Q12

Q12 is SiFly’s fully electric long-endurance multirotor for public safety, mapping, inspection and payload delivery. It combines up to 180 minutes of flight time with swappable payloads, onboard detect-and-avoid, edge compute, RTK positioning and cellular, Wi-Fi and sub-GHz links.

Facts

  • Company: SiFly
  • Type: Long Endurance Drone
  • Positioning: Q12
  • Function: Data collection
  • Audience: Industrial operators
  • Status: Preorder
  • Website: https://sifly.co/q12.html

About

About Q12

Q12 is SiFly’s long-endurance electric multirotor for public-safety and industrial missions. The current specification lists up to 180 minutes of flight time, 90 miles of range, 60 mph top speed, IP55 protection and payloads up to 10 lb. Swappable payload options cover EO/IR intelligence, RGB and lidar mapping, OGI inspection, delivery, search and rescue, agriculture and hazardous-material sensing.

The aircraft combines onboard AI compute, optical detect-and-avoid, ADS-B reception, Remote ID, dual RTK receivers and a radar altimeter. Cellular, Wi-Fi and sub-GHz radios support command, control and live video across changing coverage conditions. SiFly lists Q12 for preorder and says field assembly can take the aircraft from its case to flight in under five minutes.

Specifications

  • Features: optical zoom: 20x optical / 80x hybrid; deployment time: Under five minutes from case to airborne
  • Max Flight Time Minutes: Up to 180 minutes
  • Range: max range miles: Up to 90 miles
  • Max Speed: max speed mph: Up to 60 mph
  • Max Payload Lb: Up to 10 lb
  • Weather Rating: IP55
  • Sensor System: thermal camera resolution: 1280 x 1024

Market context

Industrial operators

  • Peer Group: Enterprise multirotor inspection UAV platform

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Timeline

  • SiFly raises $20M Series A to scale Q12 production - 2026-08-26 - Funding - Qudit, BBK Capital and Alumni Ventures participated alongside other investors. SiFly will expand manufacturing and supply-chain capacity, support initial Q12 deliveries and deployments, and build go-to-market, customer-operations and… - source: prnewswire.com

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