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Choose up to three systems. Specifications retain their source and configuration; missing information is left undisclosed.

RQ-70 Dainn

Danish longer-endurance reconnaissance family with separate standard and long-range configurations.

Country / region
Denmark
Programme status
Supplier-reported status
Sources reviewed
21 Sept 2026
Supplier-reported statusSupplier-reported status
Primary domain
Air
System type
Reconnaissance aircraft
Developer / manufacturer
Sky-Watch
Origin / production countries
Denmark
Other names
No additional names recorded
Variants / configurations
Standard fixed wing; Long-range fixed wing; VTOL option — separate specifications required
Operators / programme customers
Not identified in reviewed sources

Evidence & current status

Catalogue availability and shared RQ-family architecture do not independently establish RQ-70 operator acceptance.

Role & capabilities

  • Reconnaissance

Specifications in context

Airframe
Not established in the reviewed public sources.

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

Source
Launch / recovery
Hand launch / deep-stall recovery

Conventional table; VTOL option requires its own baseline.

Source
Propulsion
Not established in the reviewed public sources.

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

Source
Dimensions
Standard 3.1 m; long-range 4.5 m wingspan

Configuration-specific supplier table.

Source
Mass
Standard 9.2 kg; long-range 10.0 kg maximum take-off

Two configurations; do not combine them.

Source
Endurance
Up to 8 hours

Supplier claim; detailed payload conditions not stated.

Source
Range
Up to 100 km transmission reach

Communications reach, not flight-path distance.

Source
Speed
Not established in the reviewed public sources.

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

Source
Altitude
Not established in the reviewed public sources.

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

Source
Payload
Not established in the reviewed public sources.

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

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