Dronamics
About
About Dronamics
Black Swan is an unmanned fixed-wing cargo aircraft designed to carry approximately 350 kg over routes of up to 2,500 km. The aircraft uses conventional aviation fuel, operates from runways around 400 metres long and is intended to connect smaller regional airports that cannot support frequent large freighters. Cargo is loaded through a large forward door into a dedicated freight compartment.
Dronamics intends to operate the aircraft through its own airline and logistics network as an integrated air-cargo service. Shippers would book middle-mile capacity between regional hubs, with ground partners handling first- and last-mile transport. The company has expanded its public positioning into a broader family of civilian and dual-use uncrewed aircraft while retaining Black Swan as its principal cargo platform.
Products
Supply
Supply chain relationships
- Evonik
Inbound - materials and robotics supply chain - Evonik ROHACELL structural foam is used in several key components of Dronamics' Black Swan cargo drone
Source
Funding
- 2023-02-17 - Pre-Series A - $40M - Dronamics raises USD 40M pre-Series A
Dronamics raised USD 40 million in pre-Series A funding for its cargo-drone airline. - source: dronamics.com
Team
- Svilen Rangelov - Co-Founder - Co-founded Dronamics as it builds long-range unmanned aircraft and vertically integrated logistics operations.
- Konstantin Rangelov - Co-Founder - Co-founded Dronamics around clean-sheet aircraft design and vertically integrated drone cargo operations.
Timeline
Events
- 2026-04-21 - Facility Opening - Dronamics opens Japanese subsidiary and adds Asia Air Survey as investor
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.
Source - 2023-11-29 - Partnership - Dronamics signs cargo-drone interline agreement with Qatar Airways Cargo
The agreement connected Dronamics middle-mile cargo drones with Qatar Airways Cargo networks. The companies described it as a cargo-drone interline agreement.
Source - 2023-11-15 - Production Milestone - Dronamics and SDF agree UAE Black Swan manufacturing JV
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.
Source - 2023-10-13 - Partnership - Dronamics signs Emirates Post cargo-drone LOI
Dronamics signed an LOI with Emirates Post for cargo-drone service trials. The LOI covered Dronamics middle-mile and long-range cargo drone service. The collaboration targeted a cargo-drone delivery network in the UAE and GCC.
Source - 2023-07-13 - Regulatory - Dronamics receives IATA and ICAO airline designators
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.
Source - 2023-05-25 - Demonstration - Dronamics flies Black Swan cargo drone
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.
Source - 2023-02-17 - Funding - Dronamics raises USD 40M pre-Series A
The financing came from venture capital funds and angel investors across 12 countries. The raise supported Dronamics ahead of its planned Series A round. The capital supports commercial automation and autonomous-system workflows as Dronamics moves toward broader commercial use.
Source - 2022-05-25 - Regulatory - Dronamics obtains EU Light UAS Operator Certificate
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.
Source
Context
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Context tags
- Drone delivery operations - Workflow - Dronamics belongs in the aerial delivery robotics peer group based on its robotics segment and product or workflow focus.
- Fixed-wing VTOL delivery operations - Workflow - Dronamics's robotics products or services are relevant to fixed-wing vtol delivery operations workflows.