Product profile
AR6
AR6 is TEKEVER's autonomous heavy-lift VTOL family for military and civil logistics, offshore support, medical response and disaster relief. TEKEVER target...
Facts
- Company
- TEKEVER
- Product type
- uav
- Status
- commercial
- Primary capability
- Heavy-lift aerial logistics
About AR6
AR6 is a heavy-lift autonomous aircraft family combining vertical take-off and landing with wing-supported cruise. The platform is being developed to transport payloads of up to 200 kilograms over distances reaching approximately 500 kilometres. Modular cargo and mission spaces support logistics, medical supply, offshore support and government applications.
TEKEVER is integrating autonomous flight, navigation, communications and fleet supervision across the programme. The aircraft can operate from sites without runways and is intended to reduce the infrastructure required for regional cargo movement. Production is planned at TEKEVER’s Swindon facility, with initial manufacturing activity targeted by the end of 2026.
Market context
heavy_lift_drone, drone, Heavy-Lift Cargo Drone, drone
Summary
Type: Heavy-lift UAV family
Core: AR6
Function: Long-range cargo lift
Audience: Defence / logistics
Specifications
- announced_carry_capacity
- 200 kg target kg
- announced_range_km
- 500 km target km
- production_plan
- Production planned by end-2026 in Swindon
Operations
- Product detail
- heavy_lift_drone, drone, Heavy-Lift Cargo Drone, drone
Research, Articles and recent verified events
- TEKEVER unveils AR6 autonomous heavy-lift family — 2026-07-21
- TEKEVER AR3 selected for Alberta wildfire detection operations — 2026-06-18
- TEKEVER and Sapient Perception plan 10K sensor tests on UAS — 2026-06-12
- TEKEVER opens Estonia office ahead of Spring Storm 2026 — 2026-05-29
- TEKEVER and Inzpire partner on UAS operational readiness — 2026-05-26
- UK MOD selects TEKEVER for Project NYX Apache wingman systems — 2026-05-21
- TEKEVER opens North Carolina hub for US autonomous-systems support — 2026-05-18
- TEKEVER integrates Quadsat SpectraLoc EW payload on AR3 EVO — 2026-03-26