Facts

• Company: XTEND
• Product type: Reconnaissance UAV
• Status: commercial
• Capability focus: Defense
• Website: https://www.xtend.me/honey-badger

Profile sections

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

Summary

HONEY BADGER is XTEND outdoor multi-mission UAS platform. It is designed for tactical missions such as reconnaissance, overwatch and payload delivery, using XTEND operator-guided autonomy approach for complex defense and security environments.

Overview

HONEY BADGER is XTEND outdoor multi-mission UAS platform. It is designed for tactical missions such as reconnaissance, overwatch and payload delivery, using XTEND operator-guided autonomy approach for complex defense and security environments.

Market context

Multi-mission UAS positioned for ISR through strike missions in denied environments.

• Target environment: Tactical field environments, denied or contested operating areas, defense training ranges and ISR mission settings.
• Workflow context: ISR, reconnaissance, payload delivery, strike-support missions, remote operation and tactical UAS workflows.
• Customer context: Defense forces, security teams and government operators needing a tactical drone platform for multi-mission use.
• Deployment model: Commercial defense UAS product within XTEND's tactical drone and human-guided autonomy portfolio.
• Commercial maturity: Commercially presented defense platform with official product materials.
• Adoption constraints: Adoption depends on procurement, training, payload configuration, mission rules, export controls, battlefield reliability and operator trust.
• Market position: Tactical multi-mission UAS in XTEND's defense lineup, separate from consumer FPV or inspection-drone categories.
• Adjacent products: XTEND Wolverine, Draganfly Flex FPV, Teal Black Widow, AeroVironment Puma

Audience

Defense

Workflow

ISR, reconnaissance, payload delivery, strike-support missions, remote operation and tactical UAS workflows.

Capability

defense

Deployment environment

Tactical field environments, denied or contested operating areas, defense training ranges and ISR mission settings.

Positioning tags

• Audience: Defense
• Workflow: ISR, reconnaissance, payload delivery, strike-support missions, remote operation and tactical UAS workflows.
• Capability: defense
• Deployment environment: Tactical field environments, denied or contested operating areas, defense training ranges and ISR mission settings.

Specifications

• Dimensions: Frame size 27.6 x 33.5 x 9.8 in / 70.1 x 85.1 x 25.1 cm
• Flight Time: Up to 35 minutes without payload; 18 minutes with payload
• Speed: Max speed 44 mph / 70 km/h
• Payload Options: Flexible payload options for reconnaissance, communications relay, precision strike, counter-IED, counter-UAS, and emergency delivery
• Deployment Time: Quick deployment mechanism
• Navigation: GPS-denied mission operation
• Task Scope: Reconnaissance, communications relay, precision strike, counter-IED, counter-UAS, and emergency delivery missions
• Operational Role: Outdoor multi-mission tactical UAV for defence operations
• Weight Kg: 4 kg
• Payload Capacity Kg: 3 kg

Tags

• Peer Group: Tactical ISR UAV
• Workflow: Tactical reconnaissance
• Capability: Remote operation
• Deployment Environment: Defence operational environment, Outdoor field environment
• Stack Layer: Finished robot platform
• Commercial Stage: Deployed platform

Comparable Systems

• XTENDER - XTEND - Reconnaissance UAV
• Flex FPV - Draganfly - UAV
• MQ-9A Reaper - General Atomics Aeronautical Systems - UAV
• K1000ULE - Kraus Hamdani Aerospace - Unmanned Aerial System
• Iroko UAV - Terra Industries - UAV
• VECTOR RCV - Milrem Robotics - UGV
• GEREON RCS - ARX Robotics - Unmanned Ground Vehicle
• IAI Heron - Israel Aerospace Industries - UAV