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Vulcan Platform

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About Vulcan Platform

Vulcan Platform is Vision Aerial's professional multirotor family for inspection, mapping and sensor-carrying missions. It comprises the SX tricopter, which is in production, and the YX offset Y-6, which is available for preorder. Both use radar-based forward collision avoidance, active terrain following, dual-band RTK GNSS and Flight Deck v4 mission-planning software. A Smart Dovetail interface lets operators exchange payloads in the field without tools.

SX carries up to three kilograms and has a stated 70-minute flight time without payload. YX is designed for payloads up to 10 kilograms, with a separate 15-kilogram, 10-minute configuration. Flight duration varies with the installed payload, battery kit and conditions. Optical, thermal, LiDAR and other sensor packages support different missions; onboard edge computing and extended-flight kits are options. The family combines shared architecture with separate airframe limits and commercial availability.

Capabilities

Source-backed capabilities

  • Operating environments: Industrial and infrastructure field inspections
  • Inspection

    Claimed - Carry mission-selected optical, thermal or LiDAR payloads for industrial inspection flights. - environment: Industrial and infrastructure field inspections

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Operations

  • Production Setup

    Production started - 2026-08-31 - Bozeman, Montana, United States - Vision Aerial began production of the Vulcan SX and opened Vulcan YX preorders, with initial aircraft moving from its Bozeman factory toward customers.

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Resources

Curated durable documents and official technical references.

Timeline

  • Vision Aerial starts Vulcan SX production and opens YX preorders

    2026-08-31 - Production Milestone - The SX and YX share an architecture and are NDAA-compliant platforms intended for government, infrastructure, energy, public-safety and national-security work. Aircraft are designed, assembled and supported at Vision Aerial's Bozeman headquarters.

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  • Vision Aerial launches the Vulcan industrial drone platform

    2026-02-17 - Product Launch - Vision Aerial debuted its Vulcan industrial drone platform around Geo Week 2026. The platform is positioned for surveying and demanding industrial missions. Reported features include higher lift capacity, improved stability and integrated terrain following and collision avoidance for low-altitude technical missions.

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