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Wright Electric

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American Electric Aircraft Manufacturer

Wright Electric is an American startup company developing an electric airliner.2 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

2016Founded1

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Wright Electric is an American startup company developing an electric airliner.2

Products and brands

  • electric aircraft

Listed on Wikidata.1

Timeline

  1. 2016Founded Founded1

Funding

Where the company's money came from, by calendar year: private offerings filed with the SEC, federal grants, loans, contracts and other assistance from USAspending.gov, and PPP loans from the SBA. Each bar links to the records below.

Money received by year$24.9M 2019–2026
Money received by yearMoney received by year, 2019–2026: $24.9M in all. Federal grants $8.2M; Federal contracts $16.8M.$0$2.5M$5M$7.5M$10M2019 · Federal contracts: $353.5K20192020 · Federal grants: $2.0M2020 · Federal contracts: $6.0M2021 · Federal contracts: $1.1M20212022 · Federal contracts: $1.1M2023 · Federal grants: $999.8K2023 · Federal contracts: $4.2M20232024 · Federal grants: $4.8M2024 · Federal contracts: $312.8K20252026 · Federal grants: $350.0K2026 · Federal contracts: $3.6M2026
Figures by year
YearFederal grantsFederal contractsTotal
2026$350.0K$3.6M$4.0M
2024$4.8M$312.8K$5.2M
2023$999.8K$4.2M$5.2M
2022–$1.1M$1.1M
2021–$1.1M$1.1M
2020$2.0M$6.0M$8.0M
2019–$353.5K$353.5K

Federal awards

Obligated amounts from USAspending.gov4, by calendar year, 2019–2026, for its registration. Obligations are what agencies committed, not always what was paid out. Contracts pay for goods and services; grants, loans and direct payments are assistance. Loans are charted at the face value of the loans listed here. An award’s amount below is its lifetime total, and some began before the years charted.

Largest grants

  1. Dec 1, 2024$3.3M from Federal Aviation Administration: Fueling Aviation’S Sustainable Transition Via Sustainable Aviation Fuels (Fast-Saf) And Low-Emissions Aviation Technologies (Fast-Tech) Grant5 To WRIGHT ELECTRIC INC Award 69A3352540044
  2. Jan 1, 2021$3.3M from Department of Energy: Advanced Research Projects Agency - Energy6 To WRIGHT ELECTRIC INC Award DEAR0001357
  3. Jul 9, 2024$1.5M from Department of Energy: Advanced Research Projects Agency - Energy7 To WRIGHT ELECTRIC INC Award DEAR0001893

Largest contracts

  1. Dec 1, 2020$6.1M from National Aeronautics and Space Administration: The contractor shall assist nasa in continued efforts to reduce risks associated with future the ground and flight test efforts in support o8 To WRIGHT ELECTRIC INC Award 80AFRC21C0003
  2. Jan 23, 2026$3.6M from Department of the Air Force: Dynamo lightweight start cart and generator9 To WRIGHT ELECTRIC INC Award FA228026C0003
  3. Jan 25, 2023$1.7M from Department of the Air Force: Project dynamo 30kw generator10 To WRIGHT ELECTRIC INC Award FA873023CB005
  4. Sep 18, 2019$1.3M from National Aeronautics and Space Administration: The objective of this requirement is to assist nasa in reducing the risk and cost of potential future flight demonstration procurement(s) th11 To WRIGHT ELECTRIC INC Award 80AFRC19C0027
  5. Feb 10, 2023$1.2M from Department of the Air Force: Battlefield expeditionary energy for distributed logistics employment12 To WRIGHT ELECTRIC INC Award FA864923P0524

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