Platform 01 · AIR // VTOL ISR
SPECTER
A runway-independent ISR platform for security, infrastructure, maritime and remote-sensing operations.
Overview
Electric VTOL ISR & Multi-Mission UAS
A 25 kg-class electric helicopter airframe with automatic flight control, stabilised EO/IR sensing and long-range digital communications in a compact field system — launching and recovering from confined sites while holding persistent sensor presence over the mission area.
Technology
Electric VTOL airframe
A compact helicopter configuration with low acoustic and thermal signature, sized for two-person field deployment from rugged cases.
PGCU-4 ground control
Mission planning, telemetry, payload control and live video from a single operator station.
Configurable payload
Mission payload stations support EO/IR and additional configurations available to qualified government and defence customers under appropriate end-user agreements.
Capabilities
- Stabilised EO/IR observation
- Automatic flight control
- Long-range digital communications
- Runway-independent launch and recovery
- Modular mission payload stations
- Single-operator PGCU-4 ground control
Featured use cases
Security & ISR
Persistent observation of designated areas, approaches and high-value sites without a prepared airfield.
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Inspection and monitoring of pipelines, energy facilities, industrial sites and remote assets.
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Over-water surveillance from confined coastal or vessel-adjacent launch points.
Contact SalesRemote sensing
Field-deployable sensor presence for mapping, survey and environmental collection.
Contact SalesSpecifications
Indicative configuration
Specifications are preliminary product-development targets unless identified as contractual. Final performance depends on selected sensors, configuration and operating conditions.
| MTOW | 25 kg |
| Payload | Up to 5 kg |
| Endurance | 80–90 min @ 2 kg payload |
| Range | 90 km @ 2 kg payload |
| Cruise / max speed | 60 / 100 km/h |
| Ceiling | 3,500 m practical |
| Recovery | Integrated ballistic parachute |
| Propulsion | Electric — low acoustic & thermal signature |
| Packed weight | 42 kg in rugged transit cases |
| Launch / recovery | Confined-site VTOL — no runway or catapult |
Electric propulsion for low acoustic and thermal signature. Packed weight 42 kg — transported in rugged cases, no runway or catapult required. Additional mission payload configurations are available to qualified government and defence customers under appropriate end-user agreements.
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Qualified government, security and infrastructure operators — connect with sales to explore SPECTER configuration, integration and deployment.