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Teal 2

About

About Teal 2

Teal 2 is a 1.25 kg quadcopter built around short-range intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance. Its primary payload is a Teledyne FLIR Hadron 640R combining a radiometric 640 × 512 thermal camera with a visible-light sensor, allowing operators to observe and measure thermal activity in darkness or obscured conditions. Red Cat rates endurance at up to 30 minutes and operating range at about five kilometres.

A single operator carries, assembles and launches the aircraft and receives live imagery through the ground-control system. AES-256 encryption protects the control and video link, while a Qualcomm Snapdragon processor supports onboard functions and later software integration. Teal 2 is NDAA compliant and Blue UAS approved for US government procurement. It remains a fielded Red Cat product, although the newer Black Widow platform now leads the company’s current tactical-drone portfolio.

Capabilities

Source-backed capabilities

  • Capability areas: Remote operation
  • Workflows: Tactical ISR mission, Drone ISR
  • Operating environments: Defence operational environment
  • Target markets: Defence customers and public safety agencies needing compact sUAS with thermal capability.
  • Deployment model: Commercial defence and public safety UAS from a Red Cat company.
  • Multi-vehicle control

    Claimed - 2023-04-26 - Control multiple Teal 2 aircraft from one operating interface. - environment: Nighttime border-security and public-safety operations

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  • Natural-language interaction

    Demonstrated - 2026-07-29 - Received voice and text mission commands through the Vigilare TitanOps integration during partner validation. - environment: Red Cat partner validation event in the Salt Lake City area

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  • ISR and tactical support

    Customer-site use - 2023-04-26 - Collect and relay thermal aerial imagery during nighttime border-security operations. - environment: Nighttime border-security and public-safety operations

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  • Perimeter patrol

    Customer-site use - 2023-04-26 - Patrol border areas and provide airborne surveillance to operators. - environment: Nighttime border-security and public-safety operations

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  • Target acquisition

    Customer-site use - 2023-04-26 - Detect and track subjects in thermal aerial imagery. - environment: Nighttime border-security and public-safety operations

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Operations

  • Order / Commitment

    106 Teal 2 drone systems - 2023-09-20 - U.S. Customs and Border Protection - public-safety drone operations - Red Cat signed a $1.8 million contract with U.S. Customs and Border Protection for 106 Teal 2 drone systems.

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Supply

Supply / Components

  • Teal 2

    Teledyne Flir Hadron 640r For Red Cat Teal 2 - Perception - Teledyne FLIR - Teledyne FLIR supplies teledyne flir hadron 640r for red cat teal 2 for Red Cat Teal 2 - source: tealdrones.com

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  • Teal 2

    Mobile Soc - Compute & Control - Qualcomm - Qualcomm Snapdragon 845 powers Red Cat Teal 2 tactical sUAS compute stack - source: tealdrones.com

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Timeline

  • Red Cat wins $1.8M CBP order for 106 Teal 2 drone systems

    2023-09-20 - Contract Award - Red Cat signed a $1.8 million contract with U.S. Customs and Border Protection for 106 Teal 2 drone systems. The order included 106 Teal 2 drone systems for border operations. U.S. Customs and Border Protection was the named public-sector buyer.

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  • Red Cat officially launches Teal 2 military-grade sUAS

    2023-04-26 - Product Launch - Red Cat officially launched the Teal 2 military-grade small UAS at the 2023 AAAA Army Aviation Mission Solutions Summit. The release positioned Teal 2 for nighttime operations and said the system was available to order for military, government, and commercial purposes. This fills the Teal 2 product timeline with its official launch milestone.

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Context

Market context

Teal 2 is a U.S.-made Group 1 sUAS for defence, public safety, inspection and reconnaissance, built around night operations with thermal imaging.

  • Target environment: Defence operational environments and public safety field sites.
  • Workflow context: Tactical ISR, night reconnaissance and public safety surveillance using a compact Group 1 UAS.
  • Customer context: Defence customers and public safety agencies needing compact sUAS with thermal capability.
  • Deployment model: Commercial defence and public safety UAS from a Red Cat company.
  • Commercial maturity: Active defence and public safety UAS with Blue UAS procurement positioning.
  • Adoption constraints: Defence procurement cycles and NDAA compliance requirements.
  • Market position: A compact U.S.-made sUAS with high-resolution thermal imaging and Blue UAS procurement positioning.
  • Adjacent products: Black Widow, Skydio X10D, Group 1 small UAS

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