Daher announces Kodiak 900

Daher Aerospace has announced the Kodiak 900 at the EAA AirVenture held at Oshkosh (WI).

The Kodiak 900 is a 1.2 metre stretch of the earlier Kodiak 100. While the older Kodiak 100 still featured a 750hp Pratt & Whitney Canada PT-6A-34 engine, the Kodiak 900 will have a 900hp PT-6A-140 engine. This gives the new Kodiak a higher cruise speed of 210 knots instead of 183 knots and a higher useful load. Range will be slightly reduced to 1129 miles instead of 1303 miles.

Apparently the prototype has been testing since 28 February 2020 already. Furthermore a static-testing airframe and a production-conforming prototype have also been constructed.

Deliveries are slated to begin in January 2023, while the Kodiak 100 Series III will also remain in production.