Product profile
Black Widow
Black Widow is Teal Drones short-range reconnaissance drone under Red Cat. It is a U.S.-manufactured, field-repairable ISR platform for defense and securit...
Facts
- Company
- Red Cat
- Product type
- uav
- Status
- commercial
- Website
- https://tealdrones.com/black-widow/
About Black Widow
Black Widow weighs approximately 1.93 kilograms and flies for more than 45 minutes with an operating range above eight kilometres. The standard ISR configuration combines a Teledyne FLIR Hadron 640R+ thermal and visible camera with Qualcomm RB5 onboard compute for reconnaissance, target observation and edge processing.
The airframe uses replaceable arms and modular components that operators can repair in the field. Visual navigation supports operation when GNSS is unavailable, while an electronic-warfare-resilient radio, ATAK integration and interchangeable payload interface connect the aircraft with tactical command and mission systems.
Market context
aircraft, defence, fielded_suas
Summary
Type: UAV
Core: Tactical recon
Function: ISR
Audience: Defense
Specifications
- camera_system
- EO/IR Hadron 640R+ with mechanical stabilization and EIS; 64 MP EO sensor and Boson+ 640 radiometric IR sensor
- flight_time_minutes
- 50+ minutes min
- max_speed_mps
- 13 m/s m/s
- navigation
- Civilian GNSS, M/Y-Code, and Dual Band L1/L2 GPS module options
- operational_role
- Blue UAS tactical reconnaissance drone for defense and government users
- range
- 8 km km
- task_scope
- Short-range reconnaissance and tactical ISR
- weight_kg
- 1.93 kg
Operations
- Product detail
- aircraft, defence, fielded_suas
Research, Articles and recent verified events
- Red Cat Q2 revenue rises 527% to $20.2 million — 2026-08-06
- Aeon commercialises strike-drone fuze and safe-and-arm line — 2026-08-05
- Blue Ops integrates Volvo Penta D4-320 propulsion into Variant 7 — 2026-08-03
- Red Cat receives $2.49m U.S. Air Force order for Black Widow systems — 2026-07-30
- Red Cat validates five partner integrations on Black Widow and Teal 2 — 2026-07-29
- Red Cat withdraws non-binding Steyr Motors acquisition proposal — 2026-07-28
- Blue Ops begins ramping Variant 7 into full-rate production — 2026-05-28
- Red Cat to deliver Black Widow drone systems under Japan Ministry of Defense contract — 2026-05-21