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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.

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Launch / recovery
Hand or assisted launch; belly landing

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

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Propulsion
Not established in the reviewed public sources.

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

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Dimensions
2.8 m wingspan

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

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Mass
13 kg maximum take-off weight

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

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Endurance
Not established in the reviewed public sources.

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

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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.

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Speed
60 km/h optimum cruise

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

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Altitude
Not established in the reviewed public sources.

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

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Payload
6 kg maximum

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

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Sensors
Not established in the reviewed public sources.

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

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Communications / navigation
Not established in the reviewed public sources.

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

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