Vaayu Aero / First of its kind

The world's first Blended Body Adaptive Wing UAV.

Vaayu Aero has designed the first UAV of its kind: an airframe nobody else builds, with endurance nobody else can match.

BBAW is a Group 3 UAV with the longest endurance in its class: 36 hours of continuous flight and 2,123 nm of reach on a single runway-free launch, held aloft by an adaptive aeroelastic wing that reshapes itself in flight. Its 80 L modular payload bay plugs and plays 20 to 48 lb of your sensors, so one airframe flies every mission. Take it as mission-scoped COCO flight hours, or own it outright as a certified, mission-configured aircraft.

  • First of its kind airframe
  • Up to 3x class endurance
  • 80 L plug and play bay, 20-48 lb
  • COCO hours or OEM aircraft
Top view / distributed control surfaces
Front view / wing flex + flap travel
Wings flex up and downFlaps travel up and downDashed line marks level flight
Endurance
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Range
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MTOW
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Launch
Catapult pneumatic
Recovery
SkyHook runway free

Why BBAW

Endurance is not a spec line. It is the mission.

Every hour an aircraft cannot stay on station is an hour someone else has to cover with another launch, another crew, another gap in the picture. BBAW's 36 hour endurance collapses a rotation of aircraft into a single airframe overhead. The full competitive picture sits with each mission below.

Fewer launches

One launch, full day-night cycle

Coverage that takes two to four sorties on shorter-legged platforms takes one on BBAW, with no handover gaps.

Reach

2,123 nm on one tank

Fly to a distant patrol box, spend the shift on station, and come home, or map an entire linear corridor in a single sortie.

Footprint

No runway at either end

Pneumatic catapult launch and SkyHook recovery operate from clearings, ridgelines, vessels, and austere sites.

Crew economy

One crew holds the watch

Fewer launch and recovery events per day of coverage means smaller teams, less fatigue, and lower exposure.

Platform

One airframe. An open bay. You decide the payloads.

The adaptive aeroelastic wing works with the airflow instead of fighting it: distributed trailing edge surfaces (F1 shape, F2 pitch, F3 roll and camber) continuously reshape the wing in flight, trading drag for time on station. At the aerodynamic center sits an 80 L modular payload bay supporting 20 to 48 lb: plug and play any payload that fits the envelope and speaks the standard power and data interface. No airframe redesign between missions.

  • ClassGroup 3 fixed wing UAV
  • Endurance36 hr continuous
  • Range2,123 nm
  • Max takeoff weight229 lb
  • LaunchPneumatic catapult, runway independent
  • RecoverySkyHook capture, confined sites
  • Swap payloads at the launch site, not at the depot. Modules mount within the 80 L envelope and are mission-ready on arrival.
  • The envelope governs integration: fit inside 80 L and the 20 to 48 lb supported band, and the aircraft accepts the module. Stack as many payloads as fit.
  • Centered on the aerodynamic center, so payload changes do not shift trim or eat into handling margins.
Modular payload bay / 80 L, 20-48 lb

Configure your modular payload bay here

Tap the payloads below to load the bay and visualize your configuration live.

BAY VOLUME 80 L SUPPORTED PAYLOAD 20-48 LB
Volume 0 / 80 L
Mass 0 lb · supported band 20-48 lb
Bay empty. Plug payloads in below.

Add as many payloads as fit inside 80 L and 48 lb. Tap again to pull one out. The same library drives the mission configurators below.

* The 80 L bay volume and 20-48 lb supported payload band are Vaayu specifications. Individual payload masses and volumes shown are indicative placeholders pending vendor datasheets.

How to buy

Buy the hours, or buy the aircraft.

Two acquisition models, one airframe. Choose the ownership posture that fits your mission tempo, budget cycle, and regulatory position.

Model 01 / Service

COCO

Contractor owned, contractor operated. Purchase flight hours scoped to your missions. Vaayu delivers the aircraft, crews, and coverage.

  • No capital outlay. Pay for mission hours, not airframes.
  • Vaayu crews, maintains, insures, and certifies the fleet.
  • Scale hours up for fire season, storm season, or surge tasking, and back down after.
  • Fastest route to capability. No type training or airworthiness burden on your organisation.

Fits: agencies and operators who need coverage now, seasonal demand, first deployments.

Model 02 / Ownership

OEM

Purchase the certified aircraft, delivered configured with the payloads your missions require, and operate it as your own.

  • Own the certified end product, mission-configured from the factory.
  • Operate under your own crews, colours, and command structure.
  • Sovereign control of data, basing, tasking, and payload roadmap.
  • Fleet standardisation and long-term economics for sustained programs.

Fits: defence programs, national agencies, and operators building an organic UAV capability.

Missions

Pick your mission. Build your loadout. Read the numbers.

Every payload you select updates endurance, range, and station margin live. All deltas run off the published 36 hour, 2,123 nm baseline.

Reach out

Tell us what you need to watch, and for how long.

Share your mission profile and we will come back with a coverage plan, a loadout recommendation, and the acquisition model that fits.

  • CompanyVaayu Aero LLC
  • PlatformBBAW Group 3 fixed wing UAV
  • DeliveryCOCO flight hours or OEM aircraft
  • ResponseInitial reply within two business days
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