Role & capabilities
- Modular observation
- Cargo delivery options
- Configurable communications
- Primary domain
- Air
- System type
- Multirole aircraft
- Developer / manufacturer
- Draganfly
- Origin / production countries
- Canada
- Other names
- No additional names recorded
- Variants / configurations
- Not distinguished in reviewed sources
- Operators / programme customers
- Unnamed international military evaluation customer (supplier-reported order)
Evidence & current status
Canadian manufacturing is supported by a regulatory filing. Military order is for evaluation; complete-aircraft certification is not inferred from a component approval.
Commander 3XL is a modular Draganfly quadcopter offered for observation, delivery and other government applications. The company's filings connect this product to its Saskatoon manufacturing operation, providing a firmer basis for Canadian attribution than corporate headquarters alone. The current product page describes a North American design and supply chain.
In November 2025 Draganfly announced a military order as the first phase of a formal evaluation with an unnamed international customer. That is an acquisition milestone, but the evaluation context and undisclosed operator must remain visible. It does not establish unrestricted operational adoption by a named armed service.
Payload and endurance require particular care. The current headline figures list 22 lb of payload and 50 minutes of flight, while the investor presentation gives approximately 20 minutes carrying 10 kg. These are different load conditions, not conflicting claims of a single simultaneous maximum. The page's Blue UAS statement also concerns the integrated flight controller; it should not be extended automatically to certification of every complete aircraft configuration.
Sourced specifications
Figures apply to the named configuration. Maximum values are not guaranteed operating performance.
| Specification | Reported value | Context & source |
|---|---|---|
| Airframe | Modular quadcopter | Published configuration baseline; maxima are not necessarily simultaneous. Source |
| Launch / recovery | Not established in the reviewed public sources. | Public evidence gap. No estimate or neighbouring variant value has been substituted. Source |
| Propulsion | Not established in the reviewed public sources. | Public evidence gap. No estimate or neighbouring variant value has been substituted. Source |
| Dimensions | Not established in the reviewed public sources. | Public evidence gap. No estimate or neighbouring variant value has been substituted. Source |
| Mass | Not established in the reviewed public sources. | Public evidence gap. No estimate or neighbouring variant value has been substituted. Source |
| Endurance | Approximately 20 minutes carrying 10 kg | Loaded performance; the product's separate 50-minute headline is not the endurance at maximum payload. Source |
| Range | Not established in the reviewed public sources. | Public evidence gap. No estimate or neighbouring variant value has been substituted. Source |
| Speed | Not established in the reviewed public sources. | Public evidence gap. No estimate or neighbouring variant value has been substituted. Source |
| Altitude | Not established in the reviewed public sources. | Public evidence gap. No estimate or neighbouring variant value has been substituted. Source |
| Payload | 22 lb / approximately 10 kg | Published configuration baseline; maxima are not necessarily simultaneous. Source |
| Sensors | Not established in the reviewed public sources. | Public evidence gap. No estimate or neighbouring variant value has been substituted. Source |
| Communications / navigation | Not established in the reviewed public sources. | Public evidence gap. No estimate or neighbouring variant value has been substituted. Source |
Publication history
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Follow the evidence
Source types identify who makes the claim. Programme milestones and supplier statements should be read in context.
- Draganfly Commander 3XL product page (opens in a new tab)Manufacturer / programme
- Draganfly military evaluation order, 20 November 2025 (opens in a new tab)Manufacturer / programme
- Draganfly annual information form: Canadian manufacturing (opens in a new tab)Company regulatory filing
- Draganfly May 2025 investor presentation (opens in a new tab)Company filing