Product profile
Teal 2
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 o...
Facts
- Company
- Red Cat
- Product type
- uav
- Status
- commercial
- Website
- https://tealdrones.com/solutions/teal-2/
About Teal 2
Teal 2 is a 1.25 kg quadcopter built around short-range intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance. Its primary payload is a Teledyne FLIR Hadron 640R combining a radiometric 640 × 512 thermal camera with a visible-light sensor, allowing operators to observe and measure thermal activity in darkness or obscured conditions. Red Cat rates endurance at up to 30 minutes and operating range at about five kilometres.
A single operator carries, assembles and launches the aircraft and receives live imagery through the ground-control system. AES-256 encryption protects the control and video link, while a Qualcomm Snapdragon processor supports onboard functions and later software integration. Teal 2 is NDAA compliant and Blue UAS approved for US government procurement. It remains a fielded Red Cat product, although the newer Black Widow platform now leads the company’s current tactical-drone portfolio.
Market context
aircraft, defence, fielded_suas
Summary
Type: UAV
Core: Night ISR
Function: Gather intelligence
Audience: Armed forces
Specifications
- camera_system
- Teledyne FLIR Hadron 640R EO/IR payload with radiometric 640 x 512 thermal imager
- ceiling
- 10,000 ft / 3,048 m MSL
- communication
- Teal Air Control downlink resolution 720p with AES-256 encryption
- communication_range_km
- 5 km from controller km
- flight_controller
- MAVLink compliant
- flight_time_minutes
- 30+ minutes min
- max_speed_mps
- 10 m/s m/s
- operating_temp
- -32°F to 110°F / -35.6°C to 43.3°C
- task_scope
- Night operations, tactical ISR, public safety, and defense missions
- weight_kg
- 1.25 kg
- wind_resistance
- 8.0 m/s / 18 mph / 16 kn sustained, 11.2 m/s / 25 mph / 22 kn gusts
Operations
- Product detail
- aircraft, defence, fielded_suas
Research, Articles and recent verified events
- Red Cat Q2 revenue rises 527% to $20.2 million — 2026-08-06
- Aeon commercialises strike-drone fuze and safe-and-arm line — 2026-08-05
- Blue Ops integrates Volvo Penta D4-320 propulsion into Variant 7 — 2026-08-03
- Red Cat receives $2.49m U.S. Air Force order for Black Widow systems — 2026-07-30
- Red Cat validates five partner integrations on Black Widow and Teal 2 — 2026-07-29
- Red Cat withdraws non-binding Steyr Motors acquisition proposal — 2026-07-28
- Blue Ops begins ramping Variant 7 into full-rate production — 2026-05-28
- Red Cat to deliver Black Widow drone systems under Japan Ministry of Defense contract — 2026-05-21