Electra creator John Langford founded Aurora Flight Sciences in 1989, sold to Boeing in 2017.

[3] Electra.aero wants to develop a nine passenger-aircraft (or 2,500 lb (1,100 kg) of cargo) capable of operating from an area soccer field-sized with a 150 ft (46 m) ground roll, for a 500 mi (800 km) range.

The company aims to fly a full-scale prototype in 2026, then a certification test aircraft targeted for a 2028 introduction.

[2] Its longest flight exceeded 1.5 hrs, its highest altitude reached was 6,500 ft (2,000 m), and its lowest speed achieved is 25 kn (46 km/h).

[2] Electra.aero envisions a 200-seat turboelectric airliner for 2040, for which it has submitted a proposal for the NASA Advanced Aircraft Concepts for Environmental Sustainability.