Platform Aerospace Vanilla UAS

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Ultra long endurance UAS. Previously known as VA001.

Lift type

Fixed wing

Assembly

Factory-built

Control

Autonomous

Engine type

Diesel

Application

Experimental, Surveillance

Design & construction

The aircraft as engineered: what it is built from, the systems it flies with, and its configuration — each box a theme.

Airframe & structure

Primary structure

Composite

Wing

Composite

Landing gear

Fixed tricycle

Ice protection

None

Pressurisation

Unpressurised

Systems & avionics

Flight controls

Full FBW digital

Autopilot

3-axis

Avionics architecture

Integrated glass suite

Configuration & certification

Wing position

High

Planform

Straight

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Tail

Conventional

Certification

Experimental-LSA

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Type variants

Variant	Launch / first flight	Production end	Notes
Platform Aerospace Vanilla UAS	/		UAS with up to 15,000 nm range and 36 ft wingspan.

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Platform Aerospace: Vanilla Unmanned

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