Product profile
Draganfly Apex
Apex is Draganfly compact professional drone for field missions that need portability, payload flexibility and reliable flight time. It sits below the Comm...
Facts
- Company
- Draganfly
- Product type
- uav
- Status
- active
- Website
- https://draganfly.com/draganfly-apex/
About Draganfly Apex
Draganfly Apex is a folding multirotor rated for payloads up to 2.4 kilograms and flight times up to 45 minutes. Its Cube H7 flight controller provides triple-redundant inertial sensing, while RTK compatibility, optional obstacle avoidance and a modular payload mount support surveying, inspection, public-safety and government missions.
Core and Ultra communications configurations provide different ranges, encryption and onboard-compute options. The Ultra version can incorporate NVIDIA Jetson Orin processing, multiband radios and FIPS AES-256 encryption for edge AI and secure field work. Payload integrations include multispectral cameras, electro-optical and infrared gimbals and conventional high-resolution imaging systems. The aircraft is designed and manufactured in North America.
Summary
Type: UAV
Core: Portable payloads
Function: Mapping
Audience: Inspectors
Specifications
- aircraft_class
- North American modular enterprise UAV
- autopilot
- Cube H7, triple-redundant IMU
- blue_uas_component
- Cube autopilot
- certification
- Cube autopilot Blue UAS certified; manufactured in America
- communication_range
- 16 km
- encryption
- FIPS AES 256
- features
- COFDM, multi-band, onboard FPV camera, RTK compatible, optional obstacle avoidance, optional parachute
- max_flight_time_minutes
- 45 min
- onboard_compute
- NVIDIA Jetson Orin (optional)
- payload_capacity_kg
- 3 kg
- payload_options
- Onboard FPV camera, RTK compatibility, optional obstacle avoidance, optional parachute and configurable payload support
- price
- Starting at $16,495 USD USD
- unfolded_dimensions
- 38 x 114 x 106 cm (15 x 45 x 42 in)
- weight_with_batteries
- 5 kg
Research, Articles and recent verified events
- Draganfly selected for IACLEA national campus drone readiness program — 2026-06-25
- Draganfly completes acquisition of Skip Dynamix drone assets — 2026-06-11
- Draganfly launches Blitz optical payload family — 2026-05-19
- Draganfly explores Asia-Pacific defence collaboration with Babcock and CIT — 2025-12-08
- Draganfly secures international military order for Commander 3XL drone systems — 2025-11-20
- Draganfly secures second major Fortune 50 order to expand Heavy Lift Drone fleet — 2025-11-13
- Draganfly announces strategic defence partnership with Global Ordnance — 2025-10-09
- Fortune 50 telecom company purchases Draganfly Heavy Lift Drone systems for emergency response — 2025-07-30