Impossible Aerospace builds battery‑dense commercial drones, starting with the US-1, a 15-pound aircraft in which roughly 70% of the weight is lithium‑ion cells. The US-1 is designed for long endurance: about 120 minutes of flight in optimal conditions and a 75 km straight-line range, with a 2.9-pound payload capacity that reduces flight time to 78 minutes. To maximize endurance the design omits some features common on other craft, most notably onboard obstacle‑avoidance sensors, reflecting explicit tradeoffs in feature selection. The company has an "exciting product roadmap" of future designs that make different choices around components and features. The US-1 starts at $7,500 and is scheduled to ship in Q4 of this year. The article frames the product as shifting commercial operations from mission‑based to more exploratory use cases due to long flight times. Financially, the company announced a recent institutional fundraise alongside the product launch.

Total raised

$9M

Funding rounds

1

Latest round

Series A

Latest activity

Sep 2018