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Wingcopter

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Fixed-wing/eVTOL tiltrotor hybrid designed for BVLOS long-range delivery and LiDAR surveying; Wingcopter 198 uses onboard autonomy for navigation and payload drop with eight-motor/dual-battery fail-safe architecture; supports logistics delivery, LiDAR surveying (YellowScan VOYAGER integration: 1,000+ ha scanned per 45-min flight with concurrent LiDAR+RGB), and medical delivery modes; pursuing EASA type certification (EU), JCAB certification (Japan, first foreign drone company accepted), and FAA pathway (US, via Spright partnership). Wingcopter Security & Defence (WSD) division (est. Jun 2025) extends platform to ISR and reconnaissance roles via TAF Industries JV for Ukraine/EU defence.

HeadquartersDarmstadt, DE

Founded2017

Corporate funding$108M

Team101-200

Deployments9

Open roles9

Company overview

Identity and operating footprint

Company typeRobot maker

Market segmentCorporate

StageSeries A

FoundersTom Plümmer (Co-CEO), Jonathan Hesselbarth (CTO), Ansgar Kadura (CCO)

Regions servedEurope, Asia Pacific, Africa, North America

Countries deployedDE, JP, MW, TZ, IE, NO, MX

Service footprintHQ Darmstadt, Germany; assembly in Weiterstadt; commercial ops across Europe, Africa, Japan; ITOCHU-backed Japan type cert (JCAB, first foreign drone company accepted); UPS partnership for US market entry.

Last reviewed2026-07-05

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Robot models

Specifications remain vendor-claimed

Machinedelivery

Wingcopter 198

4.7 kg payload
vendor-stated maximum delivery payload
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94 km range
vendor-stated maximum flight range
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90 km/h cruise speed
vendor-stated cruise speed in fixed-wing mode
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25 kg maximum take-off weight
vendor-stated MTOW
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Deployment log

Announced and cited only

Announced	Customer	Site	Country	Count	Evidence
2026-04-21	Emqopter GmbH	world's first fully autonomous drone port (Würzburg, Germany)	DE	Not disclosed	Announcement
2026-02-13	TAF Industries	defense drone manufacturing JV	DE	Not disclosed	Announcement
2026-01-07	PASCO Corporation / YellowScan Japan / ITOCHU	LiDAR aerial surveying and disaster management mapping	JP	Not disclosed	Announcement
2025-10-28	Sincronía Logística / Cruz Roja Mexicana Querétaro	medical supply drone delivery network	MX	30	Announcement
2024-12-19	ANA Holdings / Japanese Red Cross / ITOCHU	blood transport aerial drone trial	JP	Not disclosed	Announcement
2024-04-10	ITOCHU	drone distribution / Japan	JP	Not disclosed	Announcement
2022-05-19	Continental Drones	drone distribution / Africa deployment	Not listed	Not disclosed	Announcement
2022-01-24	Spright (Air Methods)	medical drone delivery	US	Not disclosed	Announcement
2018-10-25	UNICEF	humanitarian	VU	Not disclosed	Announcement

Funding history

Publicly announced rounds

2025-06-27Not disclosed

Growth

European Investment Bank, Nordic Secondary Fund

Round source

2023-05-10$44M

Growth

European Investment Bank

Round source

2022-06-21$42M

Series A

Futury Capital, ITOCHU Corporation, REWE Group, Salvia GmbH, XAI Technologies, Xplorer Capital

Round source

2021-12-01Not disclosed

Unknown

DRONE FUND

Round source

2021-01-25$22M

Series A

DRONE FUND, Expa, Futury Capital, Hessen Kapital III, Xplorer Capital

Round source

2019-12-13Not disclosed

Seed

Corecam Capital Partners

Round source

Investors on recordEuropean Investment BankITOCHUNordic Secondary FundDRONE FUNDREWE GroupXplorer CapitalExpaCorecam Capital PartnersFutury CapitalHessen Kapital III

Network neighbours

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TAF IndustriesAnnounced partnership · Robot maker

Hiring signal

Public job board · 2026-10-26

Open roles9

Hiring is an operating signal, not deployment evidence. Roles are refreshed from the company’s public careers system.

Senior Ground Test Engineer (m/f/d)Flight & Ground Testing · Weiterstadt Teamlead Flight Testing (m/f/d)Flight & Ground Testing · Weiterstadt Senior Battery Systems Engineer (m/f/d)Hardware Development · Weiterstadt Teamlead Industrialization (m/f/d)Industrialization · Weiterstadt People Operations Manager (m/f/d)People & Culture · Weiterstadt Configuration Manager (m/f/d)Product and Project Management · Weiterstadt Composite Techniker (m/f/d)Production · Weiterstadt Teamlead Composite Production (m/f/d)Production · Weiterstadt

Company timeline

Milestones and announcements

2026-04-21Opening of World's First Fully Autonomous Drone Port: Wingcopter and Emqopter (Würzburg, Germany) ↗Wingcopter

2026-02-13Wingcopter and TAF Industries (Ukraine's largest UAV producer) establish joint venture under 'Build with Ukraine' to scale battlefield-proven reconnaissance drone production in GermanyWingcopter

2026-02-13Build with Ukraine: Wingcopter and TAF Industries Establish Joint Venture to Scale Reconnaissance Drone Production in Germany ↗Wingcopter

2026-01-07Wingcopter Drones to Be Deployed for Aerial Surveying in Japan: MoU with ITOCHU, PASCO, and YellowScan Japan ↗Wingcopter

2025-10-28Sincronía Logística (Mexico) partnership: 30 Wingcopter 198 drones over 18 months for medical supply delivery; Cruz Roja Mexicana Querétaro initial flight partnerWingcopter

2025-10-28Wingcopter and Sincronía Logística to Deliver Medical Supplies by Drone in Mexico (30-drone fleet, 18-month rollout) ↗Wingcopter

2025-06-27Secured growth funding from Nordic Secondary Fund and EIB; appointed Co-CEO Dr. Bernhard Klumpp and CFO Tobias Jordan; established Wingcopter Security & Defence (WSD) division for ISR/defence applicationsWingcopter

2025-06-27Flying High: Wingcopter Secures Fresh Funding and Strengthens Leadership Team ↗Wingcopter

2024-12-19Wingcopter, ITOCHU, and ANA Trial Drone Blood Transport in Japan ↗UAS Weekly

2024-04-10First foreign drone company accepted into JCAB type certification process for Wingcopter 198, supported by ITOCHUASD News

2024-04-10Wingcopter and ITOCHU Start Type Certification Process for Wingcopter 198 in Japan (JCAB: first foreign drone company accepted) ↗ASD News

2023-05-10European Investment Bank provided €40M quasi-equity to scale Wingcopter 198 production and expand EU delivery servicesTechCrunch

2023-05-10Wingcopter, Germany's Drone Delivery Startup, Raises Another $44M from the EIB ↗TechCrunch

2022-05-20Continental Drones deal to deploy 12,000 Wingcopter 198 drones across 49 sub-Saharan African countries: largest commercial drone deployment order at the timeTechCrunch

2022-05-19Wingcopter Details Plans to Deploy 12,000 Drones Across Africa via Continental Drones ↗TechCrunch

2022-01-24$16M commercial contract with Spright (Air Methods subsidiary) for US medical drone delivery fleet: Wingcopter 198 exclusive provider for Spright's 300+ US hospital networkUAS Weekly

2022-01-24Wingcopter Lands $16 Million Contract with Spright for Medical Deliveries in the USA ↗UAS Weekly

2021-01-25Closed $22M Series A led by Xplorer Capital to scale drone production and logistics deploymentsWingcopter

2021-01-25Wingcopter Raises $22M Series A to Advance Tech Leadership and Serial Production ↗Wingcopter