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Diamond DA42 Twin Star

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Low wing twin piston light aircraft with carbon composite airframe. Includes DA42MPP variant, Angel Eye UAV, Aurora Flight Science's Centaur OPA, and Aeronautics Dominator XP UAS.

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Lift type

Fixed wing

Construction

Factory-built

Control

Piloted, Autonomous

Engine type

Piston, Diesel

Application

Sport, Surveillance

Final assembly

Wiener Neustadt/Ost ·

Fleet facts business use worldwide · as at August 2026

In business use

130 aircraft

Production years

2004-2024

Average age

18.6 years

Main base countries

U.K. (4), U.S.A. (3), New Zealand (3), Canada (2), France (2)

Figures cover the worldwide fleet in business use — airline and military examples are not included. Fleet data: Business Air News research.

Design & construction

Primary structure

Composite

Wing

Composite

Landing gear

Retractable tricycle

Ice protection

None

Pressurisation

Unpressurised

Flight controls

Mechanical

Autopilot

3-axis

Avionics architecture

Integrated glass suite

Environmental control

None-unpressurised

Wing position

Low

Planform

Straight

Tail

T-tail

Certification

Part 23

Minimum crew

Composite wing (primary structure) Primary Composite fuselage (primary structure) Primary Synthetic vision Option

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Type variants

Variant	Launch / first flight	Notes
Diamond DA42 Twin Star	2002 / 2002	Production: 34 (2016) GAMA: Diamond DA42 (All). Baseline variant, first Diamond twin-engined aircraft, includes current variant: DA42-VI.
Diamond DA42MPP	2007 / 2007	Multi Purpose Platform variant, includes DA42MPP NG Guardian variant with improved engines and modernised avionics.
Diamond DA42NG Twin Turbo	2008 / 2008	Production: 6 (2026) GAMA: Diamond Aircraft DA42 (All). Next Generation variant.
Aeronautics Defense Dominator XP	2009 / 2009	MALE UAV, derived from DA42NG airframe.

Airframer

Diamond Aircraft Industries GmbH

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