Otto Aviation

Otto Aviation Group LLC is an American startup company based in Fort Worth, Texas. Currently it is developing a super-laminar flow business jet - the Phantom 3500. It was established in 2008 by Bill Otto to develop the Celera 500L. William Otto has been a research scientist at Los Alamos Scientific Labs, systems engineer then chief scientist at North American Aviation. Otto Aviation is 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. Construction of the airplane commenced in 2015.

The second aircraft under development is a midsize business jet called Phantom 3500.

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

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