Cargo Delivery Drone Product
Overview
The cargo delivery drone is an autonomous hexacopter built to carry a parcel from a depot to a delivery point and lower it to the ground without landing. Six rotors on foldable arms lift a loaded weight of up to 25 kg, and the Carbon Airframe folds flat for transport and storage. Most of the aircraft's mass sits in the central body: the avionics, the swappable Smart Battery Pack, and the Cargo System that holds and releases the package.
Each arm carries one Propulsion Unit unit, a heavy-lift brushless motor paired with an electronic speed controller and a large folding propeller. The aircraft navigates with RTK GNSS for centimeter-grade positioning, watches for obstacles with a forward radar and downward lidar in its Sensor Suite, and runs autonomous routing on an on-board AI board. A ballistic parachute provides a safe descent if a motor or the power system fails in flight.
How it works
The Flight Controller is the heart of the aircraft. Triple-redundant inertial sensors and dual barometers tell it the drone's attitude and altitude, the RTK module fixes its position to a few centimeters, and the autopilot mixes those into six motor commands sent to the ESCs many times per second. To climb, hover, or move, it raises or lowers thrust on individual rotors so the whole airframe tilts and translates.
Higher-level decisions run on the Companion Computer, an AI board that fuses the radar, lidar, and downward camera streams to plan a route, avoid obstacles, and confirm the landing zone is clear before delivery. The depot loads a package into the parcel box, the operator sends a destination, and the drone flies the route autonomously while reporting position and health over the Datalink Radio radio.
On arrival it descends to a hover, and the winch in the cargo system spools out a tether to lower the parcel to the ground. Once the package touches down the servo hook opens to release it, the winch retracts the line, and the drone climbs back out and returns to base. The Power Distribution Board feeds pack power to the six ESCs, the avionics, and the cargo actuators throughout the flight, and the battery's management board protects the cells and reports remaining charge so the autopilot always keeps enough reserve to make it home or trigger the parachute.
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Bill of materials
12 top-level lines · 91 rows shown · 545 parts total · indented to 3 levels| # | Item / sub-assembly | Part no. | Qty/assy | Ext. qty | Parts | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Carbon Airframe 3 parts | cargo-drone-airframe | 1× | 1 | 21 | assembly |
| 1.1 | Central Body 2 parts | cargo-drone-central-body | 1× | 1 | 3 | assembly |
| 1.1.1 | Body Shell | cargo-drone-body-shell | 2× | 2 | — | part |
| 1.1.2 | Arm Hub Plate | cargo-drone-arm-hub-plate | 1× | 1 | — | part |
| 1.2 | Foldable Arm 2 parts | cargo-drone-foldable-arm | 6× | 6 | 2 | assembly |
| 1.2.1 | Arm Tube | cargo-drone-arm-tube | 1× | 6 | — | part |
| 1.2.2 | Arm Hinge | cargo-drone-arm-hinge | 1× | 6 | — | part |
| 1.3 | Landing Gear 2 parts | cargo-drone-landing-gear | 1× | 1 | 6 | assembly |
| 1.3.1 | Landing Skid | cargo-drone-skid | 2× | 2 | — | part |
| 1.3.2 | Gear Strut | cargo-drone-gear-strut | 4× | 4 | — | part |
| 2 | Propulsion Unit 4 parts | cargo-drone-propulsion | 6× | 6 | 64 | assembly |
| 2.1 | Heavy-Lift BLDC Motor 5 parts | cargo-drone-bldc-motor | 1× | 6 | 53 | assembly |
| 2.1.1 | Stator Assembly 3 parts + deeper › | stator-assembly | 1× | 6 | 3 | assembly |
| 2.1.2 | Rotor Assembly 4 parts + deeper › | rotor-assembly | 1× | 6 | 19 | assembly |
| 2.1.3 | Copper Winding | copper-winding | 1× | 6 | — | part |
| 2.1.4 | Neodymium Magnet | neodymium-magnet | 28× | 168 | — | part |
| 2.1.5 | Ball Bearing | ball-bearing | 2× | 12 | — | part |
| 2.2 | ESC 4 parts | esc | 1× | 6 | 9 | assembly |
| 2.2.1 | Bare PCB | pcb-bare | 1× | 6 | — | part |
| 2.2.2 | Power MOSFET | mosfet | 6× | 36 | — | part |
| 2.2.3 | Gate Driver IC | gate-driver-ic | 1× | 6 | — | part |
| 2.2.4 | Microcontroller | mcu | 1× | 6 | — | part |
| 2.3 | Propeller | propeller | 1× | 6 | — | part |
| 2.4 | Motor Mount | cargo-drone-motor-mount | 1× | 6 | — | part |
| 3 | Flight Controller 2 parts | cargo-drone-flight-controller | 1× | 1 | 18 | assembly |
| 3.1 | Flight Controller PCBA 8 parts | cargo-drone-fc-pcba | 1× | 1 | 16 | assembly |
| 3.1.1 | Bare PCB | pcb-bare | 1× | 1 | — | part |
| 3.1.2 | Compute SoC Module | soc-module | 1× | 1 | — | part |
| 3.1.3 | Microcontroller | mcu | 1× | 1 | — | part |
| 3.1.4 | IMU (6-axis) | imu | 3× | 3 | — | part |
| 3.1.5 | Barometer | barometer | 2× | 2 | — | part |
| 3.1.6 | GPS Module | gps-module | 1× | 1 | — | part |
| 3.1.7 | SMD Passive (R/C/L) | smd-passives | 1× | 1 | — | part |
| 3.1.8 | Connector | connector | 6× | 6 | — | part |
| 3.2 | RTK GPS Module 2 parts | cargo-drone-rtk-module | 1× | 1 | 2 | assembly |
| 3.2.1 | GPS Module | gps-module | 1× | 1 | — | part |
| 3.2.2 | GNSS Antenna | cargo-drone-gnss-antenna | 1× | 1 | — | part |
| 4 | Companion Computer 4 parts | cargo-drone-companion-computer | 1× | 1 | 7 | assembly |
| 4.1 | Bare PCB | pcb-bare | 1× | 1 | — | part |
| 4.2 | Compute SoC Module | soc-module | 1× | 1 | — | part |
| 4.3 | SMD Passive (R/C/L) | smd-passives | 1× | 1 | — | part |
| 4.4 | Connector | connector | 4× | 4 | — | part |
| 5 | Sensor Suite 3 parts | cargo-drone-sensor-suite | 1× | 1 | 13 | assembly |
| 5.1 | Obstacle Radar 4 parts | cargo-drone-obstacle-radar | 1× | 1 | 4 | assembly |
| 5.1.1 | Bare PCB | pcb-bare | 1× | 1 | — | part |
| 5.1.2 | Microcontroller | mcu | 1× | 1 | — | part |
| 5.1.3 | Radar Antenna | cargo-drone-radar-antenna | 1× | 1 | — | part |
| 5.1.4 | SMD Passive (R/C/L) | smd-passives | 1× | 1 | — | part |
| 5.2 | Lidar Module 4 parts | cargo-drone-lidar | 1× | 1 | 4 | assembly |
| 5.2.1 | Bare PCB | pcb-bare | 1× | 1 | — | part |
| 5.2.2 | Microcontroller | mcu | 1× | 1 | — | part |
| 5.2.3 | Laser Diode | cargo-drone-laser-diode | 1× | 1 | — | part |
| 5.2.4 | SMD Passive (R/C/L) | smd-passives | 1× | 1 | — | part |
| 5.3 | Downward Camera 3 parts | cargo-drone-down-camera | 1× | 1 | 5 | assembly |
| 5.3.1 | Camera Module 3 parts + deeper › | camera-module | 1× | 1 | 3 | assembly |
| 5.3.2 | CMOS Image Sensor | image-sensor | 1× | 1 | — | part |
| 5.3.3 | Camera Gimbal | cargo-drone-camera-gimbal | 1× | 1 | — | part |
| 6 | Cargo System 3 parts | cargo-drone-cargo-system | 1× | 1 | 52 | assembly |
| 6.1 | Winch Mechanism 3 parts | cargo-drone-winch | 1× | 1 | 26 | assembly |
| 6.1.1 | Winch Motor 3 parts + deeper › | cargo-drone-winch-motor | 1× | 1 | 24 | assembly |
| 6.1.2 | Winch Drum | cargo-drone-winch-drum | 1× | 1 | — | part |
| 6.1.3 | Tether Line | cargo-drone-tether | 1× | 1 | — | part |
| 6.2 | Release Hook 2 parts | cargo-drone-release-hook | 1× | 1 | 25 | assembly |
| 6.2.1 | Release Servo 4 parts + deeper › | cargo-drone-servo | 1× | 1 | 24 | assembly |
| 6.2.2 | Hook Latch | cargo-drone-hook | 1× | 1 | — | part |
| 6.3 | Parcel Box | cargo-drone-parcel-box | 1× | 1 | — | part |
| 7 | Datalink Radio 5 parts | cargo-drone-datalink | 1× | 1 | 7 | assembly |
| 7.1 | Bare PCB | pcb-bare | 1× | 1 | — | part |
| 7.2 | Microcontroller | mcu | 1× | 1 | — | part |
| 7.3 | SMD Passive (R/C/L) | smd-passives | 1× | 1 | — | part |
| 7.4 | Connector | connector | 2× | 2 | — | part |
| 7.5 | Datalink Antenna | cargo-drone-antenna | 2× | 2 | — | part |
| 8 | Smart Battery Pack 4 parts | cargo-drone-battery-pack | 1× | 1 | 15 | assembly |
| 8.1 | LiPo Cell | lipo-cell | 12× | 12 | — | part |
| 8.2 | BMS Board | bms-board | 1× | 1 | — | part |
| 8.3 | Battery Housing | cargo-drone-battery-housing | 1× | 1 | — | part |
| 8.4 | XT60 Connector | xt60-connector | 1× | 1 | — | part |
| 9 | Power Distribution Board 5 parts | cargo-drone-power-dist-board | 1× | 1 | 11 | assembly |
| 9.1 | Bare PCB | pcb-bare | 1× | 1 | — | part |
| 9.2 | SMD Passive (R/C/L) | smd-passives | 1× | 1 | — | part |
| 9.3 | XT60 Connector | xt60-connector | 2× | 2 | — | part |
| 9.4 | Wire Bundle | wire-bundle | 1× | 1 | — | part |
| 9.5 | Connector | connector | 6× | 6 | — | part |
| 10 | Ballistic Parachute 2 parts | cargo-drone-parachute | 1× | 1 | 4 | assembly |
| 10.1 | Parachute Canopy | cargo-drone-chute-canopy | 1× | 1 | — | part |
| 10.2 | Deployment Mechanism 3 parts | cargo-drone-chute-deploy | 1× | 1 | 3 | assembly |
| 10.2.1 | Bare PCB | pcb-bare | 1× | 1 | — | part |
| 10.2.2 | Microcontroller | mcu | 1× | 1 | — | part |
| 10.2.3 | Launch Spring | cargo-drone-chute-spring | 1× | 1 | — | part |
| 11 | Wire Bundle | wire-bundle | 1× | 1 | — | part |
| 12 | Fastener Set | fastener-set | 12× | 12 | — | part |
Sourcing — likely vendors
Companies that make this · indicative price $50k–$300M · MOQ & lead are typical| Vendor | HQ | Specialty | MOQ | Lead time |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 🇺🇸Boeing boeing.com ↗ | Arlington, US | Aerospace OEM | made to order | 40–80 wks |
| 🇫🇷Airbus airbus.com ↗ | Toulouse, FR | Aerospace OEM | made to order | 40–80 wks |
| lockheedmartin.com ↗ | Bethesda, US | Aerospace & defense | made to order | 40–80 wks |
| 🇧🇷Embraer embraer.com ↗ | São José dos Campos, BR | Aircraft OEM | made to order | 40–80 wks |
| txtav.com ↗ | Wichita, US | Aircraft OEM | made to order | 40–80 wks |
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