Production History
- Designer
- Multiple commercial UAV manufacturers
- Designed
- 2010s
- Unit cost
- Varies widely by model, payload kit, and accessories
- Produced
- 2010s-present
- Number built
- Mass-market commercial production; conflict-specific totals not publicly reported
- Variants
- DJI Mavic series, DJI Phantom series, DJI Matrice series, Autel EVO series
Specifications
- Configuration
- Battery-powered commercial multirotor UAVs, usually quadcopters
- Representative endurance
- Commercial examples such as the DJI Mavic 3 Enterprise and Autel EVO II series advertise roughly 40 to 45 minutes of flight time in manufacturer conditions
- Representative range
- Manufacturer specifications for Chinese commercial drones commonly fall in the single-digit to low-double-digit kilometer class for remote control or transmission range
- Representative payload
- Normally fitted for cameras or sensors, but wartime users can adapt them to carry small improvised munitions