Drone Spine
Structural battery backbone for heavy uncrewed aerial vehicles
What is a Drone Spine
Designed for Heavy Lift UAVs
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1. High-voltage (100S5P) variant of the Power Spine
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2. Acts as the electrical and structural backbone
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3. Sized for 600kg maximum take of weight (MTOW) quad-copter architecture
Why Drone Spine
Accelerates Product Development
Reduces time to market
Enables higher-power propulsion architectures
Drone Spine turns the battery from payload into primary structure.
Part of a Platform Family
Drone Spine is derived from the Power Spine structural battery platform. It shares the same core philosophy:
Structural integration first
Safety engineered into the structure
Tuneable mechanical, electrical and thermal performance
Structure, energy, and power distribution—engineered into one flight‑ready subsystem
Reduce structural mass by replacing passive structure with active energy storage
Increase payload and range
Accelerate development by outsourcing the hardest part of HV integration
Enable hybrid architectures without redesigning the airframe
A complete structural‑power core to accelerate heavy‑lift aircraft development
Designed for Collaboration
Drone Spine is an off-the-shelf product and also the basis of deeper collaboration.
It is intended to be used as:
a reference architecture
a starting point for co-design
a licensable structural battery platform
Each implementation is engineered to suit the specific aircraft, mission profile, and regulatory environment.
