Teal 2 Drone Seeks to Deliver Night-Time Advantage

Teal Drones, a Red Cat Holdings company, is sending a delegation to NATO nations this week, to discuss how the company’s Teal 2 drone can help Ukraine counter Russian forces when they’re most active – after dark.

Currently available to first-adopter customers and scheduled to launch later this year, Teal 2 is designed to ‘dominate the night,’ and will lead solutions for night-time operations. Press reports indicate Ukrainian forces lack sufficient drones equipped with night vision cameras to allow effective operations when Russian forces seek to creep forward. “In Ukraine and elsewhere, most military operations take place at night, and the Teal 2 gives warfighters exactly the solution they need […] Teal 2 is the first drone to integrate the world’s best new night-time drone camera – next-generation thermal-imaging technology from Teledyne FLIR. We’ve also partnered with other industry leaders, such as Tomahawk Robotics, Reveal Technology and Immervision, to offer additional game-changing drone capabilities. These include multi-vehicle control, 3D mapping and object detection,” explained CEO Jeff Thompson.

The US Customs and Border Protection has already received 54 Teal 2 drones, which will provide supplemental airborne reconnaissance, surveillance and tracking capability. In Ukraine, Red Cat’s previous contributions include filling provision of 15 Golden Eagle drones.

Teal is certified as ‘Blue UAS,’ authorised to provide equipment to the US military and is also one of only three drone manufacturers invited to participate in the US Army’s Short Range Reconnaissance Tranche 2 (SRR T2) programme, which seeks to deliver a portable, small UAS that can be used by army platoons for ISR and improved situational awareness purposes.