Products
HAL-9001
VTOL fixed-wing reconnaissance UAV — internal testbed for the UVS Dynamics radio and vision stack
A fixed-wing UAV with vertical takeoff and landing. 2021 mm wingspan, 100–140 km range, 2–4 h endurance. Not for serial production today — work on the airframe is ongoing, and we use the platform internally as a flight test rig for our own radio links and computer vision.
Not for serial production. HAL-9001 is under active development — we keep iterating on aerodynamics, the load-bearing frame, and onboard integration. The platform flies and is regularly in the air as our internal flight test rig for the rest of our stack: UVS Link / UVS Link Pro radio links and UVS Vision computer vision. It lets us put our own systems through real flight conditions, not just bench tests.
Airframe
HAL-9001 is a fixed-wing reconnaissance UAV with vertical takeoff and landing. Four VTOL motors lift the platform off the ground; a tail pusher then transitions it into cruise — no runway, no catapult, minimal field setup.
The airframe is built from radio-transparent polymer (EPO). That choice is deliberate: onboard X-band antennas shouldn’t have to fight the airframe itself. Attenuation through radio-transparent polymer is an order of magnitude lower than through carbon-fiber composite.
Why we keep it
Radio links, navigation systems, antennas — all of these have to be validated in real flight, not just on a bench with a channel emulator. A rented or third-party platform almost always involves a compromise: different antenna geometry, different payload mounting, different integration constraints. Our own airframe removes that compromise — we see how our systems actually behave in our conditions.
Where we’re taking it
Future iterations focus on extended range, deeper UVS Vision integration (GPS-denied navigation onboard), and a broader mesh mode. The door to a production variant stays open, but today HAL-9001 is first and foremost an engineering tool that accelerates work on our primary products.
Engineering details
Features
- Vertical takeoff and landing with a LIDAR altimeter — no runway, no catapult
- Fixed-wing cruise for endurance: 2–4 hours in the air, 100–140 km range
- Radio-transparent polymer airframe (EPO) — minimal absorption around onboard antennas
- Inertial navigation with dual GNSS/INS, ready for UVS Vision integration (GPS-denied positioning)
- Video and telemetry channel — integrates with UVS Link / UVS Link Pro
- Mesh mode across multiple platforms
- Electric powertrain — rear pusher + 4× VTOL motors