Aurelia X6 Standard

Aurelia X6 Standard is a ready-to-fly hexacopter for industrial payload, inspection and development missions. Its open-source flight-control stack, folding arms and modular payload rails support configurable operations with up to 5 kg payload capacity.

Facts

  • Company: Aurelia Aerospace
  • Type: Heavy Lift Drone
  • Positioning: Hexacopter airframe
  • Function: Carry industrial payloads
  • Audience: Drone operators
  • Status: Commercial
  • Website: https://aurelia-aerospace.com/products/aurelia-x6-standard

About

About Aurelia X6 Standard

X6 Standard uses a six-rotor layout for propulsion redundancy and provides rails beneath the battery bay for customer payloads. Aurelia supplies the aircraft with ArduPilot on a Pixhawk flight controller, with alternative controller and communications configurations available.

The company lists 30 minutes of flight time on standard batteries or 45 minutes with the long-endurance option, a 5 kg payload limit and 56 km/h maximum speed. Ready-to-fly bundles are sold through Aurelia's store.

Specifications

  • Airframe: Six-rotor hexacopter
  • Max Payload Kg: 5 kg
  • Max Flight Time Minutes: Up to 45 minutes with long-endurance batteries
  • Price: $5,399.95 USD

Market context

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Capabilities

  • Navigation and obstacle avoidance - Demonstrated - 2025-04-21 - The trials tested an autonomous navigation system intended for complex electronic-warfare and GPS-jamming environments. - source: aurelia-aerospace.com
  • Autonomous route navigation - Demonstrated - 2025-04-21 - The trials tested an autonomous navigation system intended for complex electronic-warfare and GPS-jamming environments. - source: aurelia-aerospace.com
  • GNSS-denied navigation - Demonstrated - 2025-04-21 - Bavovna AI trials GPS-denied autonomy on Aurelia X6 Standard - source: aurelia-aerospace.com

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Timeline

  • Bavovna AI trials GPS-denied autonomy on Aurelia X6 Standard - 2025-04-21 - Demonstration - The trials tested an autonomous navigation system intended for complex electronic-warfare and GPS-jamming environments. Aurelia said the X6 Standard collected intelligence and returned to base without remote control, GPS… - source: aurelia-aerospace.com

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Supply

  • Aurelia X6 Standard - Cube Orange Plus For Aurelia X6 Standard - Compute & Control - CubePilot - CubePilot supplies the standard Cube Orange+ flight controller for the Aurelia X6 Standard drone - source: aurelia-aerospace.com - source: aurelia-aerospace.com
  • Aurelia X6 Standard - M9n GNSS For Aurelia X6 Standard - navigation - u-blox - u-blox supplies the M9N GNSS receiver integrated into the Aurelia X6 Standard drone - source: aurelia-aerospace.com - source: aurelia-aerospace.com
  • Aurelia X6 Standard - Rm3100 Compass For Aurelia X6 Standard - navigation - PNI Sensor - PNI Sensor supplies the RM3100 compass integrated into the Aurelia X6 Standard drone - source: aurelia-aerospace.com - source: aurelia-aerospace.com

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