Aergility and Calidus deliver exceptional emergent technology with Managed Autorotation™

Unveiled at Dubai Airshow 2025 — long-range, heavy-lift, unmanned cargo delivery for contested environments

Managed Autorotation™ – the next generation of EVTOL cargo flight.

Aergility’s modular EVTOL unmanned aircraft adapts to multiple payloads and missions. It delivers long range, heavy lift, and minimal infrastructure needs where conventional platforms fall short.

Powered by Managed Autorotation™ — combining helicopter-like vertical takeoff with fixed-wing efficiency — the aircraft offers greater range, payload, and safety with fewer moving parts, built-in redundancy, and simple field support.

A Strategic Partnership for Global Impact.

Aergility and Calidus have partnered to bring Managed Autorotation™ — a patented technology that combines EVTOL access with fixed-wing efficiency — into frontline operations. Through Calidus, Aergility is establishing and expanding its technology base in the UAE while retaining a strong U.S. presence, ensuring operational credibility, scalability, and allied alignment.

This partnership positions Aergility to meet the growing demand for unmanned systems to replace and augment helicopters in contested logistics environments — delivering a cost-effective, autonomous, heavy-lift solution without putting crews at risk.

Global Demand Is Driving UAS to Replace and Augment Helicopters in Contested Logistics.

The Cost of Vulnerability

• In 2025, a Colombian UH-60 Black Hawk—worth over $20 million—was downed by a low-cost weaponised drone.

• The helicopter carried a four-person trained crew; 12 personnel were killed.

• Traditional helicopters are increasingly vulnerable. Every mission risks both lives and irreplaceable assets.

The Aergility Advantage

• No crew onboard = zero human exposure.

• Operating and training costs are a fraction of conventional helicopters.

• Provides heavy-lift, long-range logistics in contested or hostile environments.

• Saves lives and millions in resources — delivering the same mission without risking a single life

One Platform, Multiple Missions.

Built for contested logistics and continuous frontline resupply

FOB Resupply – Direct sustainment to forward bases

Ammunition Delivery – Back-to-back heavy-lift sorties

Rations & FSRs – Continuous food and supply drops

Contested Logistics – Built for denied and hostile airspace

ISR Support – Deploy sensors or comms payloads

VISTA ISR

The VISTA unmanned aircraft system (UAS) is a compact prototype designed for Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance (ISR) missions. Combining vertical take-off and landing with fixed-wing endurance.

Range

100Km

Payload

20 lbs
>80 mph

Speed

ATLIS

The ATLIS unmanned aircraft system (UAS) is a mid-size vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) platform developed as a potential operational support solution. Designed for scalability and mission flexibility.

>2 hr flight time

Range

>120 mph

Speed

350 lbs

Payload

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