Patriot · Long-endurance LiDAR platform

Patriot.
Built to stay up.

Measured hover endurance68 minutes

1.75 kg payload · 40 Ah battery · to landing voltage.

Payload weight equivalent to a LiDAR USA scanning system.

Designed in Australia.
Manufactured in the USA and Australia.

Measured with a 1.75 kg payload and 40 Ah battery, to landing voltage. Flight time varies with configuration, flight profile and conditions.

EVOLUTION FLIGHT / PATRIOT Evolution Flight Patriot long-endurance quadcopter

Australia DesignUSA + Australia ManufacturingYour payload Custom integration

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Start with your mission.

Choose your aircraft, payload and battery. See a modelled flight-time estimate and build a configuration brief.

Meet the aircraft

Two platforms.
Built around your work.

Compare airframes, payload capacity and configuration options.

Compare Patriot & Kestrel

Modular quadcopter

Patriot

68 minutes in hover with a 1.75 kg payload and 40 Ah battery, to landing voltage. 52 Ah now available.

Maximum payload: 8 kg / 17.6 lb
Hover · 1.75 kg · 40 Ah: 68 min

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Coaxial multirotor

Kestrel

Heavy-lift capability with independent motors and dual ESC redundancy.

Maximum payload: 10 kg / 22.0 lb
Airframe: Coaxial X8

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Maximum payload is configuration dependent. Flight endurance varies with payload, batteries and operating conditions.

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Get a closer look.

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Operator preparing a Patriot with a LiDAR payload in an open grassy field — Field preparation with a LiDAR-equipped Patriot.

Start with your mission

What do you need to achieve?

Find the aircraft, sensor and workflow that fit your application.

An operator flying ScanLift Orbit during a University of Tasmania field visit

Surveying & mapping

Connect an aircraft, camera, GNSS positioning and photogrammetry software around the data your project needs.

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RIEGL VUX-160 LiDAR installed on ScanLift Orbit

LiDAR data collection

Explore LiDAR systems, payload integration and point-cloud processing for aerial and ground-based collection.

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Close-up of a Klau Brumby LiDAR and camera integration on ScanLift Orbit

Custom payload integration

Discuss mounting, power, data connections and airframe configuration with the team behind your aircraft.

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Purposeful engineering

Practical capability.
Considered in every detail.

From the airframe to the data you bring home.

01 / Modular aircraft

Designed for work.
Ready for field repairs.

Explore Patriot’s interchangeable arms and configurable platform.

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ScanLift Orbit carrying a RIEGL VUX-160 LiDAR sensor

02 / Payload integration

Make room for
your mission.

RIEGL VUX-160 on ScanLift Orbit, from our integration archive.

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03 / Positioning

Give your data
a precise reference.

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04 / Processing

From the flight.
To the finished dataset.

Photogrammetry and point-cloud tools for the next step.

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The complete workflow

From aircraft to actionable data.

Every component should serve the same mission.

Configure your capability

The right payload changes everything.

Build a mission configuration around the sensor, mounting, power and data interfaces you need.

Klau Brumby LiDAR and camera mounted on ScanLift Orbit — From our integration archive: Klau Brumby LiDAR on ScanLift Orbit.

LiDAR systems

Explore sensors for aerial and ground-based mapping.

Camera & mapping workflows

Bring imaging, positioning and processing together.

Custom integration

Review mounting, power and data connections.

Payload compatibility is confirmed for each configuration. Archive imagery illustrates previous integration work.

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From our field archive

Real aircraft. Real integrations.

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Klau Brumby LiDAR integration on ScanLift Orbit

Payload integration / 2023

Bringing Klau Brumby LiDAR aboard ScanLift Orbit.

A closer look at the sensor installation and testing documented by our team.

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Operator at the University of Tasmania ScanLift Orbit field visit

Research field visit / 2023

Putting ScanLift Orbit through its paces.

Look back at the University of Tasmania’s visit to explore the platform and hybrid technology.

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Evolution Flight

Designed in Australia.
Manufactured in the USA and Australia.

Aircraft engineering, configurable platforms and practical payload integration. Formerly Innoflight International, Evolution Flight brings together aviation and manufacturing expertise for demanding missions.

Meet the company

Your mission starts with a conversation.

Tell us what you need to carry, where you operate and the data you need to deliver.

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Our customer contact team is based in Brisbane, Australia.

Our distributors, clients & industry connections

AUVSI member

Association for Uncrewed Vehicle Systems International.

AAUS member

Australian Association for Uncrewed Systems.

Working towards Green UAS

Cybersecurity and supply-chain assessment and verification are in progress.

Beyond the aircraft

Keep your operation moving.

Find documentation, discuss training and get help from the Evolution Flight team.

In development

A smaller platform.
A new possibility.

ScanLift Mini is being developed for compact deployment and custom sensor integration. Specifications remain subject to change.

Explore ScanLift Mini development

Let’s build your capability

Your mission.
Let’s make it happen.

Start with your application. We’ll help you work through the configuration.

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Patriot.
Built to stay up.

Start with your mission.

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