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Aero2 / Aero-200

About

About Aero2 / Aero-200

Aero-200 rotates its wing and electric propellers between vertical and forward-flight positions, allowing runway-independent operation followed by efficient wingborne cruise. A two-stroke boxer engine generates electrical power in flight, creating a hybrid-electric system that avoids relying on batteries for the complete mission.

Dufour states a typical payload of 20 kilograms over 200 kilometres, maximum useful load of 38 kilograms and cruise speed around 125 kilometres per hour. The aircraft demonstrated the 20-kilogram, 200-kilometre mission profile in July 2026; serial production is targeted for 2027 and Aero-200 remains a pre-production aircraft.

Capabilities

Source-backed capabilities

  • Capability areas: VTOL unmanned aircraft, Autonomous drone operations
  • Workflows: Disaster-response aerial assessment
  • Operating environments: Regional cargo routes, public-safety missions and runway-independent operating sites.
  • Target markets: Cargo operators, public-safety organizations, medical logistics teams and remote sensing users.
  • Deployment model: Aircraft product moving through flight testing, partner operations and pre-commercial ecosystem buildout.
  • VTOL transition flight

    Demonstrated - 2025-01-28 - Dufour completes Aero2 hybrid-electric transition flight campaign

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  • Cargo delivery

    Claimed - Aero-200 is presented for critical cargo transport, including medical goods.

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Observed use

Exact-product configurations are shown without inferring supply, purchase, customer status, standard fit, deployment or partnership.

  • RIEGL UAV-LiDAR laser scanners

    2024-02-28 - Pilot - Embedded - Physical - Dufour Aero2 and RIEGL laser scanners were configured for a multi-month Swiss Alps trial.

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Supply

Supply / Components

  • Aero2

    Electromechanical Servos - flight_controls - Volz Servos - Volz supplies DA 26-D flight-control servos and DA 15-T throttle servos for Dufour Aerospace's Aero2 uncrewed tilt-wing aircraft - source: dufour.aero

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  • structural_composite_connectors_brackets_hinges_for_aero2

    Structural Composite Connectors Brackets Hinges For Aero2 - Structural Components - 9T Labs - 9T Labs supplies structural composite connectors, including brackets and hinges, for Dufour Aerospace's Aero2 aircraft - source: dufour.aero

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  • carbon_smc_composite_brackets_for_aero2

    Carbon Smc Composite Brackets For Aero2 - Structural Components - WAG Wernli AG - WAG Wernli manufactures carbon SMC composite brackets for Dufour Aerospace's Aero2, replacing aluminium brackets with lighter molded composite parts - source: dufour.aero

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  • carbon_fiber_variable_pitch_propeller_blades_for_aero2

    Carbon Fiber Variable Pitch Propeller Blades For Aero2 - Structural Components - Mejzlik Propellers - Mejzlik Propellers supplies custom carbon-fiber variable-pitch blades for the main propellers on Dufour Aerospace's Aero2 - source: dufour.aero

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Timeline

  • Dufour completes Aero2 hybrid-electric transition flight campaign

    2025-01-28 - Demonstration - Dufour Aerospace completed a flight-test campaign with an in-house hybrid-electric system for the Aero2 drone. The aircraft flew vertical takeoff, forward flight and return transition using the hybrid system. The milestone advanced Dufour's tilt-wing cargo drone toward longer-range uncrewed logistics missions.

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Context

Market context

Aero2/Aero-200 is Dufour's tilt-wing uncrewed aircraft line for critical cargo, logistics and remote sensing.

  • Target environment: Regional cargo routes, public-safety missions and runway-independent operating sites.
  • Workflow context: Vertical takeoff, wingborne cruise, remote operations and critical payload transport.
  • Customer context: Cargo operators, public-safety organizations, medical logistics teams and remote sensing users.
  • Deployment model: Aircraft product moving through flight testing, partner operations and pre-commercial ecosystem buildout.
  • Commercial maturity: Pre-commercial platform with official product positioning, hybrid-electric flight milestones and partner operations work.
  • Adoption constraints: Adoption depends on certification, reliability, payload-range proof, control-center operations and customer route economics.
  • Market position: Hybrid-electric tilt-wing cargo UAV for runway-independent logistics.
  • Adjacent products: Wingcopter, Dronamics Black Swan, Dufour Aero3

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