Role & capabilities
- Reconnaissance
- 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.
RQ-70 Dainn is Sky-Watch's larger reconnaissance offering. The supplier distinguishes standard and long-range aircraft, listing different maximum take-off masses and wingspans. Its platform page also discusses a VTOL option, but a general mention of configurability does not establish an equivalent set of validated specifications for every version.
The published table provides a starting point for comparing the conventional configurations. Readers should preserve the configuration labels when using dimensions or mass. Combining the smallest airframe with the longest endurance would create a specification that the source does not establish.
The product is recorded as supplier-reported rather than assumed to have inherited the smaller RQ-35's customer history. Shared software or ground-control architecture does not prove that both aircraft have been accepted by the same operators. A named delivery or acceptance source would strengthen the maturity record; until then fleet quantities and customer-specific fits remain open.
Sourced specifications
Figures apply to the named configuration. Maximum values are not guaranteed operating performance.
| Specification | Reported value | Context & source |
|---|---|---|
| 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 |
Publication history
- — Published reference update.
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