Product profile
Sonora
Sonora is Harmattan AI training-focused drone for ISR simulation and operational preparation. It is designed as a lower-cost aircraft that helps defence us...
Facts
- Company
- Harmattan AI
- Product type
- uav
- Status
- commercial
- Primary capability
- generalist
- Website
- https://www.harmattan.ai/systems/sonora/
About Sonora
Sonora is a small uncrewed aircraft designed for unit-level ISR training and operator familiarisation. It allows teams to practise mission preparation, launch, flight control, sensor use and recovery through repeatable exercises using a dedicated training platform.
The system supports scalable instruction across new operators and established units and can reproduce the workflows used with operational reconnaissance aircraft. Harmattan AI supplies the aircraft within a broader autonomy and mission-management portfolio, giving customers a consistent route from training into deployed UAS operations.
Market context
uav_platform_v1, verified public-facing prose against first-party exact-product source, defence, small_uas, 2026-07-26, false
Summary
Type: UAV
Core: Training aircraft
Function: Rehearse missions
Audience: Armed forces
Specifications
- aircraft_class
- Small unmanned aerial system for training, familiarization and tactical ISR
- camera_day
- Low-light EO camera, 1280 x 720 end-user resolution, 30 fps, 6x zoom including 3x lossless
- camera_thermal
- IR camera, 320 x 240 end-user resolution, 30 fps
- command_and_control
- Full system integrated with GCS
- dimensions
- 35 x 42 x 11 cm
- flight_time_minutes
- > 40 minutes
- launch_recovery
- Ready for takeoff in less than 1 minute
- range
- 2 km
- weather_rating
- Equivalent to IP53
- weight_kg
- < 1.8 kg
Operations
- Product detail
- uav_platform_v1, verified public-facing prose against first-party exact-product source, defence, small_uas, 2026-07-26, false
Research, Articles and recent verified events
- Valeo selected to develop and manufacture Harmattan AI drone motors — 2026-07-20
- Dassault Aviation and Harmattan AI demonstrate NAMIB EW payload with Rafale F4 — 2026-07-13
- France orders 5,000 Harmattan AI soldier drones — 2026-06-23
- Harmattan AI raises $200M Series B led by Dassault Aviation — 2026-01-12
- Harmattan AI and Skyeton announce strategic partnership around Raybird UAS capabilities — 2025-10-02
- Harmattan AI secures UK Ministry of Defence program for delivery of up to 3,000 UAS — 2025-09-10
- Harmattan AI wins multi-million NATO-government program of record for AI-enabled small drones — 2025-07-03