KORTHOSCompaniesProductsVerified EventsSupply Chain

Product profile

U030 Flexrotor

U030 Flexrotor is Airbus's expeditionary VTOL UAS for long-endurance maritime and ISTAR missions from compact land or shipboard sites. It entered European...

Facts

Company
Airbus
Product type
uav
Status
commercial
Primary capability
Long-endurance tactical ISTAR
Website
https://www.airbus.com/en/products-services/defence/uas/flexrotor

About U030 Flexrotor

U030 Flexrotor is Airbus's Group 2 tactical vertical-take-off uncrewed aircraft for intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance. The 25 kg aircraft launches and recovers autonomously from a compact area on land or at sea and carries electro-optical or other mission sensors.

Airbus publishes a typical 12-to-14-hour mission duration and supports military, maritime, search-and-rescue, parapublic and civil applications. Payload selection and operating configuration affect endurance, and current operational status is documented separately for each customer programme.

Market context

tactical_isr_drone, drone, Tactical ISR Drone, drone

Summary

Type: Tactical VTOL UAS

Core: U030 Flexrotor

Function: Long-endurance ISTAR

Audience: Mission operators

Specifications

box_to_flight_time
Approximately 30 minutes min
ceiling_m
Greater than 5,000 m m
dash_speed
140 km/h km/h
endurance_hours
12+ hours h
engine
28 cc two-stroke; gasoline or heavy-fuel options cc
hover_ceiling_oge
1,300 m at maximum weight m
landing_zone
3.7 x 3.7 m
launch_recovery
Fully autonomous from a 3.7 x 3.7 m area on land or sea
length
2 m m
max_payload_kg
8 kg kg
max_takeoff_weight_kg
25 kg kg
minimum_cruise_speed_kmh
78 km/h km/h
rotor_diameter
2.2 m m
typical_endurance
12-14 hours h
useful_load_kg
10 kg including payload and fuel kg
wingspan
3 m m

Operations

Environment
expeditionary land sites, ships without flight decks, maritime surveillance areas
Primary user
defence forces, maritime authorities, public-safety and commercial operators
Role
persistent ISTAR, maritime surveillance, search and rescue, infrastructure monitoring
Interaction model
fully autonomous launch, recovery and flight with operator mission supervision
Mobility class
fixed-wing VTOL UAS
Product detail
tactical_isr_drone, drone, Tactical ISR Drone, drone

Research, Articles and recent verified events