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N987DJ

Johns Hopkins Univ Applied Phy DRAGONFLY

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N987DJ is a Johns Hopkins Univ Applied Phy DRAGONFLY, a rotorcraft powered by electric motors (a helicopter or multicopter), built in 2020. It is unmanned. It is registered to Johns Hopkins Univ Applied Physics Laboratory LLC, an LLC in Laurel, Maryland. The registration is valid: it was issued on January 22, 2020 and expires on January 31, 2030. It holds an experimental airworthiness certificate for unmanned aircraft, research and development, dated November 5, 2025.

Aircraft

Maker
Johns Hopkins Univ Applied Phy
Model
DRAGONFLY
Serial number
0010
Type
Rotorcraft
Power
Electric, 8 motors · Kde 8218XF · 120 hp
Seats
0
Year built
2020
Transponder code
ADC579 (octal 53342571)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
January 22, 2020
Expires
January 31, 2030
Last FAA action
September 30, 2023
Airworthiness
Experimental · Unmanned aircraft, research and development · November 5, 2025
FAA region
Eastern
FAA record id
01310099

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Johns Hopkins Univ Applied Physics Laboratory LLC
Type
LLC
Address
11100 Johns Hopkins Rd
Bldg 17-N238
Laurel, MD 20723-6005

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Documents on file 0

No bills of sale, loans or other documents are indexed against this tail number.

Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database, September 25, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data