Designed for Tactical Operations

The latest generation of Elistair’s tethered drone, ORION 2 is an automated, powerful and highly portable tethered UAS designed for continuous aerial day and night surveillance over large areas. Continuously powered through its kevlar-reinforced micro-tether, ORION 2 is capable of operating for 24 hours continuously at 100 meters (330 feet) height with 2 kg of payload and extended detection ranges up to 10 kilometers.

ORION 2 acts as a push-button tactical tower for both day and night applications and is especially suited for military operations, special forces, law enforcement, public safety entities and private security.

100m

24 h

10 km

2 Cases

2 kg

IP54

Ingress Protection

ISR Specifications

The Orion 2 payloads combine state of the art gimbal stabilization and crystal-clear imagery with low latencies thanks to the micro-tether high-speed and interference-free data transfer.

Equipped with leading industrial sensors, ORION 2’s surveillance cameras are the ultimate solution for persistant Intelligence Surveillance and Reconnaissance.

Capture and stream actionable imagery. Detect, track and protect your assets.

Two level failsafe design

Orion 2’s internal structure is entirely secured by a two level failsafe architecture capable of enduring the any emergency situation. The system has double or triple redundancy at every level.

Automated Deployment

ORION 2 is automated from take-off to landing using T-Planner Mission Software. For specific missions requiring flexibility, it can be optionally piloted manually.

Intelligent Safety Battery

An intelligent safety battery ensures a power backup in case of power failure and allows a safe landing of the tethered drone. The battery is automatically charged in-flight.

Smart Parachute

Integrated into the airframe, the parachute automatically deploys as a last resort, this provide protection for the aircraft, the operators and any assets in the field.

Reliable Propulsion

Orion 2’s aerial persistence relies on very high longevity and user-swappable motors optimized for persistence. Hexacopter structure for redundancy and enhanced stability.

Secure Data Link

Continuous, unjammable communications through the Elistair Safe-T 2 micro-tether provides secure command and control. Transfer speeds of up to 200 mb/s means real time intelligence is supplied to the operator.

Designed For The Field

Low-Logistical Footprint

Ready to operate within minutes, Orion 2 can by deployed by a single operator who can detects a threat within a 300 square kilometers area.

IP54

Rugged and weather-resistant with an IP54 rating, ORION 2 UAS has been designed to be deployed in challenging and unhospitable environments.

Modular

Modular with hot-swappable arms and legs, the complete system (drone and tether station) packs away into 2 hardened mission cases.

Mission Operation Software

T-Planner : Updated Version

Dedicated for tethered operations, T-Planner is an intuitive but powerful interface allowing the operator to focus on their mission rather than the flight. All data is fully controlled by the user.

Enter your required height for the mission and Orion 2 will automatically take-off and climb to the operating height. All safety procedures are automated.

T-Planner features digital stabilization, a map overlay of the drone’s location and camera POV. EO and IR images are streamed simultaneously.

Access to the IP based video stream allows external sharing of the video feeds such as streaming, processing, integration into third party software and VMS etc.

GENERAL

Maximum height (cable length)

Operation in average wind

Operation in gusts of wind

Operating Temperature

Enclosure rating

Drone dimensions (propellers folded)

Drone dimensions (propellers unfolded)

Main Body Diameter

Wingspan

Height to base

Empty weight

Total take off weight (with XDM Camera)

Max. flight time

Parachute

Size

Weight

Speed of decent at max weight

Deployment method

Intelligent Safety Battery

Voltage

Type of battery

Capacity

Flight time on battery

Max. charging power of battery

Flight Control

Flight modes

GNSS

Emergency RF Link (between GCS and ORION)

RF band

Radio link power

Radio Remote control link for manual control

RF band

Radio link power

GCS - Ground Control Station

Processer

Graphics

Screen

Battery life

Video stream format (T-PLANNER)

100m / 330 feet

35 km/h

50 km/h

10 to 45 C

IP54

1.19 m

1.63 m

43 cm

1.63 m

45 cm

7.5 kg

8.5 kg

24h

7 m²

650 g

3.2 m/s

Mechanical

22.2 V (6S)

LiPo

4500 mAh

2 min

5 A

Auto or Manual

GPS, GLONASS, Galileo, Beidou

433 Mhz / 915 MHz

10 mW

2.4 Ghz

100 mW

Intel® Core™ i5 7300U vPro ™

Intel® HD Graphics 620

14”HD Active Matrix (TFT) couleur LCD

Up to 15 hours

HD 1080p 30 i/s