Unmanned Aerial Vehicles
Voyageur Orders Airbus Flexrotor for Canadian ISR
Uncrewed Airbus platform can fly 12-hour missions
Airbus U030 Flexrotor drone
The Airbus U030 Flexrotor uncrewed aerial system is used for intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance missions. © Airbus Helicopters

Canada’s Voyageur Aviation has placed an order for an unspecified number of Airbus Helicopters’ U030 Flexrotor uncrewed aerial system. The deal, signed at the Farnborough Airshow on Tuesday, will make the Ontario-based charter company the Canadian launch operator for the intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR) platform.

The U030 is a high-endurance, tactical vertical takeoff and landing UAS engineered for intelligence, surveillance, target acquisition, and reconnaissance (ISTAR) operations for military, parapublic, and commercial use cases. It has a maximum launch weight of 55 pounds and can fly for around 12 hours.