DropShip
About
About DropShip
DropShip is a hybrid autonomous cargo aircraft with a 1,600-pound maximum take-off weight and up to 550 pounds of usable payload. It launches from approximately 800 feet of dirt, gravel or other austere surface and carries cargo in a 58-cubic-foot bay.
The aircraft provides more than 1,000 miles of range with 450 pounds of cargo and over 40 hours of endurance with a light ISR payload. Mission modules support precision airdrop, sensing, communications relay and expeditionary power. Pyka offers the aircraft for logistics, defence and disaster response.
Timeline
- Pyka DropShip flies pilotless Army Reserve resupply exercise
2026-06-30 - Demonstration - The aircraft completed the mission without a human pilot and performed a 91 kg / 200 lb airdrop. DropShip landed on an unprepared grass runway during the exercise. The aircraft was also used in a simulated casualty-evacuation scenario.
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