EOS C VTOL
Estonian all-electric VTOL reconnaissance aircraft with day and thermal imaging and supplier-documented use in Ukraine and NATO countries.
- Country / region
- Estonia
- Programme status
- In service / use documented
- Sources reviewed
- 21 Sept 2026
- Primary domain
- Air
- System type
- Reconnaissance aircraft
- Developer / manufacturer
- Threod Systems
- Origin / production countries
- Estonia
- Other names
- No additional names recorded
- Variants / configurations
- EOS C VTOL; payload and terminal configurations vary
- Operators / programme customers
- Royal Netherlands Army, 42 Pantserinfanteriebataljon — official May 2025 account; Ukraine — supplier documented; Other NATO users — unnamed in the current product source
Evidence & current status
Named Dutch military use is independently documented. Operator-specific dimensions and mass are separated from current supplier performance; the complete named operator list remains undisclosed.
Role & capabilities
- Reconnaissance aircraft
Specifications in context
- Airframe
- Fixed-wing VTOL reconnaissance aircraft
Manufacturer-published specification; maximum values are not necessarily simultaneous.
Source ↗ - Launch / recovery
- Vertical take-off and landing
Manufacturer-published specification; maximum values are not necessarily simultaneous.
Source ↗ - Propulsion
- Battery-electric
Manufacturer-published specification; maximum values are not necessarily simultaneous.
Source ↗ - Dimensions
- Dutch account: 5 m × 1.80 m overall cross-section
Article wording retained; no independent drawing confirms span/length axes.
Source ↗ - Mass
- 14 kg in the Dutch 2025 operator account
Operator-described aircraft; not explicitly labelled maximum take-off mass.
Source ↗ - Endurance
- Up to three hours
Manufacturer-published specification; maximum values are not necessarily simultaneous.
Source ↗ - Range
- 50 km RLOS communications; 190 km maximum distance stated separately
Manufacturer-published specification; maximum values are not necessarily simultaneous.
Source ↗ - Speed
- 61 km/h cruise; 90 km/h maximum
Manufacturer-published specification; maximum values are not necessarily simultaneous.
Source ↗ - Altitude
- 4,500 m AMSL service ceiling
Manufacturer-published specification; maximum values are not necessarily simultaneous.
Source ↗ - Payload
- Not established from the reviewed public sources.
Public data gap; no estimate or neighbouring variant value substituted.
Source ↗ - Sensors
- eOpic-5 daylight/NIR camera and thermal imager
Manufacturer-published specification; maximum values are not necessarily simultaneous.
Source ↗ - Communications / navigation
- Encrypted digital link; supplier advertises GNSS-independent navigation
Manufacturer-published specification; maximum values are not necessarily simultaneous.
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