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XTI Aerospace, Inc.

CIK: 15291132 Annual ReportsLatest: 2025-04-15

10-K / April 15, 2025

Revenue:$3,202,000
Income:-$35,600,000

10-K / April 16, 2024

Revenue:$34,400,000
Income:-$34,400,000

10-K / April 15, 2025

Company Overview Summary

Core Business Activities

  • Primary Focus: Aircraft development company.
  • Additional Focus: Real-time location systems (RTLS) for the industrial sector, initially Legacy Inpixon’s core business prior to the XTI Merger.

Aircraft Development

  • Product: TriFan 600 — a vertical takeoff and landing (VTOL), fixed-wing airplane.
  • Design Goals: Combines helicopter-like takeoff and landing with fixed-wing cruise capabilities.
  • Target Applications: Private business aviation, emergency medical services, regional charter flights.
  • Features:
    • 7-occupant capacity.
    • Range of up to 985 miles.
    • Cruise speed: approximately twice that of helicopters.
    • Altitude: up to 25,000 feet.
    • Capable of vertical (VTOL), conventional (CTOL), and short runway (STOL) takeoff/landing.
  • Pricing: Approximately $10 to $12 million per aircraft.
  • Competitors: One known direct competitor with pricing between $20-30 million.
  • Market Position:
    • Targets the existing general aviation market, valued at around $31.2 billion in 2024.
    • Market growth: 12% increase in general aircraft and helicopter shipments from 2023 to 2024.
    • Pre-orders: Over 290 airplanes via conditional purchase agreements, reservation deposits, and options.
    • Customer types: corporate, individual, helicopter operators, charter airlines, medical operators, regional airlines.

Manufacturing & Certification

  • Development Stage: In design, testing, and certification phases.
  • Regulatory: Working with FAA; submitted type certification application in March 2025.
  • Certification Timeline: Goal for FAA certification in 2030.
  • Production: Pending FAA certification; plans to assemble in-house or through third-party manufacturers.

RTLS & IIoT Solutions

  • Technology: Digital transformation for industrial asset, personnel, and machine tracking.
  • Product Offerings:
    • SaaS platform supporting indoor and outdoor real-time location applications.
    • Hardware: IoT sensors, tags, transceivers supporting UWB, CSS, GPS, BLE, RFID, LiDAR.
    • Software: Analytics, insights, and mapping tools incorporating AI and machine learning.
  • Use Cases: Vehicle localization, yard management, inventory tracking, route optimization, security, safety.
  • Market & Clients: Automotive, heavy industry, logistics, mining, government, corporate offices.
  • Customer Base: Four major customers accounted for >10% of 2024 revenue (targets diverse industries).
  • Sales Model:
    • Direct sales and channel partners.
    • Licensing & SaaS subscription (LaaS) model, typically 3-5 year contracts, recurring revenue.
  • Business Focus Shift: Exploring sale of hardware portion to focus on SaaS software offerings.

Employees & Operations

  • Number of Employees (as of April 11, 2025): 47 total.
    • Technical/engineering: 20.
    • Sales: 7.
    • Marketing: 4.
    • Finance, legal, admin: 9.
    • Officers: 3.
  • Facilities:
    • Headquarters: Englewood, Colorado.
    • Additional offices: Berlin, Germany; Eschborn, Germany.
    • Leasing space in Palo Alto, California.
    • Planning to acquire consolidated facility at an airport for flight testing and production.

Revenue & Financial Status

  • Aircraft Sales Revenue: No revenue generated to date; company remains in development stage.
  • Pre-Orders/Customer Commitments: Over 290 aircraft pre-ordered through non-binding agreements, potential future gross revenue over $3 billion at $10 million per aircraft.
  • Recent Revenue:
    • 2023: No revenue reported.
    • 2024: Four customers accounted for over 10% each of revenue (23%, 14%, 13%, 11%).

Other Details

  • Business Strategy: Seeking strategic transactions, including potential autonomous drone ventures.
  • Market Position: Aiming to disrupt traditional short-range regional air travel markets and expand into new mobility solutions, including future hybrid-electric and sustainability initiatives.
  • Legal & Regulatory: Working with FAA for certification; involved in ongoing litigation and legal proceedings.