Product profile
Polaris
Polaris is FlyFocus backpackable fixed-wing UAV for long-duration, quiet field operations. It can carry payloads such as EO/IR cameras, mapping sensors, co...
Facts
- Company
- FlyFocus
- Product type
- reconnaissance_uav
- Status
- commercial
- Primary capability
- defense
- Website
- https://flyfocus.pl/product/polaris/
About Polaris
Polaris is a portable electric fixed-wing aircraft that can be launched by hand and recovered without a runway. Its airframe is disassembled for backpack transport and assembled in the field by a small team. Electric propulsion provides a low acoustic signature during observation and communications missions.
The aircraft accepts electro-optical and infrared cameras, mapping equipment, communications relays and signals-intelligence payloads. FlyFocus supplies the air vehicle, ground-control equipment and integration for defence, border, public-safety and industrial users. The platform is intended for long-duration coverage from dispersed sites with limited launch infrastructure.
Market context
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Summary
Type: Fixed-wing UAV
Core: Backpack launch
Function: ISR
Audience: Defense
Specifications
- ceiling
- 4000 m ASL maximum altitude
- deployment_time
- 5 min preparation time for flight
- endurance_hours
- Up to 4 hours with Thermal AI algorithm h
- materials
- Carbon-glass composite
- max_takeoff_weight
- 4.5 kg
- navigation
- GPS + INS with additional anti-jamming systems or GPS-free missions
- operating_temp
- -20°C to +50°C
- propulsion
- Quiet electric motor with folding propeller
- speed_range
- 45 to 110 km/h speed range km/h
- task_scope
- ISR and backpack-portable reconnaissance missions
- wingspan
- 2.2 m
Operations
- Environment
- outdoor_unstructured, defence_field
- Primary user
- Defence and security operators
- Role
- reconnaissance, surveillance
- Interaction model
- Operator-supervised mission planning and payload control
- Mobility class
- aerial, fixed_wing
- Product detail
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Research, Articles and recent verified events
- FlyFocus licenses Indian UAS manufacturing and supply rights to Lloyds defence subsidiary — 2026-07-28
- FlyFocus presents U-HeMiT and Striker systems at Drone World Expo 2026 — 2026-03-04
- FlyFocus raises €4.5 million in first institutional funding round — 2026-02-26
- FlyFocus signs direct military contracts with Polish Armed Forces and supports Ukrainian Ministry of Defence operations — 2026-02-26
- FlyFocus joins Armament Agency contract for multi-domain autopilot feasibility study — 2025-03-11
- FlyFocus is founded in Poland to develop unmanned aerial systems and avionics — 2017-01-01