Uruguay's Ministry of the Interior has presented a Tango VTOL drone from Slovenian company Elevon, the first fixed-wing drone of the National Police, which until now relied on multirotor drones and crewed aircraft. It was shown with other recently bought equipment during the recent papal visit to Uruguay.
The modular Tango can use a combustion engine, batteries or hydrogen fuel cells and comes with a 3 m or 4.4 m wingspan. It carries up to 10 kg, flies for up to five hours with light loads, cruises at 80 km/h, reaches 6,500 m and has an operating range of 70 km.
Background
National Police of Uruguay
Police force
The National Police of Uruguay is the country's police force, which until now used multirotor drones and crewed aircraft.
Tango VTOL
Fixed-wing VTOL drone
Tango VTOL is a modular fixed-wing drone from Elevon that can take off and land vertically.
