Unmanned Aerial Vehicles
Pipistrel Flies Nuuva V300 Multi-role Drone for the First Time
Remotely monitored autonomous aircraft will have a payload of 600 pounds and range of 300 nm
Pipistrel Nuuva V300 autonomous drone
Pipistrel has achieved the first hover flight with its Nuuva V300 hybrid-electric uncrewed aircraft.

Pipistrel has achieved a first hover flight with its Nuuva V300 hybrid-electric VTOL uncrewed aircraft. On January 31, the Textron eAviation subsidiary announced the flight had happened at its facility in Gorizia, Italy, marking the start of a flight test program that will soon be supplemented by a second full-scale prototype of the 600-pound payload, multi-role drone.

The Nuuva V300 is one of several planned members of the Nuuva family and is expected to have a range of around 300 nm, operating from paved and unpaved surfaces. With more than 100 cubic feet in a hold that loads through a door in the nose of the fuselage, the aircraft should be able to carry up to three standard cargo pallets or be loaded with loose freight to support more varied logistics missions.