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Corvo PPDS-HL

Heavy-lift disposable flying wing for logistics and lightweight sensor missions.

Country / region
Australia
Programme status
Supplier-reported status
Sources reviewed
21 Sept 2026
Supplier-reported statusSupplier-reported status
Primary domain
Air
System type
Cargo aircraft
Developer / manufacturer
SYPAQ / Corvo
Origin / production countries
Australia
Other names
No additional names recorded
Variants / configurations
Not distinguished in reviewed sources
Operators / programme customers
Not identified in reviewed sources

Evidence & current status

Dated supplier baseline. PPDS deployment evidence must not be transferred automatically to PPDS-HL.

Role & capabilities

  • Cargo delivery
  • Lightweight surveillance
  • Communications relay

Specifications in context

Airframe
Flying wing; plastic, wood and foam

Published baseline for this model; maxima are not necessarily simultaneous.

Source
Launch / recovery
Hand or assisted launch; belly landing

Published baseline for this model; maxima are not necessarily simultaneous.

Source
Propulsion
Not established in the reviewed public sources.

Public evidence gap. No estimate or neighbouring variant value has been substituted.

Source
Dimensions
2.8 m wingspan

Published baseline for this model; maxima are not necessarily simultaneous.

Source
Mass
13 kg maximum take-off weight

Published baseline for this model; maxima are not necessarily simultaneous.

Source
Endurance
Not established in the reviewed public sources.

Public evidence gap. No estimate or neighbouring variant value has been substituted.

Source
Range
80 km with 6 kg payload; 200 km with 3 kg payload

Two manufacturer configuration cases; not a 200 km claim at maximum payload.

Source
Speed
60 km/h optimum cruise

Published baseline for this model; maxima are not necessarily simultaneous.

Source
Altitude
Not established in the reviewed public sources.

Public evidence gap. No estimate or neighbouring variant value has been substituted.

Source
Payload
6 kg maximum

Published baseline for this model; maxima are not necessarily simultaneous.

Source
Sensors
Not established in the reviewed public sources.

Public evidence gap. No estimate or neighbouring variant value has been substituted.

Source
Communications / navigation
Not established in the reviewed public sources.

Public evidence gap. No estimate or neighbouring variant value has been substituted.

Source