Pulse One aircraft platform
Vertex is Pulse One's runway-independent hybrid-VTOL aircraft. It will carry configurable payloads for medical delivery, emergency logistics, and rapid scene awareness.
In development · Not operational
Platform overview
Vertex will take off and land vertically, then transition to fixed-wing flight for better range and endurance. Its payload area will support medical delivery, emergency logistics, cameras, and other field equipment.
Current status
We built the first full-scale Vertex aircraft to test the layout and core systems. What we learned from that aircraft now guides the updated airframe, test equipment, and controlled flight plan.
Vertex system
The system will include the aircraft, dock, payload hardware, ground equipment, training, and the spare parts needed to get started.
01 / Aircraft
The aircraft will carry internal and external payloads for delivery, logistics, cameras, and other field work.
02 / Field dock
The dock will protect, secure, and charge Vertex between missions.
03 / Ground kit
Batteries, chargers, tools, payload hardware, training, and initial spare parts will ship with the system.
04 / Workflow
Crews will swap batteries and payloads by hand at first so the system stays simple and easy to service.
Current development
We are finishing the updated hardware and building repeatable test setups before full-aircraft ground tests and controlled flight.
Development work · July 2026
We are updating the airframe around the propulsion, avionics, power, and structural hardware selected for the next build.
We are building repeatable test setups for propulsion, structures, power, and flight-control hardware.
After subsystem testing, we will move into full-aircraft ground tests, controlled flight tests, and operator feedback.
Development roadmap
The next steps are ground testing, controlled flight, and hands-on feedback from the people who could eventually use Vertex. Regulatory planning continues alongside the engineering work.
Platform modernization
Current
Instrumented testing
Current
Integrated ground tests
Next
Controlled flight
Next phase
Operator evaluation
Following
Regulatory planning
Ongoing
Payload, endurance, range, pricing, and deployment figures shown on this site are development targets. They are not validated performance claims or final production specifications.
Prototype & design lessons
The first full-scale aircraft was an integration and manufacturing prototype. It exposed the layout, service, and test changes now guiding the modernized platform.
Current funding
Pulse One is bootstrapped right now. Donations go toward aircraft hardware, materials, electronics, test equipment, and replacement parts for Vertex.
Raised so far
$3,487/ $10,000
35%
Pulse One is currently bootstrapped. This total combines public support from both funding rounds.
