Pyka DropShip - Hybrid-powered Unmanned Cargo Aircraf
The Pyka DropShip is a hybrid-powered unmanned cargo aircraft designed for long-range, heavy-payload autonomous logistics missions, with additional ISR and communications capabilities.
Next-Generation Aircraft
LOGISTICS
Delivers assured connectivity to rural and remote regions
Enables distributed e-commerce and regional fulfillment networks
Provides fast, reliable delivery of critical goods and services
Defense
Delivers assured logistics in contested or denied environments
Integrates ISR payloads (intelligence, surveillance, reconnaissance)
Supports waveform-agnostic communications relay
Humanitarian
Enables rapid, reliable disaster relief and aid delivery
Provides expeditionary logistics and power for austere or field-portable operations
Scales to support remote recovery and reconstruction efforts
- Powerplant/Propulsion : Hybrid
- Max Takeoff Weight (MTOW) : 1,400 lbs
- Takeoff Distance (Max Payload) : 550 ft
- Max Usable Payload : 550 lbs
- Max Ferry Distance : 3,500 miles
- Max Range w/ 400 Lbs Cargo : 1,000+ miles
- Max Endurance w/ 50 Lb ISR Load : 40+ hrs
- Cruise / Sprint Airspeed : 75 kts / 90 kts
- Service Ceiling : 20,000’ MSL
- Cargo Volume : 58 ft³
- Fuel : Diesel, JP-8
- Missions Available Outside Cargo : Contested Logistics, ISR, Comms, EPS