SotonUAV Platforms

Our Platforms

Our platforms

We design, manufacture, assemble and modify a multitude of different platforms. Often our designs are bestoke to a particular project, or integrate a novel area of research. Below are details on some of our platforms we have designed and operated.

Spotter
Spotter

Our research workhorse with a 4 m wingspan and payload capability of 5 kg.

Valerie
Valerie

Our vertical take-off and landing aircraft for research applications.

Ultra
Ultra

A 350 kg maximum take-off mass aircraft for cargo and aid delivery.

Theseus
Theseus

Testbed of Hybrid Energy Solutions for Experimental Uncrewed aerial Systems.

Firedrone
Firedrone

Fire/Fast incident response equipment for the description of noxious particle emissions.

FDTS
FDTS

Firedrone Test Systems: Robust multirotors for testing equipment designed for Firedrone.

Sulsa
Sulsa

The world's first 3D printed aircraft recently re-designed for flights in Antarctica.

P-Drone
P-Drone

A persistent quadcopter that harvests solar energy to allow for fly and forget style of operations.

Custer
Custer

An aircraft that uses channel wing sections to create a complex high-lift device and control surface.

Peregrin
Peregrin

Platform for Environmental Research in Extreme Geographical Regions using Integrated Navigation.

2Seas-20
2Seas-20

Our first sub 20 kg maritime-search and research platform designed for the Berisuas project.

Aether
Aether

A collaboration with Cardinal Security to create a tethered UAV for unlimited aerial surveillance.

Decode Mk2
Decode Mk2

Designed as a research aircraft utilising additive manufacturing, the second major decode airframe produced.

Decode Mk1
Decode Mk1

One of the earlier research aircraft utilising additive manufacturing, still used for testing novel wing designs.


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