Featured in Domain Arrivals · 2026-08-13
Mikael Aerospace Wants to Move Cargo Without a Pilot
Mikael Aerospace presents Condor, an autonomous cargo aircraft family designed for middle-mile delivery and contested logistics.
Why it surfacedThe site gives the aircraft unusually concrete dimensions: 500- or 2,000-kilogram payloads, roughly 1,500 kilometres of range, takeoff from an unprepared strip under 400 metres, and zero crew aboard. It is a polished, specific glimpse at a venture arguing that autonomous aircraft could make isolated and high-risk resupply dramatically cheaper.
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Thirty Patents for the Grave
August 13’s newborn domains include 30 safety-coffin patents, lost notices for false teeth and a box of hair, short films playing in 100 Tokyo taxis, and a Queensland river view arranged gauge by gauge downstream.
This is one of 1,000 discoveries in the 2026-08-13 Domain Arrivals issue.