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E455

About

About E455

E455 is a Group II electric VTOL aircraft with a removable mission bay carrying up to 12 pounds. Lift rotors provide vertical launch and recovery, and the fixed wing supports extended ISR, mapping, communications-relay and scientific missions from confined operating sites.

Payload integrations include electro-optical and infrared gimbals, communications systems and specialised sensing equipment. Event 38 supplies autonomous mission software and several command-and-control options, including TAK integration. E455 systems have supported US Army Arctic exercises, Florida State Guard training and Los Alamos environmental surveys.

Capabilities

Source-backed capabilities

  • Operating environments: Long-range aerial survey and surveillance missions
  • Control modes: Operator Supervised Autonomy
  • ISR and tactical support

    Claimed - Carry a surveillance payload to observe a mission area. - environment: Long-range aerial survey and surveillance missions

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  • Mapping and photogrammetry

    Claimed - Carry a mapping payload over a planned survey area. - environment: Long-range aerial survey and surveillance missions

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Observed use

Exact-product configurations are shown without inferring supply, purchase, customer status, standard fit, deployment or partnership.

  • Halo

    2025-02-11 - Operational - Connected - Physical - Phoenix Air Unmanned used an Event 38 E455 equipped with Elsight Halo connectivity for a 332.4-mile Shell Pipeline patrol completed in 16 BVLOS flights.

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Supply

Supply / Components

  • E455

    Lifeseeker Mini S10 - sensors - CENTUM - CENTUM's Lifeseeker Mini S10 is integrated into Event 38's E455 search-and-rescue configuration - source: event38.com

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  • E455

    Silvus Streamcaster Radio Option - connectivity - Silvus Technologies - Silvus radio hardware was installed in Event 38's E455 Alaska demonstration configuration - source: event38.com

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  • E455

    Drops Payload System - payload_handling - TB2 Aerospace - TB2 Aerospace's DROPS payload system is integrated into Event 38's E455 configuration - source: event38.com

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  • E455

    Nextvision Raptor Nighthawk And Dragoneye Eo Ir Payload Options - sensors - NextVision Stabilized Systems Ltd. - NextVision Raptor EO/IR payload was installed in Event 38's E455 Alaska demonstration configuration - source: event38.com

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  • E455

    Resepi LIDAR Payload Option - sensors - Inertial Labs - Inertial Labs announced RESEPI lidar integration into Event 38's E455; completion is not established - source: event38.com

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  • E455

    Elsight Halo Communications Option - connectivity - Elsight Ltd. - source: elsight.com

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Timeline

  • Event 38 secures FAA BVLOS waiver for E455 pipeline inspection

    2024-08-19 - Regulatory - The waiver covered pipeline inspection operations over more than 100 miles. The FAA waiver supported BVLOS E455 pipeline inspection over more than 100 miles.

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  • Event 38 and Inertial Labs announce RESEPI integration for E455

    2024-02-07 - Partnership - RESEPI combines an inertial navigation system, a single- or dual-antenna GNSS receiver, Linux processing and data-logging software. The E455 provides a removable, open-architecture payload bay at the aircraft’s center of gravity. The planned system targets detailed topographic data collection in challenging terrain, including construction, agriculture and environmental monitoring.

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Context

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