Airbound's 6.6 lb carbon fiber drone carries 11 lb, outlifting Amazon's 78 lb MK30
kyliebytes · x · 2026-10-03
Ashlee Vance shared footage of carbon fiber drones from Bengaluru startup Airbound. Founder Naman Pushp says his newest drone weighs about 6.6 pounds but can carry 11, while Amazon's MK30 weighs 78 pounds and carries just 5. He aims to make carbon fiber "about as cheap as steel," drawing a parallel to Henry Ford's 1906 hunt for vanadium steel to lighten cars.
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