AI, advanced materials, and mesh intelligence for aerospace
Englewood, Colorado, Dallas, Austin, Texas, October 27, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — XTI Aerospace, Inc. (“XTI” or the “Company”) [NASDAQ: XTIA]Valkyrie Sciences (“Valkyrie”), a leader in advancing scalable vertical flight technology and enterprise solutions through the integration of artificial intelligence and advanced materials, announced the Vanguard platform, an intelligent technology system for next-generation vertical takeoff and landing (VTOL) aircraft. The Vanguard platform applies Valkyrie’s experience in graphene and composites, battery technology, and smart system architectures to XTI’s Tri Fan 600 program.
The partnership between XTI and Valkyrie includes a strategic investment in Valkyrie by XTI and a services agreement between XTI and Valkyrie Intelligence. This partnership expands on Valkyrie founder Charlie Burgoyne’s work on the XTI Corporate Advisory Board, announced in July 2025. Mr. Burgoyne served as an applied science advisor to several military and intelligence units, contributing his expertise to decisions of national importance. His extensive experience in deploying real-world applications of AI comes from leadership roles in government, industry, and academia. Notable contributions include work at LANL, DOE, DARPA, NASA, CENTCOM, SOCOM, and various other organizations. Valkyrie has earned industry recognition from some of the world’s leading automakers for its mesh network design. Valkyrie’s experience in mesh intelligence, developing digital twin systems for Fortune 100 companies, and supporting race operations provides the foundation of capabilities to leverage the Vanguard platform to improve the capabilities of the XTI TriFan 600 aircraft.
“This partnership supports our technology-first goals at the cutting edge of emerging aerospace technologies,” said Scott Pomeroy, CEO of XTI Aerospace. “Applied AI will be one of the most important differentiators in the next era of aerospace and defense. Valkyrie’s expertise will help accelerate opportunities across our portfolio, from vertical flight to unmanned systems and beyond. We believe this is a first-of-its-kind approach.”
“Combining Valkyrie’s applied aerospace AI technology with XTI’s VTOL engineering, the Vanguard platform is designed to streamline aircraft development,” added Valkyrie CEO Charlie Burgoyne. “Central to this vision is our development work on the Vanguard chassis, which integrates Valkyrie’s distributed mesh intelligence, a networked onboard computing framework intended to enable real-time coordination across aircraft systems. Our production methods and engineering processes emphasize lean, data-driven development across both teams and the opportunity to integrate intelligent systems directly into aerospace hardware. “I couldn’t be more enthusiastic about the vision we share with our team and our team at XTI.” ”
For more information regarding XTI’s $2 million strategic investment, please refer to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”).
ThinkEquity acted as an advisor on this transaction.
About XTI Aerospace Corporation
XTI Aerospace, Inc. (XTIAerospace.com) (Nasdaq: XTIA), the parent company of XTI Aircraft Company, an airline based near Denver, Colorado, is currently developing the TriFan 600, a fixed-wing business aircraft with helicopter vertical takeoff and landing (VTOL) capability, a maximum cruise speed of over 300 miles per hour, and a range of up to 1,000 miles. A whole new category – xVTOL. Additionally, XTI’s Inpixon (inpixon.com) business unit is a leader in real-time location system (RTLS) technology, helping customers around the world use location intelligence solutions in factories and other industrial facilities to optimize operations, increase productivity, and improve safety. For more information about XTI, visit xtiaerospace.com and follow XTI on LinkedIn, Instagram, X, and YouTube.
About Valkyrie
Valkyrie is an applied science company transforming the $15 trillion physical economy through artificial intelligence. Today’s AI is great at text and chat, but we’re developing models to understand and optimize the physical world in manufacturing, materials, semiconductors, energy, aerospace, and more. We specialize in taking the latest advances in research and applying them to solve complex engineering problems that traditional AI cannot handle, delivering smarter factories, optimized energy systems, and intelligent networks for clients such as SiriusXM, Activision, Chubb Insurance, and the Department of Defense. For more information, please visit www.valkyrie.ai.
Cautionary note regarding forward-looking statements
This press release contains certain “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, Section 27A of the Securities Act and Section 21E of the Exchange Act. All statements other than statements of historical fact contained in this press release are forward-looking statements, including, without limitation, statements regarding the products XTI and Valkyrie are developing, the benefits of XTI and Valkyrie’s technology and VTOL technology, XTI and Valkyrie’s customers, plans and strategies, as well as statements regarding the Vanguard platform, the scope and results of XTI and Valkyrie’s collaboration. The anticipated benefits of mesh intelligence, advanced materials and battery technologies, exclusivity and launch partner arrangements, anticipated timelines (including prototype and integration activities), and potential applications in commercial and defense markets.
Some of these forward-looking statements can be identified by the use of forward-looking words such as “believes,” “continues,” “may,” “will,” “will,” “estimates,” “expects,” “intends,” “plans,” “targets,” “projects” or the negative of these terms, variations thereof, or similar expressions. All forward-looking statements are subject to risks, uncertainties and other factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. All forward-looking statements are based on estimates, projections and assumptions that, while believed by XTI and its management to be reasonable, are inherently uncertain and could cause actual results to differ materially from current expectations due to a number of factors, including, but not limited to, changes in market demand for VTOL technology, changes in applicable laws and regulations, the effects of the regulatory environment and the compliance complexities associated with such environment. XTI undertakes no obligation to revise any forward-looking statements to reflect subsequent events or circumstances that may occur. Readers are urged to carefully consider and consider the risk factors discussed from time to time in XTI’s filings with the SEC, including the factors described under the caption “Risk Factors” in our most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the SEC on April 15, 2025 and any subsequent reports filed with or furnished to the SEC.
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