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
- 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.
Source ↗ - Launch / recovery
- Hand or assisted launch; belly landing
Published baseline for this model; maxima are not necessarily simultaneous.
Source ↗ - Propulsion
- Not established in the reviewed public sources.
Public evidence gap. No estimate or neighbouring variant value has been substituted.
Source ↗ - Dimensions
- 2.8 m wingspan
Published baseline for this model; maxima are not necessarily simultaneous.
Source ↗ - Mass
- 13 kg maximum take-off weight
Published baseline for this model; maxima are not necessarily simultaneous.
Source ↗ - Endurance
- Not established in the reviewed public sources.
Public evidence gap. No estimate or neighbouring variant value has been substituted.
Source ↗ - 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.
Source ↗ - Speed
- 60 km/h optimum cruise
Published baseline for this model; maxima are not necessarily simultaneous.
Source ↗ - Altitude
- Not established in the reviewed public sources.
Public evidence gap. No estimate or neighbouring variant value has been substituted.
Source ↗ - Payload
- 6 kg maximum
Published baseline for this model; maxima are not necessarily simultaneous.
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.
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