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Wingcopter

Wingcopter makes Wingcopter 198, which is at stage 4 of 5: paying customers.

Website: wingcopter.com
Based in: Germany
Latest milestone: 14 Sept 2026

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What Wingcopter makes

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Wingcopter 198Drones · Delivery and survey droneStage 4 of 5 · Paying customersWingcopter is a German drone maker. Its main product, the Wingcopter 198, is an electric drone used mostly to carry medicines and lab samples, and now also for mapping roads and power lines. In 2026 it also started making military reconnaissance drones.Medical delivery flights in Malawi since 2019; the company also lists flying in Japan, the US, Kenya, Germany and Spain.The full record

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Every dated event

14 Sept 2026Milestone
Wingcopter launched the Wingcopter 262, a military reconnaissance drone it says can stay in the air for up to six hours.
DroneXL, 15 Sept 2026Company-reported
17 Feb 2026Milestone
Wingcopter announced a joint venture with Ukraine's TAF Industries to make reconnaissance drones in Germany for Ukrainian forces.
The Drone Girl, 17 Feb 2026Company-reported
7 March 2025Milestone
Wingcopter began selling long-range LiDAR (laser mapping) survey kits for the Wingcopter 198. It says one flight can survey up to 60 km of long structures such as pipelines or power lines.
Tech.eu, 7 Mar 2025Company-reported
21 June 2022Milestone
Wingcopter raised $42 million, with German supermarket group REWE among the new investors.
STAT Times, 21 June 2022Company-reported
20 May 2022Milestone
Wingcopter announced a plan with Continental Drones to build a network of 12,000 Wingcopter 198 drones across Africa over five years.
FreightWaves, 20 May 2022Company-reported
12 May 2022Milestone
The US aviation regulator, the FAA, approved the safety standards the Wingcopter 198 must meet, one step toward the type certificate it needs for commercial US deliveries.
DroneXL, 12 May 2022
2019Milestone
Wingcopter began drone operations in Malawi, flying medical supplies to remote health centres.
STAT Times, 21 June 2022Company-reported

03Money

How it's funded

Latest funding round we could confirm: Wingcopter raised an undisclosed amount from a new investor, Copenhagen-based Nordic Secondary Fund, and from existing shareholders and the European Investment Bank. STAT Times, 28 June 2025

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