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Black Swan

About

About Black Swan

Black Swan is a 16-metre-wingspan cargo aircraft designed to operate from airstrips as short as approximately 400 metres, including unpaved sites. Its enclosed bay carries up to 350 kilograms or 3.5 cubic metres, supporting time-sensitive goods that are too urgent for road freight but do not justify a conventional crewed cargo aircraft.

The aircraft can be remotely piloted or fully automated through a mobile ground-control station using satellite communications. Dronamics is developing an airline-style operating network around the platform and holds a European light-UAS-operator certificate and international aviation codes. Black Swan has completed more than 500 test flights but remains in pre-commercial service development.

Capabilities

Source-backed capabilities

  • Operating environments: Regional airfields and short or unpaved runways
  • Control modes: Remotely Piloted Or Automated
  • Cargo delivery

    Demonstrated - 2023-05-25 - Dronamics flew its Black Swan uncrewed cargo aircraft.

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  • Cargo delivery

    Claimed - Transport medicine, aid, spare parts and parcels between regional sites. - environment: Regional airfields and short or unpaved runways

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Supply

Supply / Components

  • Black Swan

    Rohacell Structural Foam - Materials - Evonik - Evonik ROHACELL structural foam is used in several key components of Dronamics' Black Swan cargo drone - source: evonik.com

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Timeline

  • Dronamics opens Japanese subsidiary and adds Asia Air Survey as investor

    2026-04-21 - Facility Opening - The company is also establishing a Japanese subsidiary, Dronamics Japan Holdings Co., Ltd. Asia Air Survey, investing through its Corporate Venture Capital arm, becomes the first Japanese investor in Dronamics.

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  • Dronamics and SDF agree UAE Black Swan manufacturing JV

    2023-11-15 - Production Milestone - The JV was intended to establish Black Swan serial production in the UAE. The announced facility capacity was up to 300 Black Swan drones annually.

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  • Dronamics receives IATA and ICAO airline designators

    2023-07-13 - Regulatory - The assigned IATA code was OY with accounting prefix 651. The assigned ICAO designator was DXE with the call sign Black Swan. The approval supports Dronamics's path toward fielded use in commercial automation and autonomous-system workflows.

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  • Dronamics flies Black Swan cargo drone

    2023-05-25 - Demonstration - Dronamics flew its Black Swan uncrewed cargo aircraft. Black Swan is Dronamics flagship cargo drone platform. The flight demonstrated the aircraft in a real airport environment as part of its cargo-drone commercialization path.

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  • Dronamics obtains EU Light UAS Operator Certificate

    2022-05-25 - Regulatory - The certificate is recognized across EU member states. The approval supported Dronamics' planned Black Swan commercial operations. The approval supports Dronamics obtains EU Light UAS Operator Certificate's path toward fielded use in unmanned aircraft, air mobility or counter-drone operations.

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