Facts

• Company: Draganfly
• Product type: UAV
• Status: active
• Website: https://draganfly.com/commander-3-xl/

Profile sections

• Summary
• Overview
• Market context
• Audience
• Workflow
• Capability
• Deployment environment
• Positioning tags
• Specifications
• Timeline / Research
• Operations Claims / Customers and deployments
• Supply / Components
• Sources

Summary

Commander 3XL is Draganfly multi-payload professional drone for mapping, public safety, inspection and delivery missions. It carries up to 10 kg of payload and supports interchangeable sensors or delivery modules for field operations.

Overview

Commander 3XL is Draganfly multi-payload professional drone for mapping, public safety, inspection and delivery missions. It carries up to 10 kg of payload and supports interchangeable sensors or delivery modules for field operations.

Market context

Larger modular enterprise UAV for payload-heavy field missions.

• Target environment: Emergency-response zones, inspection corridors, public-safety operations, delivery routes and government field environments.
• Workflow context: Payload transport, aerial inspection, surveillance, emergency response, field sensing and modular UAV missions.
• Customer context: Public-safety teams, government operators, enterprise inspection teams and delivery operators needing a heavier modular UAV.
• Deployment model: Commercial enterprise UAV platform sold as part of Draganfly's aircraft and payload ecosystem.
• Commercial maturity: Active enterprise UAV product with published payload, endurance and modularity claims.
• Adoption constraints: Adoption depends on payload integration, flight permissions, endurance needs, operator training, service support and mission economics.
• Market position: Payload-heavy enterprise UAV positioned above small inspection drones and below larger fixed-wing cargo aircraft.
• Adjacent products: Draganfly Commander 3 XL, Volatus Condor XL, JOUAV CW-80E, Freefly Alta X

Audience

Inspectors

Workflow

Payload transport, aerial inspection, surveillance, emergency response, field sensing and modular UAV missions.

Capability

UAV

Deployment environment

Emergency-response zones, inspection corridors, public-safety operations, delivery routes and government field environments.

Positioning tags

• Audience: Inspectors
• Workflow: Payload transport, aerial inspection, surveillance, emergency response, field sensing and modular UAV missions.
• Capability: UAV
• Deployment environment: Emergency-response zones, inspection corridors, public-safety operations, delivery routes and government field environments.

Specifications

• Payload Kg: 10 kg
• Flight Time: Up to 50 minutes min
• Payload Mounting: Universal payload mounting system
• Configuration: Quick-detach arms with delivery box and winch options
• Certification: NDAA compliant; Cube autopilot is Blue UAS certified
• Dimensions: 64 in L x 63 in W x 12 in H / 162 cm x 160 cm x 30 cm with propellers
• Max Airspeed: 38 kt / 72 km/h maximum operating airspeed
• Operating Altitude: 2438 m / 8000 ft ASL operating ceiling
• Wind Tolerance: 35 km/h / 21 mph maximum wind resistance
• Communication Range: Up to 2 km controller signal range on listed configuration; communication options include Microhard PDDL, Herelink Blue, Doodle Labs Helix and DTC BluSDR
• Payload Capacity Kg: 9.98 kg
• Mtow Kg: 25 kg
• Aircraft Weight Kg: 15 kg

Timeline / Research

• 2025-11-20 - Commercial Order - Draganfly secures international military order for Commander 3XL drone systems - Draganfly announced a strategic international military order for Commander 3XL drone systems.
• 2025-07-22 - Commercial Order - Draganfly secures strategic military order for Commander 3XL UAV systems - Draganfly announced the sale of Commander 3XL UAV systems to a globally recognized defence contractor.
• 2025-06-17 - Capability - Commander 3XL achieves DROPS-enabled status during U.S. Army SMEX25 operational trials - Draganfly said the Commander 3XL integrated with TB2 Aerospace's DROPS system achieved a 100% success ra…
• 2024-09-24 - Commercial Order - Draganfly receives Commander 3XL order for TB2 Aerospace DROPS deployment within U.S. DoD branches - Draganfly received a purchase order from TB2 Aerospace for Commander 3XL drones.

Operations Claims / Customers and deployments

• Commander 3xl Order Status - international military Commander 3XL order - 2025-11-20 - international military customer - military UAS - Draganfly secured an international military order for Commander 3XL drone systems.
• Order Status - Commander 3XL UAV systems order - 2025-07-22 - military customer - defense UAS procurement - Draganfly secured a strategic military order for Commander 3XL UAV systems.
• Customer Bound Commander 3xl Order - Commander 3XL purchase order for DROPS logistics - 2024-09-24 - TB2 Aerospace / U.S. Department of Defense branches - military logistics drone operations - Draganfly received a Comma…
• Commander 3xl Purchase Order - Commander 3XL systems purchase order - 2024-09-05 - U.S. Department of Defense customer - defense drone operations - Draganfly received a purchase order for Commander 3XL drones for deploy…
• Flex Fpv Purchase Order - Flex FPV drone systems purchase order - 2024-09-05 - U.S. Department of Defense customer - defense drone operations - Draganfly received a purchase order for Flex FPV drones for deployment with…

Supply / Components

• Commander 3XL - Mesh Radio Datalink - Communications - Doodle Labs - Doodle Labs supplies communications to Draganfly for Commander 3XL - source: globenewswire.com