Facts

• Company: Inspired Flight
• Product type: UAV
• Status: commercial
• Website: https://www.inspiredflight.com/

Profile sections

• Summary
• Overview
• Market context
• Audience
• Workflow
• Capability
• Deployment environment
• Positioning tags
• Specifications
• Tags
• Timeline / Research
• Supply / Components
• Comparable Systems
• Sources

Summary

IF800 Tomcat is Inspired Flight professional quadcopter for mapping, inspection, surveying and research missions. The U. S. -made platform is built for field operations with payload flexibility, long flight time and compliance-focused enterprise deployment.

Overview

IF800 Tomcat is Inspired Flight professional quadcopter for mapping, inspection, surveying and research missions. The U. S. -made platform is built for field operations with payload flexibility, long flight time and compliance-focused enterprise deployment.

Market context

IF800 Tomcat is Inspired Flight American-made medium-lift quadcopter for mapping, inspection, research, public safety and government missions.

• Target environment: Outdoor industrial sites and enterprise field environments.
• Workflow context: Aerial mapping, inspection, survey and industrial data collection using a NDAA-compliant U.S.-built platform.
• Customer context: Enterprise operators and government agencies needing NDAA-compliant UAVs.
• Deployment model: Commercial UAV from a U.S.-based manufacturer.
• Commercial maturity: Commercially available U.S.-made UAV with NDAA and Blue UAS positioning.
• Adoption constraints: Multirotor flight time limits coverage area per mission.
• Market position: A compact U.S.-made payload drone with NDAA and Blue UAS positioning for government and enterprise use.
• Adjacent products: Freefly Astro, mapping UAVs

Audience

Inspectors

Workflow

Aerial mapping, inspection, survey and industrial data collection using a NDAA-compliant U. S. -built platform.

Capability

Autonomous navigation

Deployment environment

Outdoor industrial sites and enterprise field environments.

Positioning tags

• Audience: Inspectors
• Workflow: Aerial mapping, inspection, survey and industrial data collection using a NDAA-compliant U.S.-built platform.
• Capability: Autonomous navigation
• Deployment environment: Outdoor industrial sites and enterprise field environments.

Specifications

• Flight Time: 54 minutes maximum flight time
• Speed: 22 m/s / 49 mph max air speed
• Wind Resistance: 10 m/s, 12 m/s gusts
• Ceiling: Service ceiling 4.2 km with 0.0 kg payload, 3.2 km with 1.5 kg payload, 2.0 km with 3.0 kg payload
• Battery System: Dual hot-swappable smart batteries
• Flight Controller: ArduPilot autopilot on CubePilot Cube Blue H7 flight management unit
• Task Scope: Industrial inspection, mapping, public safety, and payload-based enterprise UAV work
• Operational Role: Medium-lift enterprise quadcopter for NDAA-compliant industrial UAV operations
• Max Payload Kg: 3 kg

Tags

• Peer Group: Industrial mapping drone
• Workflow: Industrial inspection
• Capability: Autonomous navigation
• Deployment Environment: Outdoor field environment
• Stack Layer: Finished robot platform
• Commercial Stage: Commercial product
• Market Signal: Blue UAS platform

Timeline / Research

• 2025-12-10 - Partnership - Inspired Flight integrates MicaSense multispectral cameras with IF800 Tomcat - Inspired Flight announced full integration of Eagle NXT's MicaSense camera kits with the IF800 Tomcat and IF1200.
• 2025-08-25 - Funding - Inspired Flight raises $12 million Series A led by Tri-Valley Ventures - Inspired Flight secured $12 million in Series A funding led by Tri-Valley Ventures.
• 2025-08-14 - Product Launch - Inspired Flight launches GS-ONE ground control station - Inspired Flight launched GS-ONE, an NDAA-compliant handheld ground control station for commercial, industrial, and government UAS.
• 2024-12-11 - Regulatory - Inspired Flight IF800 Tomcat and IF1200A receive AUVSI Green UAS certification - AUVSI granted Green UAS certification to Inspired Flight's IF1200A and IF800 Tomcat platforms.
• 2024-01-11 - Partnership - Inspired Flight and Gremsy launch VIO F1 EO/IR payload integration for IF800 Tomcat - Inspired Flight and Gremsy announced an integrated IF800 Tomcat and Gremsy VIO F1 EO/IR payload package.
• 2023-06-08 - Product Launch - Inspired Flight unveils IF800 Tomcat American-made drone - Inspired Flight unveiled the IF800 Tomcat, a foldable American-made drone for professional and enterprise users.

Supply / Components

• Inspired Flight IF800 Tomcat - Mesh Radio Datalink - Communications - Doodle Labs - Doodle Labs radio links are used in the Inspired Flight IF800 Tomcat communications stack - source: advexure.com
• Inspired Flight IF800 Tomcat - Mapping Camera Payload - Perception - Sony - Sony LR1 mapping-camera payloads are supported on Inspired Flight IF800 Tomcat for high-resolution aerial imagery - source: inspiredflight.com
• Inspired Flight IF800 Tomcat - Thermal Camera Payload - Perception - Gremsy - Gremsy VIO F1 thermal-imaging payloads are integrated with Inspired Flight IF800 Tomcat - source: gremsy.com

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• NOA Hybrid - Acecore Technologies - UAV
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• Zetona - Acecore Technologies - UAV
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