Switchblade
Two-seat hybrid-electric flying car. Samson says it drives on roads, flies, transforms between driving and flying in three minutes, and encloses the flying surfaces while driving. It says seating is for two plus luggage.
Prototype
- Price / deposit
- Purchase price not stated. Samson's September 26, 2026 page describes a $500 non-refundable deposit for a fixed delivery position, or a reservation with no money down. It refers to thousands of reservation holders and does not give a count. It does not call either a firm order.
- Certification, as written on the tracker
- Samson says the Switchblade is an experimental-category aircraft and that the FAA does not certificate this category the way it certificates factory-built aircraft. Samson says the owner must build 51 percent, during one week at a builder-assist center, and that Samson then completes the vehicle. An experimental category is not a type certificate. No type certificate is stated.
- Delivery / launch
- No delivery date is stated. A 180,000 square foot U.S. production facility is planned. Samson says the official first flight was in November 2023.
- Tracker updated
Certificates
A special or experimental airworthiness certificate, a production approval and an operator certificate are not type certificates. Standing is taken from the linked source.
No certification row is recorded here yet.
Orders and other deals
| Date | Kind | Parties | Amount | What the source says | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Funding round Conditional |
$80 million announced; Samson says $20 million more is still to be raised. Not shown as closed in a filing. |
Samson Sky said on September 15, 2026 that it had secured an $80 million investment from Dubai-based Matin Group under a Joint Investment Agreement, toward a planned 180,000 square foot Switchblade production facility in the United States, and that $20 million more still has to be raised for full production funding. The release says the companies have begun setting up the joint venture. It does not say the funds have been received in a filing, and it is not a completed closing on the pages opened. Samson's September 26 page calls the same effort commitments toward a $100 million initiative, with Matin providing 80 percent, and says the remaining $20 million is still under discussion. AeroTime reported the September 15 announcement the same day. The investment is not an aircraft order. Samson says the Switchblade is an experimental-category aircraft. That is not a type certificate. |
Milestones
No milestone is recorded here yet.