Product profile
IF1200A
Inspired Flight IF1200 is a heavy-lift hexacopter for survey, inspection, LiDAR and specialised multi-sensor missions. Its open payload architecture, unive...
Facts
- Company
- Inspired Flight
- Product type
- heavy_lift_uav
- Status
- commercial
- Primary capability
- Carry complex sensing payloads for field missions
- Website
- https://www.inspiredflight.com/if1200
About IF1200A
IF1200 is a folding heavy-lift hexacopter with an open payload bay for lidar, mapping, inspection and multisensor equipment. The aircraft carries substantial professional payloads while maintaining flight endurance suited to survey and infrastructure missions.
A universal payload interface provides mechanical attachment, power and data connections for customer equipment. The US-built platform uses NDAA-compliant components and supports Blue UAS-aligned government procurement. Inspired Flight supplies aircraft integration, payload engineering and field support.
Market context
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Summary
Type: Heavy hexacopter
Core: IF1200
Function: Sensor transport
Audience: Survey teams
Specifications
- max_flight_time_minutes
- 43 minutes maximum flight time min
- max_payload_kg
- 8.6 kg maximum payload kg
- max_speed_mps
- 25 m/s maximum air speed m/s
- operating_temperature
- -20°C to 45°C operating range
Operations
- Environment
- outdoor_airspace, operational_field_environment
- Primary user
- Survey, infrastructure, research and public-sector teams
- Role
- Carry complex sensing payloads for field missions
- Interaction model
- autonomous_and_operator_supervised
- Mobility class
- uncrewed_aerial_vehicle
- Product detail
- drone, official_16x9_ready, Heavy-Lift Drone, official_field_photo, https://static.wixstatic.com/media/df68b3_97c4cdc317ac4218b3c0984d5f622345%7Emv2.jpg, false, heavy_lift_drone, Heavy-Lift Drone, drone, Heavy-Lift Drone, drone, high, heavy_lift_uav, drone
Research, Articles and recent verified events
- Inspired Flight integrates MicaSense multispectral cameras with IF800 Tomcat — 2025-12-10
- Inspired Flight expands Ascend Engineering partnership for drone software — 2025-11-21
- Inspired Flight raises $12 million Series A led by Tri-Valley Ventures — 2025-08-25
- Inspired Flight launches GS-ONE ground control station — 2025-08-14
- Inspired Flight IF800 Tomcat and IF1200A receive AUVSI Green UAS certification — 2024-12-11
- Inspired Flight and Gremsy launch VIO F1 EO/IR payload integration for IF800 Tomcat — 2024-01-11
- Inspired Flight unveils IF800 Tomcat American-made drone — 2023-06-08