Overview
In today's information-centric battlefield, commanders require unmanned systems that combine long endurance, multi-mission adaptability, strong anti-jamming resilience, and rapid deployability. The MMC M10 VTOL fixed-wing UAV is engineered to meet these demands, serving as a tactical airborne sensing and communications node for reconnaissance, communications relay, target monitoring, and electronic warfare.
Key Performance Highlights
- Hybrid VTOL Configuration: 4-rotor VTOL for vertical takeoff/landing and fixed-wing cruise for efficient transit.
- Extended Endurance: Up to 150 minutes empty; approximately 100 minutes with a 10 kg payload.
- High Payload Capacity: Supports up to 10 kg—EO/IR gimbals, laser designators, LiDAR, comms relays, and more.
- Lightweight Airframe: Carbon-fiber composite structure, ~18 kg empty (no batteries/payload).
- Robust Anti-Jam: Three-layer anti-jamming system with proactive avoidance, frequency agility, and inertial/RTK backup.
- Fast Single-Operator Deployment: Tool-free setup in ≤3 minutes; pack-up ≤5 minutes.
Endurance & Payload — Extend the Tactical Reach
The MMC M10's hybrid wing design delivers the endurance of a fixed-wing aircraft with the operational flexibility of a multirotor. With an empty endurance of 150 minutes and a 100-minute endurance at 10 kg payload, a single sortie can cover >200 km of patrol area—enabling prolonged border surveillance, deep reconnaissance, and sustained target tracking.
Typical payloads include multi-/tri-sensor EO/IR pods, laser designators, mapping sensor suites, communications relay packages and loudspeaker modules. The electric propulsion reduces acoustic and infrared signatures compared to conventional fuel-powered platforms, increasing survivability in contested environments.
Triple Anti-Jamming Architecture
Electronic warfare escalation demands resilient navigation and datalink strategies. MMC M10 integrates a three-tier anti-jam architecture:
- Proactive Avoidance: Onboard detection of jamming sources with route adjustment capability.
- Frequency Agility: Autonomous spectrum sensing with intelligent channel fall-back and switching.
- Inertial/RTK Backup: If GNSS is degraded, rely on inertial navigation plus RTK/PPK positioning (accuracy up to 1 cm + 1 ppm).
The flight-control suite features quad-redundant IMUs and dual-redundant compasses, plus fail-safe logic that triggers rotor-stabilized recovery and safe landing when attitude/limits are breached.
Rapid Deployment & Multi-Scenario Flexibility
MMC M10 can be fielded by a single operator—tool-free assembly supports ≤3 minute setup and ≤5 minute pack-up. Its VTOL-to-cruise transition (operational envelope up to 200 m) eliminates runway dependency, ideal for frontline operations, austere bases, and maritime deployment.
The naval (shipborne) variant supports takeoff/recovery on vessels underway at 15–20 knots with landing accuracy better than 1.5 m, enabling organic shipboard ISR and comms relay capabilities.
All-Weather & EMI Hardened
Designed for global missions, MMC M10 operates across a wide environment envelope:
- Operating temperature: -40°C to +60°C
- Humidity: 10%–90% non-condensing
- Ingress protection: IP54
- Wind resistance: Beaufort 6 (fixed-wing), Beaufort 5 (multirotor)
- EMI tolerance: Industrial magnetic fields up to 100 A/m
Smart Mission System & Secure Data
Mission planners can store up to 10 routes, each containing up to 1,000 waypoints, with dynamic waypoint-jump capability for multi-sector patrols. Tiered battery warnings provide automatic return-to-base or emergency landing behaviors to preserve airframe and data.
Secure datalinks use AES-128 encryption. Line-of-sight video downlink ranges from 50–80 km and can be extended beyond 100 km with relay assets. Onboard AI accelerates ISR value by auto-detecting and tagging vehicles, personnel, and POIs, overlaying AR road/network data to shorten the detect-to-decide timeline.
Key Technical Specifications
| Category | Specification |
|---|---|
| Type | VTOL Fixed-Wing (4 rotors + 1 fixed wing) |
| Wingspan | ≤ 3,500 mm (naval version 3,964 mm) |
| Maximum Takeoff Weight | ≤ 28 kg |
| Empty Weight (no battery/payload) | 18 kg |
| Payload Capacity | Up to 10 kg |
| Endurance | 150 min (no payload) / 100 min (10 kg payload) |
| Cruise Speed | 23 m/s |
| Max Speed | 40 m/s |
| Wind Resistance | Beaufort ≥7 (fixed-wing), ≥5 (multirotor) |
| Comm Frequencies | 2.4 GHz |
| Comm Range | 50–80 km LOS (extendable) |
| Positioning | RTK/PPK — 1 cm + 1 ppm |
| Flight Controller | 4x redundant IMU, 2x redundant compass |
| Battery | 30,000 mAh × 4 (configurable to ×6) |
| Operating Temp | -40°C to +60°C |
| Protection | IP54 |
| Deployment | Single-operator setup ≤3 min; pack-up ≤5 min |
Typical Mission Profiles
- Border & Tactical ISR: Persistent patrol, long-duration surveillance, and continuous target tracking.
- Communications Relay: Temporary beyond-line-of-sight (BLOS) nodes for front-line units or disaster response.
- Targeting & Laser Designation: Persistent observation and target marking for precision effects.
- Maritime/Shipboard ISR: Organic shipborne aerial reconnaissance and SAR enhancement.
- Electronic Warfare Support: Operate in contested EM environments with robust anti-jam measures.
Value Proposition
The MMC M10 delivers a pragmatic combination of endurance, survivability, rapid deployability, and payload flexibility. Its modular architecture and hardened communications make it ideal for units seeking an airborne node that extends sensing and communications reach while operating in contested or austere environments.
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