Teal 2 product profile
Teal 2 is Red Cat small unmanned aircraft system for defense, public safety and government users. It is designed for short-range reconnaissance and night operations, using onboard imaging and rugged field deployment for tactical situational awareness.
Facts
- Company: Red Cat
- Product type: UAV
- Status: commercial
- Website: https://tealdrones.com/solutions/teal-2/
Profile sections
- Summary
- Overview
- Market context
- Audience
- Workflow
- Capability
- Deployment environment
- Positioning tags
- Specifications
- Tags
- Timeline / Research
- Operations Claims / Customers and deployments
- Supply / Components
- Comparable Systems
- Sources
Summary
Teal 2 is Red Cat small unmanned aircraft system for defense, public safety and government users. It is designed for short-range reconnaissance and night operations, using onboard imaging and rugged field deployment for tactical situational awareness.
Overview
Teal 2 is Red Cat small unmanned aircraft system for defense, public safety and government users. It is designed for short-range reconnaissance and night operations, using onboard imaging and rugged field deployment for tactical situational awareness.
Market context
Teal 2 is a U. S. -made Group 1 sUAS for defence, public safety, inspection and reconnaissance, built around night operations with thermal imaging.
- Target environment: Defence operational environments and public safety field sites.
- Workflow context: Tactical ISR, night reconnaissance and public safety surveillance using a compact Group 1 UAS.
- Customer context: Defence customers and public safety agencies needing compact sUAS with thermal capability.
- Deployment model: Commercial defence and public safety UAS from a Red Cat company.
- Commercial maturity: Active defence and public safety UAS with Blue UAS procurement positioning.
- Adoption constraints: Defence procurement cycles and NDAA compliance requirements.
- Market position: A compact U.S.-made sUAS with high-resolution thermal imaging and Blue UAS procurement positioning.
- Adjacent products: Black Widow, Skydio X10D, Group 1 small UAS
Workflow
Tactical ISR, night reconnaissance and public safety surveillance using a compact Group 1 UAS.
Capability
Remote operation
Deployment environment
Defence operational environments and public safety field sites.
Positioning tags
- Audience: Defense
- Workflow: Tactical ISR, night reconnaissance and public safety surveillance using a compact Group 1 UAS.
- Capability: Remote operation
- Deployment environment: Defence operational environments and public safety field sites.
Specifications
- Flight Time: 30+ minutes
- Speed: 10 m/s / 23 mph
- Weight Kg: 1.25 kg
- Ceiling: 10,000 ft / 3,048 m MSL
- Range: 3.1 miles / 5 km from controller
- Operating Temp: -32°F to 110°F / -35.6°C to 43.3°C
- Wind Resistance: 8.0 m/s / 18 mph / 16 kn sustained, 11.2 m/s / 25 mph / 22 kn gusts
- Flight Controller: MAVLink compliant
- Camera System: Teledyne FLIR Hadron 640R EO/IR payload with radiometric 640 x 512 thermal imager
- Communication: Teal Air Control downlink resolution 720p with AES-256 encryption
- Task Scope: Night operations, tactical ISR, public safety, and defense missions
Tags
- Peer Group: Tactical ISR UAV
- Workflow: Drone ISR
- Capability: Remote operation
- Deployment Environment: Defence operational environment
- Stack Layer: Finished robot platform
- Commercial Stage: Commercial product
- Market Signal: Blue UAS platform
Timeline / Research
- 2023-09-20 - Contract Award - Red Cat wins $1.8M CBP order for 106 Teal 2 drone systems - The order included 106 Teal 2 drone systems for border operations.
- 2023-04-26 - Product Launch - Red Cat officially launches Teal 2 military-grade sUAS - Red Cat officially launched the Teal 2 military-grade small UAS at the 2023 AAAA Army Aviation Mission Solutions Summit.
Operations Claims / Customers and deployments
- Customer Bound Teal2 Systems - 106 Teal 2 drone systems - 2023-09-20 - U.S. Customs and Border Protection - public-safety drone operations - Red Cat signed a $1.8 million contract with U.S. Customs and Border Protection…
Supply / Components
- Teal 2 - Eo Ir Payload - Perception - Teledyne FLIR - Teledyne FLIR Hadron 640R EO/IR payloads are integrated on Red Cat Teal 2 tactical sUAS - source: tealdrones.com
- Teal 2 - Mobile Soc - Compute & Control - Qualcomm - Qualcomm Snapdragon 845 powers Red Cat Teal 2 tactical sUAS compute stack - source: tealdrones.com
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