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

Corvo X

Australian small VTOL reconnaissance aircraft selected under the Army’s DEF129 programme, with deliveries reported by the supplier.

Country / region
Australia
Programme status
Order / production commitment
Sources reviewed
20 Sept 2026
Order / production commitmentOrder / production commitment
Primary domain
Air
System type
Reconnaissance aircraft
Developer / manufacturer
SYPAQ
Origin / production countries
Australia
Other names
No additional names recorded
Variants / configurations
See the named configuration and evidence notes
Operators / programme customers
Australian Army — DEF129 procurement; supplier reports deliveries

Evidence & current status

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

Role & capabilities

  • Reconnaissance aircraft

Specifications in context

Airframe
Small portable VTOL reconnaissance aircraft

Supplier description; full numeric baseline not disclosed.

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Launch / recovery
Thrust-vectoring VTOL

Manufacturer-described 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
Not established from the reviewed public sources.

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

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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
Mesh-radio communications and autonomous flight functions

Specific delivered configurations not separately established.

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