This AIP expands on the overall purpose and mission of Arrow, then outlines a high-level explanation on how we will fulfill our mission and what the next few years of product development will look like.
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This document is hugely inspiring and brings satisfying answers to questions we have discussed at length over the past couple of years. I think that even the intent and process of drafting of this AIP has brought more focus to how we are choosing our next steps e.g. Project Quiver to satisfy the first of five steps - Build small multipurpose drones and Project Onboarding to fulfil our promise to harness the collective abilities of our community through unparalleled remote collaboration.
I support this AIP. I have faith that it will continue to be a source of guidance and inspiration for current and future contributors to the Arrow mission. I love that it neatly addresses the key categories of the WHY, WHAT & HOW framework
WHY
increase physical connectedness to the people and places you love
WHAT
adding another layer of transportation infrastructure to fill in existing gaps or shortcomings within the current global network. This new layer of infrastructure will be VTOL aircraft that can transport people and goods, point to point regionally and locally with speed.
HOW
Build small multipurpose drones
Certify those drones for commercial package delivery
Build and certify a bigger drone
Build a manned aircraft
Build air taxis
It contains enough core value information to guide future DAO decisions, but isn’t completely prescriptive about how we proceed - we still have lots of upcoming challenges and decisions to make on how to reach the future we want to see.