Persistent ISR E-VTOL · Persistent ISR E-VTOL

BLACKBIRD

A blended-wing E-VTOL for continuous surveillance and sensor-cued tracking.

150 MinEndurance

3 kgPayload

70 kmRadius

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Specifications

By the numbers.

Class: Persistent ISR E-VTOL
Primary role: Persistent ISR E-VTOL
Maximum take-off weight: 25 kg
Wingspan: 10 ft
Length: 8 ft
Maximum payload: 3 kg
Endurance: 150 Min
Operating radius: 70 km
Cruise speed: 90 km/h
Service ceiling: 16000 ft
Launch and recovery: Vertical, runway-independent
Propulsion: Hybrid-electric
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.

Persistent, not just present

2.5 hours of on-station time from a platform that still launches and recovers vertically.

Low-signature coverage

A blended-wing E-VTOL design keeps the platform quiet and hard to pick out at altitude.

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.

Concept flight

Blackbird E-VTOL — persistent ISR overview

Field test

Blackbird sensor-cued tracking demonstration

Engineering overview

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.

Aerospace · 4 min read

Persistence is a systems problem.

Endurance matters, but so do the links, handoffs and operators around the airframe.

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Engineering note · 4 min read

The failure modes that do not make noise.

The failures worth designing for are rarely the dramatic ones; they are the small drifts nobody notices until it is too late.

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