Diamond Aircraft and Field Agree on Two DA62 MPP SurveyStar Aircraft, Entry Planned for First Half of 2027
Why It MattersOperators renewing survey fleets are weighing integrated twin-engine mission platforms on fuel burn, maintenance load and sensor flexibility, a trade that shapes how airborne data-collection capacity gets sourced.
What happened
Diamond Aircraft and Field have agreed on the acquisition of two DA62 MPP aircraft, to be configured with Diamond's SurveyStar mission solution. Field plans to deploy them across its airborne surveying, mapping, infrastructure inspection, environmental monitoring and geospatial intelligence projects.
The DA62 MPP is built on the DA62 twin-engine platform. According to the announcement, it offers extended endurance, cabin volume, mission-system integration and fuel efficiency, and can carry advanced sensor payloads while keeping operating costs low. Field says the aircraft will let it undertake longer missions, integrate multiple sensor types and operate across a wide range of environments.
Mario Spiegel, Sales Manager Special Mission Aircraft at Diamond Aircraft, said Field represents the type of forward-looking operator for which the DA62 MPP was designed, and that Diamond looks forward to supporting its continued growth. Mikko Salonen, CEO of Field, said the investment renews the company's core airborne capabilities for the next decade and that reliable access to its own aircraft capacity is central to serving customers. He said the aircraft offer substantially better fuel efficiency, lower operating costs and reduced maintenance requirements.
Deliveries are planned after mission-system integration and acceptance activities are completed, and entry into Field's operations is planned for the first half of 2027. The two aircraft support Field's strategy of renewing survey capacity while maintaining the responsiveness and reliability required by commercial and governmental customers.
Industry impact & what to watch
Airborne survey and inspection work is sold on availability and repeatability: customers, including government agencies, expect an operator to field the right sensor on the right aircraft when a project window opens. Owning dedicated aircraft capacity, as Field's CEO frames it, is one way to protect that responsiveness, and the order reads as a fleet-renewal decision built around operating cost as much as around capability.
The purchase also illustrates why light twin-engine platforms with factory-integrated mission systems appeal to this segment. Fuel burn and maintenance hours are a large share of what it costs to fly a survey line, so efficiency gains on the airframe translate directly into the price an operator can bid for long, repetitive missions.
The milestone that settles whether the plan holds is the completion of mission-system integration and acceptance activities, since deliveries follow it and entry into Field's operations is set for the first half of 2027.
