose, XTI's Vice President of Engineering. "We had been working with draft versions of the Advisory Circular in preparation for this critical Tech Fam meeting as we continue to refine our TriFan 600 aircraft design as we work towards FAA certification of the TriFan 600 under the "Powered Lift" aircraft category. We appreciate the collaborative involvement of the FAA as we further develop our systems, subsystems and structural design and together focus on delivery of an exciting aircraft that we believe will transform point to point regional air travel."
About XTI Aerospace, Inc.
XTI Aerospace (XTIAerospace.com) (Nasdaq: XTIA) is the parent company of XTI Aircraft Company, an aviation business based near Denver, Colorado, currently developing the TriFan 600, a fixed-wing business aircraft designed to have the vertical takeoff and landing (VTOL) capability of a helicopter, maximum cruising speeds of over 300 mph and a range up to 1,000 miles, creating an entirely new category – the xVTOL. Additionally, the Inpixon (inpixon.com) business unit of XTI Aerospace is a leader in real-time location systems (RTLS) technology with customers around the world who use XTI's location intelligence solutions in factories and other industrial facilities to help optimize operations, increase productivity, and enhance safety. For more information about XTI, please visit XTIAerospace.com and follow XTI on LinkedIn, Instagram, X, and YouTube.
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