Sabrewing Aircraft Company designs and builds unmanned vertical takeoff and landing (VTOL) Group 5 regional cargo carrier aircraft, including the Rhaegal (800‑lb payload) and the larger Wyvern (4,400‑lb payload). The Rhaegal is a gas‑electric hybrid capable of vertical operation in austere terrain, speeds up to 200 knots, ranges up to 360 nautical miles, and altitudes to 22,000 feet; both designs feature folding wings and a folding nose for pallet-sized cargo access. Sabrewing is developing a five‑sensor Detect & Avoid (D&A) system in collaboration with several universities and industry partners (UC Channel Islands, Oklahoma University, Garmin, FLIR, uAvionix, Iris Automation, Attollo Engineering). Target missions include disaster and emergency response, forward operating resupply, casualty evacuation, and commercial cargo delivery to locations without airports or roads. The company plans FAA certification of the Rhaegal in 2023 and expects certification of the Wyvern shortly thereafter; it received test‑range permission to begin flight testing in Alaska as early as Q4 2019. Headquartered in Camarillo, California, Sabrewing also opened offices in Akasaka, Tokyo and operates a “Dragonworks” lab in Silicon Valley. Sabrewing Aircraft Company is developing large-scale, long-endurance unmanned cargo aircraft, including a 65% scale demonstrator called the Draco-2. The Draco-2 is designed to fly up to 5,000 miles (about 9,200 km), remain aloft for up to 50 hours, and reach altitudes of 22,000 feet. Sabrewing says its full-scale vehicle will match that range while carrying greater payloads—targeting cargo capacities in the 2,000–4,000 lb range—and comparable acquisition costs to small utility aircraft. The demonstrator will be used for commercial and U.S. Department of Defense applications and to compete in the Pacific Drone Challenge. Testing was planned to begin in May 2018 and include flights within the Pan Pacific UAV Test Range Complex in Alaska, Oregon and Hawaii, with an intended historic flight from Japan to Silicon Valley. The team has been designing and building UAVs since 2002 and founded Sabrewing in 2016 to pursue autonomous, economical, long‑endurance cargo operations.

Total raised

$3M

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Feb 2019