Product profile
T-650 Heavy-Lift UAS
T-650 is Malloy Aeronautics' all-electric heavy-lift unmanned aircraft in the BAE Systems T-Series, designed as an open-architecture testbed for logistics...
Facts
- Company
- BAE Systems
- Product type
- uav
- Status
- development
- Primary capability
- heavy_payload_lift
- Website
- https://www.baesystems.com/en-uk/product/t-series
About T-650 Heavy-Lift UAS
T-650 is Malloy Aeronautics' all-electric heavy-lift unmanned aircraft in the BAE Systems T-Series, designed as an open-architecture testbed for logistics and defense payloads.
Market context
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Summary
Type: Heavy-lift unmanned aircraft
Core: All-electric 300 kg-class UAS
Function: Carries large logistics and mission payloads in defense and remote operations
Audience: Defense and government logistics operators
Specifications
- architecture
- Open architecture platform for payload and autonomy integration
- maximum_payload
- T-650 concept payload kg
- propulsion
- All-electric propulsion
Operations
- Environment
- outdoor_operations, defense_mission, contested_or_remote_sites
- Primary user
- defense_operators, logistics_operators, government_users
- Role
- heavy_payload_lift, defense_logistics, open_architecture_payload_testbed
- Interaction model
- remote_supervision, autonomous_mission_execution, open_architecture_integration
- Mobility class
- electric_multirotor_uav
- Product detail
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Research, Articles and recent verified events
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