Role & capabilities
- Reconnaissance aircraft
- Primary domain
- Air
- System type
- Reconnaissance aircraft
- Developer / manufacturer
- ideaForge
- Origin / production countries
- India
- Other names
- NETRA V4 Pro; ideaForge NETRA V4 PRO
- Variants / configurations
- V4 PRO; earlier V-series and V4+ are separate configurations
- Operators / programme customers
- Military operator list for this exact configuration not established
Evidence & current status
Manufacturer product information is available; a complete military delivery and configuration record is not established.
NETRA V4 PRO is ideaForge's portable quadcopter for observation and surveillance. The manufacturer positions it for defence and public-safety tasks, with a modular, transportable structure and a daylight surveillance payload. Its present US product page advertises flight time exceeding 90 minutes, while the company's 2023–24 annual report describes a 90-minute aircraft with a 15-kilometre range.
The current US page expresses operating range as more than ten miles. These statements use different regional presentations and are retained with their original sources. Neither should be interpreted as the distance an aircraft can fly while carrying every available payload in all conditions. An endurance claim also does not imply the same duration of hovering and forward flight.
This entry is specific to V4 PRO. Earlier NETRA V-series and V4+ aircraft should not inherit these specifications automatically. The reviewed material establishes the product offering and intended applications, but does not provide a complete public list of military operators or a defence acceptance record for this exact version.
Sourced specifications
Figures apply to the named configuration. Maximum values are not guaranteed operating performance.
| Specification | Reported value | Context & source |
|---|---|---|
| Airframe | Quadcopter | Supplier-published figure; configuration and operating conditions affect performance. Source ↗ |
| Launch / recovery | Vertical take-off and landing | Quadcopter configuration. Source ↗ |
| Propulsion | Not established from the reviewed public sources. | Public data gap; no estimate or neighbouring variant value substituted. Source ↗ |
| Dimensions | Not established from the reviewed public sources. | Public data gap; no estimate or neighbouring variant value substituted. Source ↗ |
| Mass | Not established from the reviewed public sources. | Public data gap; no estimate or neighbouring variant value substituted. Source ↗ |
| Endurance | Over 90 minutes | Supplier-published figure; configuration and operating conditions affect performance. Source ↗ |
| Range | 15 km in the 2023–24 annual report; current US page says over 10 miles | Different published presentations; configuration equivalence is not established. Source ↗ |
| Speed | Not established from the reviewed public sources. | Public data gap; no estimate or neighbouring variant value substituted. Source ↗ |
| Altitude | Not established from the reviewed public sources. | Public data gap; no estimate or neighbouring variant value substituted. Source ↗ |
| Payload | Not established from the reviewed public sources. | Public data gap; no estimate or neighbouring variant value substituted. Source ↗ |
| Sensors | 27× HD daylight optical zoom advertised | Supplier-published figure; configuration and operating conditions affect performance. Source ↗ |
| Communications / navigation | Not established from the reviewed public sources. | Public data gap; no estimate or neighbouring variant value substituted. Source ↗ |
Publication history
- — Added a sourced global catalogue profile with configuration-specific data and explicit evidence limits.
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