Facts

• Company: Draganfly
• Product type: UAV
• Status: active
• Website: https://draganfly.com/draganfly-apex/

Profile sections

• Summary
• Overview
• Market context
• Audience
• Workflow
• Capability
• Deployment environment
• Positioning tags
• Specifications
• Tags
• Timeline / Research
• Comparable Systems
• Sources

Summary

Apex is Draganfly compact professional drone for field missions that need portability, payload flexibility and reliable flight time. It sits below the Commander and Heavy Lift systems for operators needing a lighter UAV platform.

Overview

Apex is Draganfly compact professional drone for field missions that need portability, payload flexibility and reliable flight time. It sits below the Commander and Heavy Lift systems for operators needing a lighter UAV platform.

Market context

Apex is Draganfly compact enterprise UAV for defence, law-enforcement, public-safety and mission-critical field operations.

• Target environment: Defence operational environments and public safety field sites.
• Workflow context: Tactical ISR, reconnaissance and field data collection for defence and public-safety missions.
• Customer context: Defence customers and public safety agencies needing compact enterprise UAVs.
• Deployment model: Commercial UAV from a publicly traded defence drone manufacturer.
• Commercial maturity: Commercially available defence and enterprise UAV with active procurement.
• Adoption constraints: Defence procurement cycles and regulatory restrictions on UAV operations.
• Market position: Draganfly smaller tactical and enterprise platform alongside its larger aircraft.
• Adjacent products: Commander 3XL, defence UAVs

Audience

Inspectors

Workflow

Tactical ISR, reconnaissance and field data collection for defence and public-safety missions.

Capability

Remote operation

Deployment environment

Defence operational environments and public safety field sites.

Positioning tags

• Audience: Inspectors
• Workflow: Tactical ISR, reconnaissance and field data collection for defence and public-safety missions.
• Capability: Remote operation
• Deployment environment: Defence operational environments and public safety field sites.

Specifications

• Unfolded Dimensions: 38 x 114 x 106 cm (15 x 45 x 42 in)
• Weight With Batteries: 5 kg
• Payload Capacity: 3 kg
• Max Flight Time: 45 min
• Communication Range: 16 km
• Autopilot: Cube H7, triple-redundant IMU
• Encryption: FIPS AES 256
• Features: COFDM, multi-band, onboard FPV camera, RTK compatible, optional obstacle avoidance, optional parachute
• Onboard Compute: NVIDIA Jetson Orin (optional)
• Blue UAS Component: Cube autopilot
• Aircraft Class: North American modular enterprise UAV
• Payload Options: Onboard FPV camera, RTK compatibility, optional obstacle avoidance, optional parachute and configurable payload support
• Certification: Cube autopilot Blue UAS certified; manufactured in America

Tags

• Peer Group: Tactical ISR UAV
• Workflow: Drone ISR
• Capability: Remote operation
• Deployment Environment: Defence operational environment
• Stack Layer: Finished robot platform
• Commercial Stage: Commercial product
• Market Signal: Defence procurement signal

Timeline / Research

• 2024-09-10 - Product Launch - Draganfly unveils Apex drone for military and law-enforcement operations - Draganfly unveiled Apex as a compact UAV platform for military and law-enforcement drone systems.

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