Natilus was co-founded by Aleksey Matyushev and Anatoly Star in 2016 to commoditize the freight transport industry through innovation and advanced technology. Our mission will reduce air freight costs to lower the cost of food in stores, level the barriers in cross-border trade and help connect low infrastructure areas to the rest of the world.
The market for autonomous cargo aircraft is greater than $280 billion, based on market research, however, we believe that by lowering the cost of air cargo transport, it can introduce a new category of freight and expand the total addressable market of air freight to $470B once operations begin. Natilus aircraft use existing ground infrastructure and standard air cargo containers, as well as offer remote piloting to produce an innovative turnkey solution for its customers.
Disrupting the 75 year old status quo of $5T Air Cargo Industry requires a team of leading aerospace engineers, investors and strategic airline
partnerships. Meet our team.
Interested in joining the team? Click HERE to see a listing of our current job openings and submit an application
Head of Operations, Co-Founder
Prototyping Specialist
Anatoly serves as Head of Operations of Natilus, with more than a decade of industry experience in rapid prototype development for a multitude of aircraft programs. He has done structural and mechanical systems design and testing programs, including PiperJet Altaire, Boeing 747-8, and Bombardier Global 7500. He is an experienced fabricator of all parts of the airframe, whether aluminum or composite, and is skilled at powerplant build up. Anatoly is an avid aircraft home builder and pilot and holds a patent in mechanical system design. Anatoly holds an Aerospace Engineering degree from Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University.
CEO, Co-Founder
XQ-58 UAV Founding Team
Aleksey Matyushev serves as CEO of Natilus. Early in his career, he was the Lead Aerodynamicist at Piper Aircraft, helping to lead the department through programs including the PiperJet Altaire, the M600 and other future designs. Later, at Kratos Defense he served as the aerodynamics lead on military UAV systems. After Kratos, through his consulting practice, Aleksey supported a multitude of General Aviation and UAS programs in aircraft design, performance, stability & control, flight testing, loads, CFD and certification. Aleksey holds an Aerospace Engineering degree from Embry Riddle Aeronautical University.
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