50 kg forward-resupply drone
Fifty kilos forward, no road, no convoy
Overview
A quadcopter built to carry the resupply that a road cannot reach or a convoy should not risk. It lifts up to 50 kg on a 120 kg all-up airframe, climbs to 1,500 m above sea level, and holds 30 minutes of endurance at that altitude with a full load. A communication range of up to 10 km keeps it under control across the delivery leg, and it moves at up to 40 km/h with a 20-knot wind rating. For a forward position that needs ammunition, water or medical stores without a vehicle movement, it is the lift that does not put a crew on the route.
Fifty kilos of resupply to a position without a road or a convoy: a heavy-lift quadcopter that keeps a forward crew off the route and the stores moving.
How it comes to you
Unstrat is the authorised global representative and distributor for this capability. It is already in service with a track record behind it, so you are buying something that has done the job elsewhere, not funding a first attempt. You are not the test bed.
Why Unstrat: the difference
Independent, non-aligned origin, with no political exposure to any major-power ecosystem.
One accountable team from first briefing through delivery and in-region sustainment.
Carries up to 50 kg on a 120 kg airframe, so the load is the point rather than an afterthought.
Capabilities
- Payload of up to 50 kg on a 120 kg maximum take-off weight
- Altitude of up to 1,500 m above sea level
- 30 minutes of endurance at 1,500 m above sea level with a full payload
- Communication range of up to 10 km
- Maximum speed of 40 km/h
- Wind resistance to 20 knots
Specifications
| Type | 50 kg forward-resupply drone |
| Airframe | Quadcopter multirotor |
| MTOW | 120 kg |
| Payload | Up to 50 kg |
| Altitude | Up to 1,500 m AMSL |
| Endurance | 30 min at 1,500 m AMSL, full payload |
| Range | Up to 10 km |
| Max speed | 40 km/h |
| Wind resistance | 20 kt |
| Origin | Independent / non-aligned |
| Support | In-region sustainment |
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Procurement & sustainment
Classification and the end-user-certificate chain are confirmed before this capability is represented to your market.
Sourced from an independent manufacturer: no major-power disclosure rules or political conditions.
A single team responsible from first briefing through delivery: not a chain of foreign primes to integrate yourself.
Lifecycle support and operator training delivered in-region, building capability that outlasts the initial deployment.
Questions buyers ask
What is a forward-resupply drone?
It is a heavy-lift drone that carries stores to a forward position without a road or a convoy. Ours is a quadcopter multirotor with a 120 kg maximum take-off weight that carries up to 50 kg, flies at up to 1,500 m above sea level, communicates to up to 10 km and cruises to 40 km/h.
See: How heavy-lift resupply compares to a convoyCommand and control across the fleet
How much can the forward-resupply drone carry?
Up to 50 kg on a 120 kg maximum take-off weight airframe. That is a genuine forward-resupply load rather than a light delivery, sized for what a small position actually needs on the last leg to it.
How far and how fast does the forward-resupply drone go?
It communicates to up to 10 km and cruises to a maximum of 40 km/h, with 30 minutes of endurance at 1,500 m above sea level carrying a full payload. Those figures make it a short forward-leg tool, so plan the sortie against the endurance and range together.
Why use a drone for forward resupply instead of a convoy?
A convoy runs a fixed road that can be mined, ambushed or cut, with drivers and escort exposed the whole way. A resupply drone flies the load direct, so no people and no vehicle are on that road for the move. It suits the forward leg to a position the convoy cannot reach safely rather than the bulk resupply the convoy still does best.
Heavy-lift drone that keeps a crew off a dangerous route
That is the point of it. It flies up to 50 kg direct to a forward position, so the crew stays at the launch point rather than driving a targetable road or flying a crewed sortie. The value is not the tonnage, which a truck or helicopter beats, but keeping people off the route for that leg.
Resupply drone that holds together in wind
It is rated to 20 knots of wind resistance. Wind resistance is a threshold rather than a promise of a full-load sortie in a gale, so specify against the sustained and gust winds your area records and trial a full-payload sortie in them before relying on the availability.
Forward-resupply drone for a mountain position
It flies at up to 1,500 m above sea level, with its 30-minute full-payload endurance quoted at that altitude, so a mid-altitude forward position is inside its envelope. Confirm your specific altitude and the leg distance against those figures, because altitude and load both bear on what the aircraft can actually deliver.
Resupply drone that can run under a fleet command layer
The same principal builds a separate fleet command-and-control suite that plans missions, aggregates telemetry and deconflicts many drones as one operation and is designed to fit any drone with no airframe modification. It is intended that a resupply drone runs under that command layer alongside ISR aircraft rather than as a standalone, but we do not publish a proven integration for this aircraft. Scope the command integration in the review and confirm it at trial.
Forward-resupply drone from a non-aligned supplier
It comes from an independent, non-aligned supplier with one accountable team and in-region sustainment, rather than the foreign-origin supply relationship a major crewed platform carries. For a buyer weighing it against expanding a foreign-origin fleet, that supply relationship is part of the decision.
We need to resupply a position a convoy cannot reach safely. Does this do it?
For the right load and distance, yes: it carries up to 50 kg direct to a forward position over up to 10 km, so nobody drives the road and no vehicle is exposed on it. The honest limits are the 30-minute full-payload endurance and the 40 km/h cruise, which make it a short forward-leg tool rather than a theatre logistics run. Size the specific loads and distances first, because that is what decides whether the drone or the convoy wins.
See: Drone versus convoy comparedCommand and control across the fleet
How does the 30-minute endurance constrain a resupply sortie?
It constrains it to a short forward leg and a return, and it should be planned as one. The 30 minutes is quoted at 1,500 m above sea level with a full payload, so a heavier load or higher altitude cuts into it. The value is keeping a crew off a dangerous route for that short window, not the flight time itself, so plan the sortie against the real endurance rather than the range figure alone.
How does this compare with the 70 kg heavy-lift drone in the same range?
They are the two ends of a resupply line. This 50 kg drone sits on a 120 kg airframe with a 20-knot wind rating; the 70 kg heavy-lift drone sits on a 180 kg airframe for the heavier loads. Which fits depends on the loads and distances you actually need to move, so scope both in the technical review rather than assuming one airframe covers every resupply task.
Can this drone be run under the same command layer as our ISR aircraft?
That is the design intent. The principal's separate fleet command-and-control suite is built to fit any drone with no airframe modification and to aggregate telemetry and deconflict many aircraft as one operation. We do not publish a proven integration for this specific aircraft, so running resupply and ISR under one command picture is exactly the sort of thing to scope in the technical review. Bring your fleet mix and confirm how cleanly the resupply drone integrates at trial.
Does a resupply drone come with the export strings of a foreign helicopter fleet?
No. It comes from an independent, non-aligned supplier with one accountable team and in-region sustainment, rather than the foreign-origin supply relationship a major crewed platform carries. For a buyer weighing a resupply drone against expanding a foreign-origin helicopter fleet, that independent, non-aligned origin with one accountable team and in-region sustainment is part of the comparison.
How is a forward-resupply drone capability kept sovereign?
By sourcing the aircraft and its support from one independent, non-aligned team with in-region sustainment. Forward resupply is a capability you depend on, so that independent, non-aligned origin with one accountable team and in-region sustainment is the sovereign position, and the terms of supply are a contractual point to fix up front.
50 kg forward-resupply drone: questions
What is 50 kg forward-resupply drone?
50 kg forward-resupply drone is Unstrat's Sky (Air Domain) capability: A quadcopter built to carry the resupply that a road cannot reach or a convoy should not risk. It lifts up to 50 kg on a 120 kg all-up airframe, climbs to 1,500 m above sea level, and holds 30 minutes of endurance at that altitude with a full load. A communication range of up to 10 km keeps it under control across the delivery leg, and it moves at up to 40 km/h with a 20-knot wind rating. For a forward position that needs ammunition, water or medical stores without a vehicle movement, it is the lift that does not put a crew on the route.
How does 50 kg forward-resupply drone work?
50 kg forward-resupply drone delivers its effect through payload of up to 50 kg on a 120 kg maximum take-off weight, Altitude of up to 1,500 m above sea level and 30 minutes of endurance at 1,500 m above sea level with a full payload, capabilities matched to the requirement and confirmed under briefing rather than published.
Who makes 50 kg forward-resupply drone?
50 kg forward-resupply drone is built by The Heavy-Payload UAS House, whose focus is heavy-lift and isr unmanned aircraft. Unstrat represents The Heavy-Payload UAS House to government and enterprise buyers worldwide as an independent, non-aligned prime vendor.
Why choose 50 kg forward-resupply drone over a major-power alternative?
50 kg forward-resupply drone is sourced from an independent, non-aligned manufacturer, so it carries no major-power disclosure rules, upgrade-locks or political ramifications. Concretely: carries up to 50 kg on a 120 kg airframe, so the load is the point rather than an afterthought. The capability is accountable to you, not to a foreign vendor's government and its release schedule.
How is 50 kg forward-resupply drone procured, and where can it be exported?
Fifty kilos of resupply to a position without a road or a convoy: a heavy-lift quadcopter that keeps a forward crew off the route and the stores moving. Every engagement begins with a briefing, and export eligibility is confirmed per market under briefing rather than published. Where controlled capabilities are involved, the classification and end-user-certificate chain is confirmed first. 50 kg forward-resupply drone is then sustained in-region by one accountable team from briefing through long-term operation.