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IF1200A
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IF1200A
Inspired FlightThe IF1200A is a heavy-lift hexacopter drone manufactured by Inspired Flight Technologies (San Luis Obispo, CA), designed for commercial and government missions including LiDAR mapping, inspection, surveying, utility work, and defense applications. It carries payloads up to 19.1 lbs (FAA Part 107) or 28.7 lbs with certification, achieves up to 43 minutes of flight time, and is NDAA-compliant and BlueUAS-certified. The drone is piloted by a human operator using a ground control system; it supports autonomous flight modes (waypoint missions, RTL) but the task is executed under pilot direction, not by a fully autonomous system. Several extracted facts in the source set are clearly about unrelated systems (ABB industrial robots, IIT Mandi NLP research) and have been excluded from the IF1200A synthesis.
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Specification
- max flight time (no payload)
- 43 minutes
- flight time with payload
- Over 30 minutes with 8 lb payload; 23–43 minutes depending on payload configuration
- max payload capacity (FAA Part 107 compliant)
- 19.1 lbs
- max payload capacity (with certification)
- 28.7 lbs
- max speed
- 56 MPH
- battery
- 16000mAh Intelligent Batteries
- supported payloads
- LiDAR, RGB/optical, thermal/EO-IR, multispectral, hyperspectral, magnetometer, GPR, specialized (e.g., F1Mag naval mine detection)
Price
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Evidence-graded claims from the Inspired Flight deep report
IFT holds DoD Blue UAS certification and AUVSI Green UAS certification, positioning its platforms as cyber-secure and NDAA-compliant.
Blue UAS and AUVSI Green UAS are independent government/industry certification programs; their award to IFT is confirmed by both IFT's press release and corroborating news coverage [5][9], though the specific cyber-security audit scope remains publicly undisclosed.
from Inspired Flight deep report →The IF800 Tomcat and IF1200 are actively sold as fully commercial products through IFT's own shop and authorized dealers, with platform prices up to $44,500 and full kit prices up to $131,000.
Prices are publicly listed on IFT's commerce store [2][4] and corroborated by third-party dealer Drone Nerds [6] and Multicopter Warehouse [9], confirming active commercial availability; however, actual sales volume and customer deployment scale remain unverified.
from Inspired Flight deep report →IFT raised a $12M Series A led by Tri-Valley Ventures in August 2025, signaling investor confidence in its commercial trajectory.
The funding round is confirmed by IFT's official press release [5] and corroborated by Crunchbase [7] and news coverage; however, the funding announcement alone does not independently validate product capabilities or deployment scale.
from Inspired Flight deep report →
IFT's Inspired Suite software (IGC, Elevate, PilotGo) enables cloud-connected operations, preflight checklists, aircraft health monitoring, and Part 107 license verification.
These capabilities are described solely on IFT's official website [1]; no independent reviewer, customer case study, or third-party test has verified the software's real-world performance or reliability.
from Inspired Flight deep report →IFT supports live-line utility inspection via the Linebird Osprey non-conductive payload integration on its platforms.
The Linebird Osprey payload is listed in IFT's official product kits [1][2], but no independent field report, utility customer testimonial, or third-party validation of live-line operational safety or effectiveness has been identified in the dossier.
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