Client: Alpireum
Year of design: 2026

This jet-powered dual-use UAV is the first platform in a planned series. Its key innovation is an integrated deployable landing-gear system, developed as the world’s first drone capable of taking off from and landing on its own retractable legs without any external launch or recovery equipment.

Role: Industrial Designer, Design Director, Innovation & System Lead.

Scope: Research, system architecture, industrial design, DFM, computational fluid dynamics, mechanical design, prototype supervision, project management.

Impact: Created a world-first jet-powered UAV with deployable landing legs, enabling autonomous takeoff and landing without external launch or recovery equipment.

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