Tethered drone system

Tether the drone
you already fly

Add a 110 m micro-tether to your DJI M400, Hexadrone, FLIR or one of 50+ qualified platforms. Continuous ground power, hours of uninterrupted flight, no battery swaps, no downtime.

  • 6S · 8S · 12S platforms
  • Up to 2,500 W
  • NDAA & CE compliant
  • Designed in France

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2,000+Systems in service
70+Countries
50+Drones qualified
110 mMicro-tether · 360 ft

Is my drone compatible?

The Air Module range makes the tether station work with the platform you already operate. Here are the airframes flown most often on an Elistair tether today.

Parrot ANAFI UKR
Newly supported Parrot ANAFI UKR

European drone, European tether station: a fully sovereign pairing for defence and public-safety programmes.

DJI Matrice 400DJIMatrice 400
FLIR SkyRaider R80DFLIRSkyRaider R80D
Hexadrone Tundra 2HexadroneTundra 2
Airolit XLTAirolitXLT
DJI Matrice 350DJIMatrice 350
DJI Matrice 30DJIMatrice 30
Acecore ZoeAcecoreZoe
50+Drone platforms
already qualified

More than 50 airframes have already been qualified on an Elistair tether, and the Air Module range keeps growing: 6S, 8S and 12S platforms up to 2,500 W.

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The station on the ground

One transportable case, one operator, one cable to the aircraft.

  • Deployed and airborne in 2 minutes
  • 110 m tether, compatible with 50+ drone platforms
  • Secured high-speed data transfer, with fiber-optic option
  • Monitored from a phone or laptop through T-Manager
Safe-T 2 deployed by military forces
Deployed by armed forces
Safe-T 2 operated in the desert
Desert operations · −20 °C to +50 °C
Safe-T 2 integrated in a vehicle
Vehicle-integrated

What the tether changes on your aircraft

01

Fly for hours

Commercial drones average 20–30 minutes of autonomy, forcing constant battery changes. A tether removes the limit entirely.

02

Secured flight zone

Most drone accidents stem from signal loss, interference, fly-away or battery issues. The tether keeps the aircraft anchored and powered.

03

High flexibility

In many countries a tether is a recognized mitigation, enabling operations in areas that would otherwise be restricted or sensitive.

Drones in Action for Event Security

Field record

80,000 people, five points of interest, day and night

At the world’s largest music festival, G4S set up two operating sites with Elistair tether stations to hold continuous overwatch across five points of interest for the whole weekend. Same principle at the Champions League Final and the Ryder Cup, where the French National Police tethered their own drones rather than buying new ones.

80KPeople secured
5Points of interest
24/7Day & night vision

Sovereignty, procurement and compliance

The tether station is European by design and by supply chain which is what makes it procurable where the airframe alone would not be.

  • NDAA compliantCleared for US federal and federally funded programmes.
  • No ITAR-controlled contentNo US export licence needed to buy, deploy or resell.
  • CE · IP54 ·  MIL-STD-810Certified for professional outdoor operation, −20 °C to +50 °C.
  • Designed & built in FranceEngineered, assembled and supported from Lyon, France.

Technical data

Tether length
110 m / 360 ft
Peak power
2,500 W
Drone output
6S · 8S · 12S
Power input
110–220 VAC, 50–60 Hz
Data link
High-speed over tether · fibre option
Operating range
−20 °C to +50 °C
Max altitude
4,000 m MSL
Protection
IP54 · MIL-STD-810
Compliance
CE · NDAA

Tell us about
your project.

Platform, mission, environment, tell us more and we come back with a configuration, a power budget and a straight answer on compatibility.

Have a project? Contact us.

Tell us what you need to keep airborne.

I consent to my data being collected and stored by Elistair — your rights.