Delivering mobility overmatch to warfighters with multi-mission, optimally-crewed, autonomous air vehicles at attritable cost points and lowest operational burden
Defense Missions
When operations are disrupted, Pivotal aircraft perform successful logistics where others cannot.
Precise. Minimum acoustic and IR signature; minimally observable. Pivotal enables special teams with breakthrough mobility on an easily-flown platform.
Casualty evacuation and downed pilot self-rescue. Rapid delivery to the next point of care using uncrewed assets at an attritable cost point.
Dual-use Pivotal aircraft power agile expeditionary resupply and rescue from ship to shore and back again.
Maximum Gross Takeoff Weight
568 lbs
Payload
220 lbs electric
Cruise Speed
55 kts (62 mph)
Max Endurance
20 mins electric
Max Range
20 miles electric
Autonomy
Level 2
Footprint
14'x14' assembled
14'x5' disassembled
Charge Time
75 mins
240 V charger
Concepts of Operation
Operational Concepts
Potential CONOPS for the The Pivotal Helix in military and defense applications.
01
Military Search and Rescue3 pp · 70 KB
The Pivotal Helix is a lightweight, electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) aircraft designed to rapidly deliver a trained responder to austere, contested, or physically inaccessible environments. For military Search and Rescue (SAR), Personnel Recovery (PR), and Combat Search and Rescue (CSAR) missions, Helix serves as a first-on-scene, low-signature response platform that complements traditional aviation assets.
- Published
- September 2026
- Length
- 3 pages
02
eVTOL Employment for DHS/CBP Security Missions21 pp · 0.3 MB
DHS and U.S. Customs and Border Protection can employ Helix as a rapidly deployable electric vertical takeoff and landing aircraft to enhance border security, agent mobility, tactical overwatch, emergency response, and remote-area access along the U.S. border. Helix would serve as a mission- ready, low-logistics aerial mobility platform positioned between traditional ground patrol vehicles, small UAS, and larger manned aviation assets.
- Published
- August 2026
- Length
- 21 pages
03
Blood Delivery7 pp · 0.1 MB
Enable rapid, low-footprint delivery of blood and blood products to distributed forces and Role 1/Role 2 medical nodes by employing the Pivotal Helix single-seat electric VTOL to move time-sensitive medical payloads over terrain and access constraints that delay conventional ground or rotary- wing delivery.
- Published
- September 2026
- Length
- 7 pages
04
CBRNE Hot Extract and Rapid Response3 pp · 83 KB
Enable rapid, low-signature extraction and response for Special Operations CBRNE missions by employing the Pivotal Helix single-seat electric VTOL to access confined, denied, or contaminated environments unreachable by conventional air or ground assets.
- Published
- September 2026
- Length
- 3 pages
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