Aero2 / Aero-200 Context

Market context

Aero2/Aero-200 is Dufour's tilt-wing uncrewed aircraft line for critical cargo, logistics and remote sensing.

  • Target environment: Regional cargo routes, public-safety missions and runway-independent operating sites.
  • Workflow context: Vertical takeoff, wingborne cruise, remote operations and critical payload transport.
  • Customer context: Cargo operators, public-safety organizations, medical logistics teams and remote sensing users.
  • Deployment model: Aircraft product moving through flight testing, partner operations and pre-commercial ecosystem buildout.
  • Commercial maturity: Pre-commercial platform with official product positioning, hybrid-electric flight milestones and partner operations work.
  • Adoption constraints: Adoption depends on certification, reliability, payload-range proof, control-center operations and customer route economics.
  • Market position: Hybrid-electric tilt-wing cargo UAV for runway-independent logistics.
  • Adjacent products: Wingcopter, Dronamics Black Swan, Dufour Aero3

Audience

Logistics

Workflow

Vertical takeoff, wingborne cruise, remote operations and critical payload transport.

Deployment environment

Regional cargo routes, public-safety missions and runway-independent operating sites.

Specifications

  • Aircraft Class: Tilt-wing VTOL cargo UAV
  • Wingspan: 6.12 m wingspan
  • Useful Load: 38 kg useful load
  • Mission Profile: 20 kg payload over 200 km typical mission
  • Payload Options: Internal payload, front loaded, slide-in external payload
  • Speed Range: 125 km/h efficient cruise speed
  • Mtow: 208 kg maximum take-off mass (MTOM)
  • Powertrain: Hybrid-electric two-stroke boxer powertrain
  • Fuel Type: Gasoline fuel type
  • Flight Control System: Proprietary flight control system developed in-house
  • Range: Up to 400 km range in standard configuration with payload up to 40 kg
  • Long Range: Up to 1300 km range in long-range configuration with reduced payload
  • Cargo Bay: standard 600 x 400 x 330 mm transport box
  • Vtol Mode: Runway-independent tilt-wing VTOL: takes off and lands like a helicopter, cruises like an airplane
  • Market Availability: Serial-production aircraft targeted for 2027
  • Mission Lanes: Critical cargo, medical goods, remote sensing, search and rescue, public safety and inspection missions

Tags

  • Workflow: Disaster-response aerial assessment
  • Capability: VTOL unmanned aircraft, Autonomous drone operations

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