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Munich startup ERC System unveils Victor, a heavy-lift cargo eVTOL, at ILA Berlin

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ERC System unveiled its Victor cargo eVTOL at ILA Berlin 2026, targeting 250kg payload, 300km range, and 2028 deliveries for defence and logistics.

Munich-area startup ERC System has unveiled Victor, an uncrewed hybrid-electric cargo eVTOL designed for defence, logistics, and disaster response, at ILA Berlin 2026. The company says the aircraft can carry a 250kg payload over a range of 300km at a cruise speed of 250km/h. ERC System is targeting first deliveries in 2028.

Victor uses a lift-and-cruise architecture with eight lifting propellers for vertical takeoff and a pusher propeller for forward flight. A piston engine serves as a range extender on top of the electric powertrain, a design choice that ERC’s chief commercial officer Maximilian Oligschläger has said reflects the company’s reluctance to “bet on future technologies.” The hybrid approach trades the simplicity of a fully electric system for the range that battery technology...

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