Heavy-Duty, Heavy Payload Drones for Industrial Inspections, Public Safety and Search & Rescue

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Xer Technologies

Heavy-Duty, Heavy Payload Drones for Industrial Inspections, Public Safety and Search & Rescue

Xer Technologies is a leading developer of multirotor heavy-duty drones for demanding commercial, industrial and public safety applications.

Our European-made industrial UAV (unmanned aerial vehicle) platforms provide advanced mission capabilities and actionable insights with superior flight-time and payload capability compared to conventional UAVs at a fraction of the operating costs and carbon footprints of helicopters or manned aircraft. The UAV platforms are developed to meet high aerospace reliability and safety standards and to support complex and challenging Beyond Visual Line of Sight (BVLOS) missions.

Heavy duty drone

X8 – Heavy-Duty Coaxial-Rotor Drone

Industrial UAV with hybrid power system

industrial inspection UAVThe X8 is a powerful multirotor drone that delivers a flight endurance of over 2.5 hours and payload capacity of up to 7kg.

Powered by a hybrid fuel-electric propulsion system, it is an ideal platform to extend your flight endurance and operating range beyond the capabilities of battery powered conventional drones.

The UAV platform design is based on several thousand hours of operational experience and meets the high aerospace reliability and safety standards in order to allow complex and challenging Beyond Visual Line of Sight (BVLOS) missions.

Coaxial rotor drone

industrial multirotor drone

Heavy payload drone

The rugged hybrid-engine drone is engineered for high performance under highly challenging conditions, including rain, snow, sub-zero temperatures, and wind speeds of up to 35 knots. The lightweight carbon-fibre airframe features foldable quick-release arms for easy transport, and the system can be rapidly deployed and airborne in just two minutes.

Heavy duty drone

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Versatile configuration for multi-mission capability

The X8 platform can be customized to suit a wide range of operational requirements. With integrated mounting brackets and built-in power and communication connectors, the heavy payload drone can accommodate loadouts of single or multiple sensors and payloads, including:

  • EO/IR (electro-optical/infrared) imaging systems
  • LiDAR scanners
  • ISR (Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance) sensors
  • Ground-penetrating radar (GPR)
  • Multispectral/hyperspectral sensors
  • Radioactivity and gas detectors
  • Extra fuel tanks for extended-range missions

The X8 can also be equipped with different communication options, including long-range RF (European or US-compliant), 4G cellular, and SATCOM (satellite communications).

Advanced safety features include integrated collision avoidance, an autonomously-deploying parachute system, and a backup battery for emergency landings. The X8 can be flown in EASA “Open” and “Specific” category.

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Applications

BVLOS power line inspectionPower Line Inspections
The ultimate solution for BVLOS power line inspection, the X8 UAS is equipped with a high resolution camera and/or high precision LiDAR, making automated inspection of power lines and grids more reliable, effective and safer than ever before.

drone industrial inspectionIndustrial Inspections
Doing away with the need to change batteries every 20 minutes, our drones enable highly efficient industrial inspection, monitoring and fault-finding for large-scale infrastructure such as railroads, pipelines and powerlines.

search and rescue uavSearch and Rescue
With rapid deployment and enhanced flight endurance, our platforms are ideal SAR (search and rescue) UAVs, providing the ability to operate in extreme weather and hazardous terrain when time is of the essence. The heavy payload drones can also be used to drop a variety of critical items to people in need, including first aid kits, water, radios and inflatable life rafts.

public safety droneEmergency Response & Public Safety
Xer drones are ideal for law enforcement agencies and public safety departments, providing an efficient eye-in-the sky capability for operations such as surveillance, suspect tracking and evidence gathering while reducing risk to personnel.

disaster relief dronesAid & Disaster Relief
Our heavy duty UAVs can be deployed for urgent emergency response requirements in the aftermath of earthquakes, floods and other crises and natural disasters, to provide essential aerial intelligence as well as delivering crucial supplies and aid to people in need.

environmental monitoring dronesEnvironmental Monitoring
Xer’s versatile drones can be deployed in a wide range of terrain and equipped with combinations of payloads such as cameras, LiDAR and weather sensors to meet the needs of demanding environmental missions including erosion monitoring, anti-poaching, coastal mapping and more.

Products

X8 Heavy-Duty Multirotor Drone

Versatile hybrid power heavy-payload drone for industrial & public safety applications

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Partnership for Long-Range Unmanned Airborne LiDAR

Xer Technologies AG and GeoCue have integrated TrueView 720 LiDAR and imagery sensor with the Xer X8 UAV platform, enabling high-quality point cloud and imagery data collection

Sep 03, 2024
Partnership Formed for Underwater Topography Mapping

Xer Technologies’ drones have integrated YellowScan’s Navigator bathymetric system, forming a crucial solution for environmental monitoring, coastal management, and more

Aug 16, 2024
Aerial Wildfire Management Solution Launched

Xer and Workswell have integrated the Wiris Enterprise with the Xer X8 UAV, elevating drone performance in wildfire management, thermodiagnostic inspection, and security applications

Jul 08, 2024
Agreement for Heavy Duty Hybrid Electric UAV Distribution

Volatus Aerospace and Xer Technologies have signed an agreement for distribution of heavy duty hybrid electric engine UAVs, ideal for SAR, wildfire, and mapping uses, in North America

Jun 25, 2024
Gas Detection and the Xer X8 UAS

The X8 UAS from Xer Technologies is a complete solution for automated, long-range drone gas detection, able to detect leaks of greenhouse gases effectively and safely

May 31, 2024
Xer Partners with Australian Drone Solution Provider

Australia's Wedgetail Aerospace now offers long-range inspection services with the Xer X8, a heavy-duty unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV)

May 08, 2024
LINIA’s Automated Flight Route Software Integrated with Xer’s X8 UAV

The integration of LINIA's automated flight route software with Xer Technologies' X8 unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) platform significantly enhances the efficiency and productivity of drone-based inspections

Dec 12, 2023
X8 Heavy-Duty Drone Ready for the Toughest Missions

The X8 by Xer Technologies is a heavy-duty, coaxial-rotor, hybrid-electric drone with a 2.5 hr flight time carrying a 3kg payload, ideally suited to harsh environment applications, including search and rescue, disaster response, and BVLOS inspection, find out more at DroneX, Intergeo and Milipol

Sep 22, 2023
Drone Inspection Payload Integrated with the X8 UAS

Phase One has certified Xer Technologies’ hybrid electric X8 BVLOS capable UAS for next-generation high-resolution inspections

Sep 19, 2023
Yellowscan LiDAR Certified as Compatible with Xer X8 Heavy Duty UAV

With the combined systems from Xer and Yellowscan, users are now able to acquire high resolution LiDAR data from several hours of continuous flight operations

May 26, 2023
Heavy-Duty Multirotor Drones for Industrial Inspection & Public Safety

XER's rugged heavy-lift drones are BVLOS-capable and can be flown in the EASA “Open” and “Specific” categories

Nov 29, 2022

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Xer Technologies AG Switzerland Lerzenstrasse 10, 8953 Dietikon, Switzerland +41786266423 Contact Website