Who is behind the
Tupan Drone Company
Tupan is headquartered in Brazil but is also based in Dubai/UAE. Aiming to develop, manufacture, and commercialize the multi-mission TUPAN DRONES HSVTOL (High Speed, Vertical and Short Take Off and Landing), autonomously or remotely piloted.
The company has an experienced team of engineers from ITA (Aeronautical Institute of Technology) at the DCTA (Department of Airspace Science and Technology) with previous experience in Embraer and Avibras, all well-known Brazilian Institutions whose backgrounds are well established.
The proposal of this project is a paradigm shift in cargo transport worldwide. Nowadays, that service is provided by trucks (long-time delivery), trains and ships (cheap but slow), or planes (fast but expensive). TUPAN, a new autonomous air cargo service, will provide fast and affordable aerial haul.
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TUPAN's history begins in 2007 with the Turbomachine Co., founded by Engineer Alberto Carlos Pereira Filho. At that time, his team was challenged by Petrobras to develop the first Brazilian gas turbine at the CTA/ITA facilities. It was a 50 kW stationary turbogenerator leading to the co-development of a 1 MW turbo engine. In 2009 Avibras requested the development of the TJ1000 turbojet engine to drive the MTC300 missile for the Brazilian army.
Since 2016 the company has been working with foreign customers, providing services in the propulsion area. The company is developing a turbofan engine with 1200 kgf of mixed thrust, a strategic technology unprecedented in the country, with the development of propellers with a high thrust/weight ratio. M.Sc. Alberto Pereira founded TUPAN, aiming to overcome the tremendous aeronautical challenge of providing a VTOL aircraft with an efficient cruise flight, where the engines are appropriately conceived for that purpose, being the significant differential that can meet the flight requirements.
