VAUBREN / STRIKE AIRCRAFT

VANGUARD

Vanguard is a vertical take-off strike aircraft. It launches from unprepared positions, cruises on the wing, and delivers precision effects under Citadel autonomy, with or without an operator link.

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Vanguard strike aircraft in the integration hangar
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STRIKE SYSTEM

From vehicle to airborne in under four minutes. Precision effect at 140 kilometres.

Range140 kmOne-way mission radius
MTOW16 kg4 kg multi-role payload
Dash speed260 km/hTerminal approach
LaunchVTOLNo launcher. No runway.
Vanguard lifting off vertically from a forest clearing
01 / Launch

Zero launch infrastructure.

Catapults and rails add signature, footprint and preparation time. Vanguard requires none. Four lift rotors take it directly off unprepared ground before the wing takes over for cruise.

Vanguard flight in cruise formation
02 / Coordinated strike

Coordinated effects at scale.

Citadel networks every Vanguard in the air. The formation deconflicts targets, sequences approach vectors, and delivers coordinated time-on-target effects under a single operator.

Vanguard in folded transport configuration in the hangar
03 / Logistics

Two aircraft per transport case.

The cruciform wings fold flat against the fuselage. Two complete aircraft per case, deployed and launched by a crew of two in under four minutes.

Reconnaissance to effect.
One network.