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Teal 2
Teal DronesTeal 2 is an American-made sUAS with Blue UAS Certification by the U.S. Department of Defense, designed for short-range reconnaissance missions. It features the FLIR Hadron 640R EO/IR payload for nighttime operations, 30+ minute flight time, AES-256 encryption, and multi-vehicle control. Compact and rucksack-portable, it is used by military, police, firefighters, wildlife managers, and industrial inspectors.
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Specification
- Blue UAS Certified by U.S. Department of Defense
- FLIR Hadron 640R EO/IR payload optimized for nighttime operations
- 30+ minutes flight time
- AES-256 full encryption for data and communication
- Multi-vehicle command and control for 360-degree view
- Compact and rugged rucksack-portable design
- Dual axis EO/IR gimbal with ±120° pitch control
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Evidence-graded claims from the Teal Drones deep report
Teal Drones secured a $5.2M contract with the U.S. Defense Logistics Agency to supply Teal 2 drones
The $5.2M DLA contract (including an initial $2.6M purchase order) is corroborated by government procurement data on HigherGov [1] alongside vendor press releases [3][4], providing independent procurement-database confirmation; the specific delivery volumes and timelines remain unverified.
from Teal Drones deep report →Teal Drones is one of three vendors selected for the U.S. Army Short Range Reconnaissance (SRR) Tranche 2 program and received a share of an $11M collective Army award
SRR Tranche 2 participation and the $11M collective award are consistently reported across UAS industry news [6] and the Doodle Labs partnership announcement [9], both independent of Teal Drones' own PR; the exact per-vendor dollar split and fielding scale remain unconfirmed.
from Teal Drones deep report →Teal 2 is priced at approximately $15,800–$16,000 and is commercially available
The $15,814–$16,000 price range is independently confirmed by a third-party commerce retailer (Advexure) listing the product for sale [5], corroborated by a drone media outlet [2]; this constitutes independent commercial availability evidence, though actual sales volume is unverified.
from Teal Drones deep report →
Teal 2 achieves ≥30 minutes flight endurance, 23 mph max speed, and 5 km control range
These performance figures are sourced from a commerce retailer listing (Advexure) [5] and a drone media review [2], both of which reproduce vendor-supplied specifications; no independent field test or third-party benchmark has verified these figures in the dossier.
from Teal Drones deep report →
Teal 2 is a fully autonomous or supervised-autonomous system capable of executing missions without active human piloting
All available evidence — including the dedicated TAC controller with 5 km range, 720p downlink, and operator-centric design — describes a human-piloted reconnaissance drone; no independent source confirms autonomous mission execution without a human actively in the loop [2][5][9].
from Teal Drones deep report →Teal Drones secured a $90M contract with U.S. Customs and Border Protection for aerial systems
The $90M CBP figure originates exclusively from Teal Drones' own Facebook post [10] — a vendor-controlled social media channel — with no corroboration in government procurement databases or independent news reporting; other confirmed contracts are in the $2.6M–$5.2M range [1][3][4].
from Teal Drones deep report →