Persistent ISR E-VTOL · Persistent ISR E-VTOL
Blackbird
A blended-wing E-VTOL for continuous surveillance and sensor-cued tracking.
10 hoursEndurance
10 kgPayload
120 kmRadius
Specifications
By the numbers.
- Class
- Persistent ISR E-VTOL
- Primary role
- Persistent ISR E-VTOL
- Maximum take-off weight
- 55 kg
- Wingspan
- 3.6 m
- Length
- 1.8 m
- Maximum payload
- 10 kg
- Endurance
- 10 hours
- Operating radius
- 120 km
- Cruise speed
- 90 km/h
- Service ceiling
- 3,200 m
- Launch and recovery
- Vertical, runway-independent
- Propulsion
- Hybrid-electric, blended-wing
- Data link
- BLOS relay-capable
- Payload bay
- Multi-spectral EO/IR, wide-area sensor suite
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What stands out
Built around the mission.
01
Persistent, not just present
Ten hours of on-station time from a platform that still launches and recovers vertically.
02
Low-signature coverage
A blended-wing E-VTOL design keeps the platform quiet and hard to pick out at altitude.
03
Sensor-cued tracking
Multi-spectral EO/IR and a wide-area sensor suite hand a tracked target off automatically between passes.
In the videos
Watch it in action.
Concept footage and walkthroughs featuring this platform.
Blackbird sensor-cued tracking demonstration
Blackbird blended-wing airframe walkthrough
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In the news
Mentioned in the journal.
Field notes and project write-ups that reference this platform.
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