Skyryse unveils updated digital cockpit design for Skyryse One

Jan. 13, 2025
The updated interior integrates streamlined, fully digital controls, allowing pilots to manage flight operations from either of the front seats.

EL SEGUNDO, Calif. - Skyryse, the developer of SkyOS, a universal operating system for aviation in El Segundo, Calif., has introduced a redesigned cockpit for its Skyryse One rotorcraft. The new cockpit design emphasizes simplicity, scalability, and improved access to flight controls.

"The benefit of digitizing the controls is that it gives us the flexibility to create the most ergonomically advanced cockpit ever designed," said Dr. Mark Groden, CEO of Skyryse. "This updated design not only makes the aircraft easier and safer to operate but also allows us to create a truly modern cockpit that will become the standard for aviation."

The updated interior integrates streamlined, fully digital controls, allowing pilots to manage flight operations from either of the front seats. The design is intended to facilitate easier certification and adoption of SkyOS across various aircraft platforms.

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Skyryse has been developing and flight testing its SkyOS universal operating system in pre-production aircraft since 2016.  Skyryse says that SkyOS offers simplified control and an aircraft-agnostic, triply-redundant fly-by-wire system. 

Skyryse recently added George Evans as Lead Human Factors Engineer and Pete Blades as Vice President of Design. Both bring experience from automotive design, including Tesla, to the aviation sector.

"Starting our scalable interior design journey with Skyryse One was critical to our mission," said Blades. "This new, updated, and upgraded pilot-centric design is flexible enough to give us the ability to implement SkyOS in any aircraft, no matter the size, form factor, or use case."

Evans highlighted the benefits of the digitized control systems. "Thanks to the full digitization of the control systems, SkyOS allows us to focus on ergonomics in a way that's never been seen before in aircraft," he said. "Rather than being limited by the constraints of the airframe, we were able to truly put the pilot at the center of our design process for Skyryse One."

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