Otto PDR Film

Added: 2026-05-19

[00:00:08]This isn't something that's maybe 5 or 10% better than what's out there. This is 50 or 60% better.

[00:00:15]This PDR milestone is a huge milestone for the Phantom 3500. PDR is the preliminary design review for the airplane and it's the first time that we bring the whole airplane design team together. Really creates the baseline so we can launch into detailed [music] design.

[00:00:31]Welcome everyone. This is such an exciting moment as we were here in Jacksonville this week. Today and tomorrow feel like a test, but I want you to think about them as a celebration of all of the work that you've done over the last 3 years to bring us to this point. And so it begins.

[00:00:49]Since the late 70s is when I first became aware of the airplane. He'd be home at night and work on this nights and weekends. Dad, what are you doing?

[00:00:57]He goes, "Oh, I'm checking the laminar flow on the tail right now." Yeah, at that time I was 15 years old.

[00:01:03]We're unlocking a a new paradigm [music] and that paradigm shift from turbulent flow aircraft to laminar flow aircraft is just [music] stunningly elegant. It's super exciting. What what we're doing at Auto fundamentally is very ambitious.

[00:01:19]We're providing an aircraft that burns half the fuel and costs half as much to operate.

[00:01:27]Well, we know a design is ready to review when all of the disciplines [music] have come together. The engineering team, the manufacturing team, the support team, all of those voices have been heard and integrated.

[00:01:37][music] That's when we know that we've struck a baseline and we're ready for a milestone review like PDR.

[00:01:43]It signifies us really locking in the aircraft configuration for itself. We have released our specifications, we've released our interfaces, we have all of the supporting analysis, whether that's, you know, performance, weight, drag, maintainability, reliability, cost, all of those things are showing green. Let's move forward with the program. PDR is always a fun milestone. It's [music] a moment to collect all of your requirements, make sure everyone is aligned on um what we're going to do, cuz what comes next moves really, really fast.

[00:02:16]We're going to start making real parts.

[00:02:17]We're going to start releasing real engineering. [music] We believe in the requirements. We believe in the product.

[00:02:22]So, this is really the go, no-go moment.

[00:02:24]And we're ready to go.

[00:02:27]PDR is the big bones of the program for me.

[00:02:30]This is the starting [music] gun. As we get into the detailed design phase, I'll actually get an inch closer to building the actual airplane. So, this this to me is foreshadowing of what is great to come.

[00:02:40]I've had the privilege of working on dozens of airplane development programs over a 40-year [music] career. I've seen a multitude of different PDRs. The best part of this is the team that we've assembled. World-class teams create world-class [music] products.

[00:02:56]The culture at Otto, specifically between the manufacturing and engineering team, is very collaborative.

[00:03:00]You can look to your left or your right, and you're sitting next to your partner disciplines. Never does an uh stress engineer or structures engineer have to worry about designing a part that can't be produced, cuz all they have to do is swivel their chair around and ask a manufacturing [music] engineer.

[00:03:13]We got people who are empowered to do the things they know how to do best, >> [music] >> and that's how we're going to keep it.

[00:03:19]When we get through the final design review, and we actually have FDV1 and we're flying, the whole world will take note, because it will make obsolete [music] some of the aircraft that are flying today. This technology is a game changer, the most rapid increase in efficiency in a airplane in decades and decades.

[00:03:37]And that's the funnest part that any of us do. We're going to move down to Jacksonville, look over each other's shoulders, turn [music] wrenches together, care for the safety and quality of the aircraft, and fly it in late 2027. That's our, you know, drop the mic day. We're going to prove to [music] the world that this laminar flow aircraft does exactly what we said it was going to do. At this stage, this is an airplane. We've now moved from concept to a real airplane. And we're now ready to go build it, ready to get it out to the customers. We're ready to change [music] the face of aerospace.

[00:04:10]We have the best 19,000 lb aircraft the world has ever seen.

[00:04:15]There's so much passion in this room, it's incredible. And there's so much team unity in this room, it's incredible.

[00:04:23]Because that's what matters.

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