Name: Charlie C700
Brand: ERC System

Our Key Advantages

Hybrid-Electric60% lower operating cost than a helicopter.

European EngineeringDesigned and produced in Germany.

A Proven PlatformMultiple flight records. Proven in the air.

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Three unmanned aerial drones in a row on white background, two small and one larger with rotors.

Gray quad-rotor drone with landing skids and markings 'VICTOR U250' on the side.

Gray drone aircraft with four propellers, two skids, and text VICTOR U250M on the body.

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ERC System and Rheinmetall to build cargo drones in NRWRheinmetall, ERC System and the State of North Rhine-Westphalia have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to establish production of the hybrid-electric heavy-lift cargo drone Victor U250 in NRW. The partnership aims to build local production and supply chains and create a three-digit number of jobs by 2029.

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One technological platform.Two aircraft families.

One architecture. One engineering philosophy. A hybrid-electric VTOL platform that combines vertical take-off and landing with fast, wing-borne forward flight: Made in Europe for those who protect, serve, and sustain what matters most.

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Uncrewed

U250

Uncrewed hybrid-electric VTOL for special logistics and utility operations. Moving critical cargo faster, farther and independent of runway infrastructure. Available from 2028.

250 kg

Payload

300+ km

Range

250 km/h

Cruise Speed

Victor

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Uncrewed

U250-M

Uncrewed military variant for time-critical resupply. Built to provide rapid aerial logistics support where roads, runways, and air crew safety are limiting factors. Available from 2028.

250 kg

Payload

300+ km

Range

250 km/h

Cruise Speed

Charlie

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Crewed

C700

Crewed, hybrid-electric lift-and-cruise VTOL optimized for patient transport and passenger missions. Medical variant developed specifically in partnership with leading medical and air ambulance experts.

500+ kg

Payload

800 km

Range

250 km/h

Cruise Speed

Built for the missions that cannot wait.

The ERC aircraft portfolio covers the full spectrum of critical airlift. Victor operates where high payloads must be transported over long distances, fast. Charlie serves where lives depend on speed.

Military Resupply

Offshore & Remote Supply Logistics

Aerial Firefighting & Agriculture

Patient Transport

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Two platforms, one mission: closing the logistics gap

Victor (U250 / U250-M) delivers a 250 kg payload over a 300 km operational range, with multi-mission payload sleds that swap in minutes and a hybrid propulsion system that keeps cruise speed high and operating costs low. Air-drop capability on the U250-M means resupply reaches contested and isolated positions without needing a prepared site. Charlie (C700) extends that reach to medical and passenger logistics, with a hybrid-electric powertrain that lowers energy consumption and maintenance costs, and spacious clamshell doors built around doctors' requirements for interhospital transport.

Together, they're engineered for commands that need critical cargo and critical care to move at the same speed as the mission.

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Where infrastructure ends, ERC operates.

Vertical takeoff eliminates the need for deck space or prepared landing zones. With a 300 km operational range and hybrid-electric endurance, ERC reaches offshore platforms, remote installations, and island infrastructure.

60% lower operating cost than helicopter alternatives, making sustained remote supply economically viable at scale.

White drone aircraft with multiple rotors on a runway near tall grass and trees.

Where the terrain stops ground crews, ERC continues.

A reconfigurable payload system adapts the airframe for water drop, retardant dispersal, or precision agricultural application. High cruise speed reduces turnaround time. Vertical takeoff operates from sites where terrain or space rules out conventional aircraft.

One platform, deployable across both emergency response and routine agricultural operations without switching fleet.

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Where speed and access determine survival.

A through-loading clamshell door fits a full NATO stretcher and a medical team. Cruise speeds of 220 km/h close the distance to the trauma centre, and vertical takeoff opens landing sites a helicopter cannot reach.

Engineered to twin-engine helicopter safety standards. The benchmark for European HEMS operations.

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One technological platform.Two aircraft families.

U250

U250-M

C700

Built for the missions that cannot wait.

Military Resupply

Offshore & Remote Supply Logistics

Aerial Firefighting & Agriculture

Patient Transport

Two platforms, one mission: closing the logistics gap

Where infrastructure ends, ERC operates.

Where the terrain stops ground crews, ERC continues.

Where speed and access determine survival.

WHAT SETS ERC AIRCRAFT APART.

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