FLIR Announces New Advanced Commercial Drone Camera

By Mike Ball / 11 Sep 2017
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Drone with FLIR Duo Pro R

FLIR has announced the company’s most advanced commercial drone camera and aerial mapping system, the dual sensor FLIR Duo Pro R.

Featuring both a thermal sensor with radiometry and a visible camera, the FLIR Duo Pro R gives professional drone operators the range and image detail needed to capture actionable thermal and visible imagery in a single drone flight.

The on-board sensor suite also includes a fully integrated GPS receiver, IMU, magnetometer, and barometer that provide all the data needed to create accurate orthomosaics from an airborne platform without integrating to external flight controllers.

Ideal for a wide range of high-performance commercial, industrial, and public safety drone applications, the FLIR Duo Pro R allows operators to switch between thermal and video cameras in flight. With the option of a 336×256 or 640×512 thermal resolution sensor and a high-definition 4K color video camera, the FLIR Duo Pro R uses FLIR’s patented multispectral dynamic imaging MSX technology to emboss high-fidelity, visible-light details onto the thermal imagery to improve image quality.

The camera also offers a thermal, visible picture-in-picture mode, and records raw video and stills to two dedicated microSD cards.

Posted by Mike Ball Mike Ball is our resident technical editor here at Unmanned Systems Technology. Combining his passion for teaching, advanced engineering and all things unmanned, Mike keeps a watchful eye over everything related to the unmanned technical sector. With over 10 years’ experience in the unmanned field and a degree in engineering, Mike’s been heading up our technical team here for the last 8 years. Connect & Contact