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Corvo PPDS

Australian lightweight expendable logistics aircraft supplied to Ukraine, with a supplier-described reconnaissance adaptation.

Country / region
Australia
Programme status
In service / use documented
Sources reviewed
20 Sept 2026
In service / use documentedIn service / use documented
Primary domain
Air
System type
Cargo aircraft
Developer / manufacturer
SYPAQ
Origin / production countries
Australia
Other names
Precision Payload Delivery System
Variants / configurations
Corvo PPDS baseline; PPDS-HL: separate heavy-lift derivative
Operators / programme customers
Ukraine — deliveries confirmed by SYPAQ

Evidence & current status

Public sources establish the programme; unspecified capabilities, configurations and inventories are not inferred.

Role & capabilities

  • Cargo aircraft

Specifications in context

Airframe
Small fixed-wing expendable logistics aircraft

Published source figure; applicability depends on the cited configuration.

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Launch / recovery
Autonomous flight and unassisted landing described

Published source figure; applicability depends on the cited configuration.

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Propulsion
Not established from the reviewed public sources.

Public data gap; no estimate or neighbouring variant value substituted.

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Dimensions
Not established from the reviewed public sources.

Public data gap; no estimate or neighbouring variant value substituted.

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Mass
Not established from the reviewed public sources.

Public data gap; no estimate or neighbouring variant value substituted.

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Endurance
Not established from the reviewed public sources.

Public data gap; no estimate or neighbouring variant value substituted.

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Range
Up to 120 km flight distance

Supplier wording does not establish a guaranteed loaded mission radius.

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Speed
Not established from the reviewed public sources.

Public data gap; no estimate or neighbouring variant value substituted.

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Altitude
Not established from the reviewed public sources.

Public data gap; no estimate or neighbouring variant value substituted.

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Payload
Not established from the reviewed public sources.

Public data gap; no estimate or neighbouring variant value substituted.

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Sensors
Not established from the reviewed public sources.

Public data gap; no estimate or neighbouring variant value substituted.

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Communications / navigation
Not established from the reviewed public sources.

Public data gap; no estimate or neighbouring variant value substituted.

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