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Composite Airframes · UK / UA
Next-Gen Composite Airframes for the Frontline.
Ultra-lightweight composite airframes that increase range, payload capacity, and loiter time for heavy-lift quadcopters — without requiring changes to batteries or motors.
36 km
Round-trip with 10 kg payload
56–58 km
Round-trip with 5 kg payload
10 min
Loiter at target with payload
2×6S
Battery configuration · 5.0 kg
Heavy-lift multirotors are limited by airframe weight.
Heavy-lift multirotors — the Baba Yaga / Vampire class — are fundamentally limited by airframe weight. Every extra kilogram of structure reduces available energy for distance, payload, and flight time.
The result is a permanent trade: operators must give up range to carry payload, or give up payload to extend range. The structural mass becomes the ceiling on what each mission can do.
Lightweight composite airframes — the same battery, more mission.
Frontline NextGen designs and supplies lightweight composite airframes and powered airframes for high-performance drones.
The reduced structural mass lowers the total weight that must be lifted throughout the mission, increasing available battery energy for range, loiter time, and payload — without changing the battery, motors, or flight controller.
Full round-trip missions, measured. 2×6S battery configuration, 5.0 kg total battery mass.
| Payload | One-way | Round-trip | Loiter |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10 kg | 18 km | 36 km | 10 min |
| 5 kg | 28–29 km | 56–58 km | 10 min |
Safe return after payload drop. Dashed lines on the chart show conservative worst-case conditions (wind, temperature, safety margins) that remain operationally usable.
Measured · 10 kg
Measured · 5 kg
Worst-case
Operators, engineers, and policy experts working across London, Kyiv, Tallinn, and Zaporizhzhia.
1,400+ hours of combat UAV flight time and 100+ executed missions. Custom quadcopter and fixed-wing UAV design, ArduPilot / Pixhawk / MAVlink, ISR and ordnance delivery. Former USMC Infantry Marine.
LinkedInBusiness Development Manager, DLF attorneys-at-law Ukraine. Extensive miltech and defence stakeholder networks.
LinkedIn →Executive, Main Directorate of Defence Intelligence Ukraine. Defence Ukraine Specialist and MilTech Consultant.
LinkedIn →Programmes and partners we work alongside.
Ukraine Defence Partners
Coordinated UA–UK defence supply and capability development.
FAct UK
UK-side capability and field-deployment support.
Joint UK–Ukraine Development Programme
Bilateral programme for next-generation UAV airframes.
Protected IP, dual-side engineering, and direct operator feedback.
Protected IP Portfolio
Composite layup, geometry, and process IP secured before disclosure.
London Engineering + UKR Workshop
UK engineering support paired with a Ukrainian production workshop close to the operator.
Direct Frontline Feedback
Iteration loops driven by the units actually flying these airframes.
Operators and integrators on Ukrainian programmes.
Manufacturers
Ukrainian manufacturers of high-performance quadcopters, multirotors, and heavy bomber drones — looking for component-level airframe gains without re-engineering propulsion.
Military units
Ukrainian military units seeking component-level performance upgrades to fielded heavy-lift platforms.
08 — Next Steps
Contact our engineering team.
- Technical specifications and full performance data
- Prototype evaluation
- Joint development opportunities