Saudi Arabia-based Arabian Development and Marketing Corporation (ADMC) announced today that it has placed an order with California-based Sabrewing Aircraft for fifty-three Rhaegal RG-1-A cargo drones, becoming the launch customer for the company’s two variants of the Rhaegal cargo drones
The Arabian Development and Marketing Corp. (ADMC) has ordered 52 Sabrewing Aircraft Co. Inc. heavy-lift cargo uncrewed aerial vehicles (UAVs). This marks the third contract with Arabian Development & Marketing Co. brings total orders to more than $988 million. The purchase follows the Sabrewing Rhaegal-A (Alpha) aircraft’s September flight with 829 lb. (374kg) of payload – the most yet for a commercial cargo UAV.
In this episode of “On Air with Air Cargo World, Sabrewing Aircraft Company’s Chairman and Chief Executive Office, Ed De Reyes, discusses Sabrewing’s record-breaking first hover flight with its RH-1-A Rhaegal cargo drone and becoming the new world record for heaviest deadlift of any commercial, vertical takeoff, uncrewed air vehicle.
Uncrewed air vehicles promising a trifecta of four-digit payload and range plus markedly lower operating costs compared with fixed-wing aircraft carry the potential to significantly reshape the air freight business. Sabrewing is in pursuit of this Holy Grail with its hybrid-electric Rhaegal design and now the California-based company is looking to further boost performance with a switch to a more powerful Ardiden turboshaft engine provided by helicopter engine manufacturer Safran.
More than two years after rolling out the initial prototype of its Rhaegal uncrewed cargo aircraft, startup Sabrewing Aircraft has conducted the first tethered hover of the turbo-electric ducted-fan vertical-takeoff-and-landing (VTOL) vehicle.
When you think of drone delivery, chances are you’re not envisioning a piano flying through the sky. A cup of coffee would be more appropriate. Or an order of chicken wings. Maybe a prescription from your pharmacy. The vast majority of delivery drones aren’t designed to carry more than a few pounds. But others like Sabrewing’s Rhaegal drone can carry more — a lot more.
