UMT Havik-S Storm Tolerant Adaptable Surveillance Drone

UMT Havik-S Storm Tolerant Adaptable Surveillance DroneYou are 38 minutes into a critical perimeter sweep. The wind shifts, a heavy drizzle starts, and your off the shelf enterprise drone triggers a panicked "Return to Home" sequence. The target gets away, but heyat least your drone is safely back in its case, demanding a mandatory firmware update before you can swap its proprietary, cycle locked battery. Forget delicate enterprise platforms that tap out at 40 minutes and run for cover in the rain. The

You are 38 minutes into a critical perimeter sweep. The wind shifts, a heavy drizzle starts, and your off-the-shelf enterprise drone triggers a panicked "Return to Home" sequence. The target gets away, but hey—at least your drone is safely back in its case, demanding a mandatory firmware update before you can swap its proprietary, cycle-locked battery.

Forget delicate enterprise platforms that tap out at 40 minutes and run for cover in the rain. The Havic-S packs up to 75 minutes of endurance into a compact, 2.4 kg folding airframe engineered to thrive in gale-force winds and freezing downpours.

We squeezed a fully modular platform into a Mavic-sized footprint, replacing fixed avionics, payload restrictions, and exaggerated marketing specs with open architecture and honest capabilities.

Key Features

• Honest Endurance: 60 to 75 minutes of guaranteed static hover while actively hauling a working 350g to 150g payload.
• Relentless Efficiency: 80 km/h cruise speed delivering an 80+ km operational range on a single charge.
• Engineered for Misery: Shrugs off everything from 42°C Kalahari heat to freezing Harlech coastal gales without triggering a panicked Return-To-Home.
• Tactical EO/IR Optics: 100x hybrid zoom, 640×512 thermal core, and a 1.2 km laser rangefinder for rock-solid target identification.
• 20km Android Ground Control: A dual-frequency controller with a 5.5-inch integrated display, SIM card support, and 4 to 8 hours of battery life to easily outlast your mission.
• Open Architecture: Spacious internal avionics bay, modular canopy, and active structural hardpoints for custom integrations.
• Hardware, Not Hostages: Zero battery kill-switches, full third-party power compatibility, and no forced obsolescence.
• < 25% Lifecycle Cost: Avoid the proprietary ecosystem trap and drastically cut your lifetime cost-per-flight compared to closed competitors.

Real-World Persistence

You don't need a heavy tactical payload to achieve heavy-duty endurance. The Havic-S is built to maintain persistence with a functional payload attached, even when the weather turns on you.

• Honest Endurance: 60 to 75 minutes of static hover with a live 350g payload attached. That is our baseline. Competitors prefer to quote lab numbers with the payload removed. We think deploying a surveillance drone that can't afford the weight of its own sensors is a fantastic way to accomplish absolutely nothing.
• Engineered for Terrible Weather: From the baking heat of the Kalahari to a freezing February gale off the coast of Harlech, the Havic-S shrugs off extreme wind and rain without triggering a panicked Return-To-Home. Built to expect misery, it will still be holding its position long after your fingers go numb and you abandon the flight line to turn the heater on in your truck.
• Relentless Efficiency: Stop burning half your flight time just commuting to the target. With a cruise speed of 80 km/h, the Havic-S pushes an 80+ km* operational range on a single charge. It gets on station fast, sweeps the entire perimeter, and actually makes it back without triggering a low-voltage panic alarm two miles from home.

* 80km operation range is the distance the aircraft can travel on a typical mission, wind and other external factors can affect this.  Also RF range will limit the distance you can travel from home with standard antennas to max of 20km line of sight.

Open Architecture (Because It’s Your Drone)

Unlike closed ecosystems that void your warranty if you look at the avionics funny, the Havic-S is built for people who actually know how their hardware works.

• Stuff It Inside: A spacious internal enclosure for custom avionics. Upgrade your flight controller or radio link whenever the technology evolves.
• Bolt It Outside: An extendable canopy and multiple structural hardpoints. Swap the gimbal or mount entirely new external sensors. We won't stop you.

The Lifecycle Math

On paper, proprietary enterprise drones look affordable. In reality, they are a printer-ink scam with propellers. Here is how we stop the bleeding on your operational budget:

• < 25% Cost-Per-Flight: Because we don't force you into a closed ecosystem, the lifetime operational cost of a Havic-S is less than a quarter of the competition.
• Hardware, Not Hostages: We don't do the whole "hardware-as-a-service" routine. You shouldn't have to pay a mandatory monthly software subscription just for the privilege of making your own motors spin. When you buy the drone, you actually own it.
• No Kill-Switches: There is a special place in hell for companies that brick your smart batteries via firmware after 200 flights or a rough landing. We don't software-lock your power systems.  You can even use third party batteries if you want.
• Defeating Planned Obsolescence: When sensor technology improves, competitors expect you to scrap your entire fleet and buy their shiny "V2" model. The Havic-S is built with open, modular upgrade paths. Swap your payloads and avionics as technology evolves without trashing the airframe or dragging your department through a completely new platform recertification process. We build hardware to be upgraded, not discarded.

Mission-Ready. Future-Proof.

The Havic-S deploys straight out of the box on industry-proven open-source software. But we know mission profiles change. Stop buying closed-loop tech from companies that assume they know your job better than you do. Fly our turnkey setup today, and when you need custom payloads tomorrow, our engineering team is standing by to integrate them into a platform you truly own.

Technical Specifications

What's In The Box

Here is the standard loadout:

• 1x Havic-S Airframe (Pre-tuned and tested in the UK)
• 1x Dual Thermal & Optical Camera Payload (Pre-mounted on a 3-axis gimbal)
• 1x Havic-S High-Cycle Flight Battery
• 1x Android GCS Controller (Or Herelink, if requested during integration)
• 1x Charger
• Optional: Havic-S Carry Case. (If you already own a suitable transit case, leave this off and save your money. If you don't, add it so you aren't throwing the airframe loose into the back of a truck).