Product profile
Archer VTOL
Archer is Terra Industries’ modular VTOL UAV for reconnaissance and site protection. Its carbon-fibre airframe carries up to 20 kg, while ArtemisOS coordin...
Facts
- Company
- Terra Industries
- Product type
- uav
- Status
- commercial
- Primary capability
- generalist
- Website
- https://www.terraindustries.co/archer
About Archer VTOL
Archer is a modular VTOL aircraft built around a carbon-fibre airframe and a maximum stated payload of 20 kilograms. The aircraft reaches approximately 110 kilometres per hour and is listed for missions lasting around 40 minutes, with vertical launch allowing deployment from mines, pipeline routes and remote security sites without prepared runways.
ArtemisOS provides mission planning, route execution, sensor control and automated detection across deployed Terra systems. Operators can configure electro-optical, thermal, communications or other payloads around the site mission, while AES-256 encryption protects control and data links. The aircraft is positioned for surveillance, perimeter response and infrastructure operations as a heavy-payload VTOL platform.
Market context
generalist
Summary
Type: VTOL UAV
Core: Vertical flight
Function: Fly vertically
Audience: UAV makers
Specifications
- airframe
- VTOL UAV
- camera
- 48 MP stills; 4K video at 60 fps; 8K Hyperlapse
- connectivity
- Wi-Fi 2.4 GHz / 5.8 GHz; Bluetooth 5.0; USB Type-C
- endurance_and_power
- Up to 34 minutes per charge; 90-minute charging
- mass_and_payload
- 7.5 kg without payload; 3.5 kg without batteries; MTOW 11.5 kg; payload 4 kg
- range
- 15 km operational; up to 50 km with GCS Pro
- size_and_span
- Wingspan 1900 mm (28 inch propellers); unfolded 183x253x77 mm; folded 180x97x84 mm
- task_scope
- Reconnaissance and site protection
Research, Articles and recent verified events
- Terra Industries signs a joint venture with DICON to localize advanced defence manufacturing in Nigeria — 2026-03-02
- Terra Industries raises an additional $22M to expand autonomous security systems across Africa — 2026-02-16
- Terra Industries emerges from stealth with an $11.75M seed round — 2026-01-12