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Robot model

Black Swan

aerialpilotby Dronamics

Unmanned cargo aircraft designed for fuel-efficient, same-day, cross-border middle-mile cargo deliveries.

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Manufacturer
Dronamics
Form factor
aerial
Maturity
pilot
Lifecycle
active
Deployments
2
Website
dronamics.com ↗

Overview

Unmanned cargo aircraft designed for fuel-efficient, same-day, cross-border middle-mile cargo deliveries. First European large cargo drone to complete flight testing.

Verified vs. claimed

Maturity stage
pilot(Small-scale deployment in controlled or trial conditions.)
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Key facts

Form Factor

aerial

Maturity

pilot

Cargo envelope (company-claimed)

Up to 350 kg payload, 3.5 cubic meters, 2,500 km range; 400 m strip, can be unpaved.

Airframe (company-claimed)

16 m wingspan, 8 m fuselage, 200 km/h cruise, altitude above 30,000 ft.

Airline designators (company-claimed)

Jul 2023: IATA designator OY, prefix 651; ICAO designator DXE, call sign Black Swan.

Specs

Payload carry kg

350

Data & sources

Web sources

4

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Pricing

No verified price is on record for Black Swan. Physical-AI systems are often sold through enterprise contracts or operated as a service rather than at a public list price.

How DEPLOY tracks pricing

Deployments (2)

Recent activity

Every change to this record is dated, sourced, and independently verified where marked.

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Safety record

No incidents on record for Black Swan.

Only active incidents are counted. Retracted incidents are excluded from this summary but remain reachable at their canonical URLs.

Sources (4)

  1. https://www.dronamics.com/
  2. https://www.unmannedairspace.info/uncategorized/cargo-drone-airline-dronamics-reports-first-flight-of-its-black-swan-freight-carrier/
  3. https://www.dronamics.com/autonomouslogistics
  4. https://www.dronamics.com/post/dronamics-becomes-the-world-s-first-cargo-drone-airline-with-iata-and-icao-designator-codes

Mentioned on (2)

Registry pages whose text names Black Swan.

Companies (1)

Dronamics

People (1)

Svilen Rangelov

Common questions

What is Black Swan?
Unmanned cargo aircraft designed for fuel-efficient, same-day, cross-border middle-mile cargo deliveries. First European large cargo drone to complete flight testing.
How much does Black Swan cost?
Black Swan's price is not publicly disclosed. DEPLOY has no verified price on record for Black Swan from Dronamics. Physical-AI systems like this are often sold through enterprise contracts or operated as a service rather than at a public list price; check the manufacturer for the latest.
Is Black Swan actually deployed in the real world?
Yes. Black Swan is independently verified in real-world operation on the DEPLOY registry, confirmed at named deployment sites with primary sources: not a concept, render, or demo-only.
Who makes Black Swan?
Black Swan is made by Dronamics, based in Sofia, Bulgaria, founded in 2014.
Where is Black Swan deployed?
2 verified deployments of Black Swan are on the DEPLOY registry, including at United States, Germany, Europe.
Can you buy Black Swan?
Black Swan is in pilot deployments with named customers and is not yet broadly for sale.
What are alternatives to Black Swan?
On the DEPLOY registry, comparable aerial robots to Black Swan include Wing Delivery Aircraft, Skydio X10, Zipline Platform 2 (P2), Prime Air MK30.
How does Black Swan compare to Wing Delivery Aircraft?
Black Swan and Wing Delivery Aircraft (Wing · 35 deployments) are both aerial robots on the DEPLOY registry. Black Swan has 2 verified deployments on record. Compare both records for specs, safety, deployments, and verified-vs-claimed autonomy.
Is Black Swan a top aerial?
On DEPLOY's intelligence score, which blends verified deployments, safety, adoption, media, and IP signals, Black Swan ranks in roughly the top 29% of aerial models tracked by the registry.
What is Black Swan's maturity stage?
Black Swan is at the pilot stage on the DEPLOY maturity ladder (research, prototype, pilot, commercial, production). Pilot stage means at least one named-customer trial deployment is verified.
Is Black Swan safe?
Black Swan has no incidents on record in the DEPLOY registry. This does not constitute a safety guarantee; it reflects the incidents DEPLOY has tracked and verified to date.
Methodology: Verified · 4 sources (no primary) · last reviewed 2026-10-12

Verification posture

Verified

Low confidence

Review state

Stable

Last reviewed 2026-10-12

Maturity + lifecycle

Maturity stage: pilot

Lifecycle: active

Architectural position

Cohort: aerial

Sources by quality tier

4
unclassified
Unclassified source

The framework is documented at /methodology. Corrections at /corrections. Reviewer: DEPLOY editorial team.

Methodology surface for Black Swan.

Recent coverage

Black Swan in third-party press

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Nov 4, 2026

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