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Meet The AltoVolo Sigma: A 1,608HP Personal eVTOL Jet

With 4x the range of its rivals and a footprint small enough to land on a driveway, the AltoVolo Sigma brings private aviation closer to daily life.

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1 year ago

May 9, 2025

Nour Nasir

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A new era in personal air travel has arrived with the launch of AltoVolo’s Sigma, a hybrid-electric VTOL aircraft that combines runway-free convenience with regional jet performance. Featuring 1,608 horsepower and a sleek, sculptural frame, Sigma is designed for high-speed, long-range, and ultra-quiet personal flight — potentially transforming both the eVTOL and helicopter markets.

Equipped with a patent-pending tilting jet propulsion system, the Sigma boasts a 500-mile range, a cruise speed of 220mph, and noise levels over 80% lower than traditional helicopters, making it ideal for use in residential areas. Its hybrid design draws on the burst power of electric batteries for take-off and liquid fuel for extended cruising, sidestepping the limitations of current all-electric VTOLs.

At just 4.8 meters wide and weighing 980 kg fully loaded with three passengers, the Sigma can land on driveways, rooftops, or yachts — no airport required. Safety is central to the design, which includes redundant jet operation and a ballistic parachute system.

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“The Sigma is a statement of intent,” said Will Wood, AltoVolo’s founder and CEO. “We’re not just building a flying machine — we’re building the fastest point-to-point transport system, reimagining how we live and travel”.

AltoVolo is taking a lean-startup approach and aiming for rapid time-to-market, with full-scale demonstrator production underway after successful prototype tests. Its design and engineering have been validated by Dr. Richard E. Brown of Sophrodyne Aerospace, and its autonomous flight systems are supplied by Embention, known for powering Amazon Prime Air’s drones. Simulation support comes from Ansys, which also works with Formula 1 teams.

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Unlike many competitors focused on short, intra-city flights, AltoVolo is targeting both urban and regional air mobility. The Sigma is pitched as a tool of independence for those who value time, privacy, and the freedom to travel on their own terms — no airport terminals, no congestion, no schedules.

Reservations for the launch edition open in July, with priority given to early qualifying customers.

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Samsung’s Galaxy Watch 9 And Ultra 2 Specs Leak Ahead Of Unpacked

An 800mAh Ultra 2 battery and a switch from Exynos to Qualcomm silicon headline the expected changes for Samsung’s next smartwatches.

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5 days ago

July 15, 2026

Nour Nasir

samsung's galaxy watch 9 and ultra 2 specs leak ahead of unpacked

Samsung’s next smartwatches have little left to hide. A new leak reported by Android Authority has surfaced most of the remaining details about the Galaxy Watch 9 and Galaxy Watch Ultra 2, just over a week before the company’s Galaxy Unpacked event on July 22.

The biggest change is an invisible one: Samsung is expected to drop its own Exynos W1000 chip in favor of Qualcomm’s Snapdragon Wear Elite SW6100, a chipset unveiled only this year, according to the outlet.

Battery capacity looks like the other notable upgrade. Citing a report from Winfuture, Android Authority says the Watch Ultra 2 could reach 800mAh, well beyond the 590mAh cell in the current Watch Ultra. The 44mm Watch 9 reportedly gets a 445mAh cell — the same capacity as last year’s Watch 8 Classic — while the 40mm model stays at 325mAh.

The 40mm Watch 9 will reportedly feature a 438 x 438-pixel panel, with the 44mm Watch 9 and the Watch Ultra 2 sharing a larger 480 x 480-pixel screen. Samsung leaker Ice Universe has separately claimed the Ultra 2’s display could reach a peak brightness of 5,000 nits. RAM and storage vary by model, topping out at 2GB and 64GB.

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The Ultra 2 keeps its titanium case and 100-meter water resistance; the standard Watch 9 remains aluminum, rated to 5 ATM. All models are said to include Bluetooth 6.0, NFC, and dual-band WiFi, with the usual LTE variants, and ship with One UI 9 Watch running on Wear OS 7.

A separate leak puts the Galaxy Watch 9 at €409 (about $468) for the 40mm Bluetooth model, rising to €489 (about $560) for the 44mm LTE version, with the Watch Ultra 2 LTE at €749 (about $857) — figures Android Authority said were partially corroborated by Winfuture. Confirmation arrives on stage on July 22.