70 kg heavy-lift supply drone
Seventy kilos to a position a truck can't reach
Overview
The heavy end of the resupply line: a quadcopter that lifts up to 70 kg on a 180 kg all-up airframe. It climbs to 3,000 m above sea level, works at 300 m above ground, and holds 20 minutes of endurance at sea level with a full load, moving at up to 40 km/h with a communication range of up to 10 km. Where the 50 kg platform covers the routine forward run, this one carries the loads that would otherwise wait for a vehicle that cannot get there, or should not.
Seventy kilos to a position a vehicle cannot reach, or should not: the heavy end of the resupply line on a 180 kg airframe.
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 70 kg on a 180 kg airframe, the loads that otherwise wait for a truck.
Capabilities
- Payload of up to 70 kg on a 180 kg maximum take-off weight
- Altitude of 3,000 m above sea level
- Operational altitude of 300 m above ground
- 20 minutes of endurance at sea level with a full payload
- Communication range of up to 10 km
- Maximum speed of 40 km/h
Specifications
| Type | 70 kg heavy-lift supply drone |
| Airframe | Quadcopter multirotor |
| MTOW | 180 kg |
| Payload | Up to 70 kg |
| Altitude | 3,000 m AMSL |
| Operational altitude | 300 m AGL |
| Endurance | 20 min at sea level, full payload |
| Range | Up to 10 km |
| Max speed | 40 km/h |
| 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 heavy-lift supply drone?
It is a drone built to lift heavy loads to a position without a road or a crewed aircraft. Ours is a quadcopter multirotor with a 180 kg maximum take-off weight that carries up to 70 kg, flies at 3,000 m above sea level and 300 m operational altitude above ground, communicates to up to 10 km and cruises to 40 km/h.
See: How it compares to a helicopter or convoyCommand and control across the fleet
How much can the heavy-lift supply drone carry?
Up to 70 kg on a 180 kg maximum take-off weight airframe. That is the heavy end of a forward-resupply line rather than a bulk lifter, sized for the load a small position actually needs rather than the tonnage a helicopter moves.
Can a heavy-lift drone replace a helicopter for resupply?
Not for volume or distance. A helicopter lifts far more, flies faster and reaches much further than a 70 kg multirotor that cruises to 40 km/h with 20 minutes of full-payload endurance. What the drone replaces is the exposure of a crewed sortie for a specific forward load, moving it with nobody on the route.
How far and how fast does the heavy-lift drone go?
It communicates to up to 10 km and cruises to a maximum of 40 km/h, with 20 minutes of endurance at 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 rather than the range alone.
Heavy-lift drone that keeps a crew off a targetable route
That is the trade it is built to make. It flies up to 70 kg direct to a forward position, so no crew flies a sortie and no vehicle runs a road for that leg. It is not competing on tonnage with a truck or helicopter; it competes on moving a specific heavy load without exposing people to the route.
Supply drone for a high-altitude forward position
It flies at 3,000 m above sea level with a 300 m operational altitude above ground, so a high forward position is inside its stated envelope. Confirm your specific altitude and the leg distance against those figures, because altitude and a full load both bear on what it can actually deliver.
Heavy-lift drone for the loads that otherwise wait for a truck
That is the niche: up to 70 kg on a 180 kg airframe, the loads that otherwise sit until a road is cleared or a helicopter is spared. It handles the forward leg to a position a vehicle cannot reach safely, leaving the bulk resupply to the methods that do it best.
Supply drone that runs 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 heavy-lift drone runs under that command layer alongside ISR and resupply aircraft rather than standalone, but we do not publish a proven integration for this aircraft. Scope the command integration in the review and confirm it at trial.
Heavy-lift supply 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 a foreign-origin helicopter fleet, the supply relationship is part of the decision.
We keep losing time and risk moving heavy stores forward by road. Does a drone help?
For a specific heavy load on a short leg, yes: it carries up to 70 kg direct over up to 10 km, so nobody drives the targetable road and no vehicle is exposed for that move. The honest limits are the 20-minute full-payload endurance and the 40 km/h cruise, so it is the last dangerous leg rather than the bulk resupply. Work out the specific loads and distances, because that is what decides whether the drone or the road move wins.
See: Drone versus convoy comparedCommand and control across the fleet
How does the 20-minute endurance constrain what we can deliver?
It makes this a short-leg tool, and it should be planned as one. The 20 minutes is quoted at sea level with a full payload, so a lighter load or lower altitude buys a little more and a heavier profile buys less. The value is keeping a crew off a dangerous route for that short window rather than the flight time itself, so plan the sortie against the real endurance, not the 10 km range alone.
How does this compare with the 50 kg forward-resupply drone in the range?
They are the two ends of one resupply line. This 70 kg drone sits on a 180 kg airframe for the heavier loads; the 50 kg forward-resupply drone sits on a 120 kg airframe with a longer 30-minute full-payload endurance and a 20-knot wind rating. Which fits depends on the loads and distances you need, so scope both in the technical review rather than forcing one airframe to cover every task.
Will a full-load sortie hold up in the wind our area sees?
That is an honest gap: unlike the 50 kg resupply drone, we do not publish a wind resistance figure for the 70 kg heavy-lift drone. Wind bears directly on whether a full-load sortie is safe, so the wind envelope is a figure to get in writing in the technical review and to trial a full-payload sortie against the sustained and gust winds your area records before relying on the availability.
Can the heavy-lift drone run under the same command layer as our ISR and resupply 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 heavy-lift, 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 heavy-lift drone integrates at trial.
How is a heavy-lift resupply capability kept sovereign, not tied to a foreign fleet?
By sourcing the aircraft and its support from one independent, non-aligned team with in-region sustainment. A resupply capability is one 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.
70 kg heavy-lift supply drone: questions
What is 70 kg heavy-lift supply drone?
70 kg heavy-lift supply drone is Unstrat's Sky (Air Domain) capability: The heavy end of the resupply line: a quadcopter that lifts up to 70 kg on a 180 kg all-up airframe. It climbs to 3,000 m above sea level, works at 300 m above ground, and holds 20 minutes of endurance at sea level with a full load, moving at up to 40 km/h with a communication range of up to 10 km. Where the 50 kg platform covers the routine forward run, this one carries the loads that would otherwise wait for a vehicle that cannot get there, or should not.
How does 70 kg heavy-lift supply drone work?
70 kg heavy-lift supply drone delivers its effect through payload of up to 70 kg on a 180 kg maximum take-off weight, Altitude of 3,000 m above sea level and Operational altitude of 300 m above ground, capabilities matched to the requirement and confirmed under briefing rather than published.
Who makes 70 kg heavy-lift supply drone?
70 kg heavy-lift supply 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 70 kg heavy-lift supply drone over a major-power alternative?
70 kg heavy-lift supply 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 70 kg on a 180 kg airframe, the loads that otherwise wait for a truck. The capability is accountable to you, not to a foreign vendor's government and its release schedule.
How is 70 kg heavy-lift supply drone procured, and where can it be exported?
Seventy kilos to a position a vehicle cannot reach, or should not: the heavy end of the resupply line on a 180 kg airframe. 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. 70 kg heavy-lift supply drone is then sustained in-region by one accountable team from briefing through long-term operation.