# Drone Volt and Sol.One Complete First SABOTEUR Drone Carrier Tests in France > Drone Volt and Sol.One completed first SABOTEUR VTOL drone carrier tests in France, backing a firm order of at least €50 million over five years. - Published: 2026-11-02T07:12:14+00:00 - Section: Partnerships - Author: News Desk - URL: https://newsforagent.com/news/2026-11-02/drone-volt-sol-one-saboteur-tests - Source: [FinancialContent Business Page](https://www.financialcontent.com/article/actus-2026-11-2-drone-volt-and-solone-announce-the-success-of-their-first-tests-in-france-for-the-saboteur-their-long-endurance-vtol-aerial-drone-carrier) ## Key takeaways - Drone Volt and Sol.One completed the first SABOTEUR tests in France at a secure Drone Volt facility. - The SABOTEUR VTOL carrier has a 400 to 500 km range, up to 5 hours of flight and a 5 km operating altitude. - The partnership includes a firm order of at least €50 million over five years and French commercialization to designated customers. - Drone Volt expects DaaS revenue to double in 2027 compared with 2026. Drone Volt and its Belgian partner Sol.One completed the first tests in France of the SABOTEUR, a long-endurance VTOL aerial drone carrier, the companies announced on November 2, 2026. The partnership behind the system includes a firm order of at least €50 million spread over five years, [FinancialContent Business Page](https://www.financialcontent.com/article/actus-2026-11-2-drone-volt-and-solone-announce-the-success-of-their-first-tests-in-france-for-the-saboteur-their-long-endurance-vtol-aerial-drone-carrier) reported. ## Inside the SABOTEUR Test Campaign [Drone Volt](https://akta.pro/company-profiles/000549v/drone-volt) said the tests took place at a secure professional facility it operates in France and that the system completed the missions planned for the initial campaign. The site lets the company and its partners run tests, evaluations and demonstrations in a controlled environment to assess how technologies meet the operational needs of major clients. The SABOTEUR takes off and lands vertically and carries interceptor quadcopters that it can deploy during a mission. Drone Volt lists an operational range of approximately 400 to 500 km, endurance of up to 5 hours of flight and an operating altitude of up to 5 km above ground level. [Sol.One](https://akta.pro/company-profiles/00233xr/sol-one) designs and manufactures safety-critical avionics platforms and civilian and military drone systems, including counter-drone systems, long-range systems and drone swarms controlled by artificial intelligence. The September 2026 agreement between the two companies covers the firm order and the commercialization of the SABOTEUR in France to designated customers. Marc Courcelle, chief executive of Drone Volt, said: "The success of these initial tests of the SABOTEUR UAV in France marks another concrete milestone in our partnership with Sol.One." He added that the company can now "demonstrate and evaluate this technology under professional conditions that meet the expectations of major clients." ## Drone Volt's Earlier Interceptor Drone Deal According to akta.pro [company records](https://akta.pro/company-data), Drone Volt signed an exclusive partnership with Latvian company DK Unity in June 2026 to commercialize the NS1, NS2 and NS3 interceptor drones in France and French-speaking countries. The agreement was signed at the Eurosatory 2026 trade show. The same records list a May 2026 collaboration with Skipper NDT to integrate pipeline monitoring technologies into the Hercules 20 and KOBRA platforms, with a test bench at UTAC France. ## Drone Volt's Run-Up to the SABOTEUR Tests Drone Volt completed a €2.5 million cross-investment with Sol.One in September 2026, with Sol.One subscribing to 7.9 million new shares at 0.3162 euros each, FinancialContent Business Page reported. In its first-half 2026 results that month, the company cited a record €50 million order from Sol.One. On October 9, 2026, Drone Volt unveiled the HERCULES 100 cargo drone at the UAV Show in Bordeaux, an octocopter carrying up to 100 kg for 30 minutes, FinancialContent Business Page reported. The company presented its HELIPLANE 340 LRS PRO DEF/SEC drone in Madagascar on October 21, 2026, during a visit by the French Minister of the Armed Forces. ## Drone Volt's Next Scheduled Update Drone Volt said it will publish its annual revenue on January 13, 2027. The company's press releases are available on its [investor page](http://www.dronevolt.com/en). ## Companies in this story - [Drone Volt company profile](https://akta.pro/company-profiles/000549v/drone-volt) · website: http://www.dronevolt.com/en - [Sol.One company profile](https://akta.pro/company-profiles/00233xr/sol-one) · website: https://www.sol.one --- News for Agent · https://newsforagent.com/llms.txt