Stinger Vision FPV — Blue UAS Cleared FPV Drone | ModalAI

Stinger Vision FPV

Product Description

The Stinger Vision FPV is ModalAI's ready-to-fly, Blue UAS Cleared and NDAA-compliant FPV drone built for defense, government and enterprise missions. Powered by VOXL 2 Mini — ModalAI's U.S.-made autonomy compute platform — Stinger Vision delivers AI-enabled FPV flight with onboard computer vision, GPS-denied navigation and long-range encrypted video streaming out of the box. It is one of the only American-made FPV drones on the Blue UAS Cleared List.

Stinger Vision ships operationally ready, with AI-assisted flight modes enabled by the onboard VOXL 2 Mini and VOXL SDK, significantly reducing pilot training burden. MVX — ModalAI's U.S.-made FPV streaming system, comprising the VRX ground unit and VTX air unit — delivers long-range, low-latency encrypted HD video to any HDMI-based FPV goggle or display. From unboxing to airborne in under 60 seconds when batteries are pre-charged.

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Product Specifications

Camera and Thermal Configurations

MVX Digital FPV Streaming (U.S.-Made)

• Digital HD video with 256-bit AES encryption
• Long-range video link — tested up to 11 km
• Low latency: under 35 ms glass-to-glass with low-latency settings, 45 ms typical
• Dual band: 2.412-2.484 GHz and 5.160-5.885 GHz
• Toggle and fly 3 FPV cameras: EO, downward, thermal (if equipped)
• 915 MHz ELRS Gemini R/C link

Perception and Autonomy

• 4MP low-light, IR-sensitive EO color image sensor (IMX664) for FPV streaming and capture
• Optional 640x480 Boson+ 640 thermal camera for FPV streaming and capture
• Dual AR0144 fisheye computer vision cameras for autonomous flight
• Downward thermal camera for night-time position hold
• Multi-Cam Visual Inertial Odometry (VIO) for GPS-denied autonomous navigation
• Backtrack flight mode — automatically retraces its path when the video link is lost
• Pill LED, overt and IR
• Full VOXL SDK onboard — operationally ready out of the box, open for customer-developed autonomy expansion (MOSA)

Quick to Deploy

Assuming the batteries are charged and the R/C and VTX are paired, deploying Stinger Vision takes under 60 seconds: connect the battery (10 s), power on the R/C (10 s), power on the VRX and goggles (20 s), check the R/C connection (10 s), check the VRX connection (10 s), then arm and fly.

Technical Details

Datasheet

User Guide (User Manual)

Quick Start Guide

Software Guide

R/C and VTX Binding Details

List of Certifications

FAA Manufacturer's Safety Statement

Product Brief (PDF)

Stinger Vision FPV is supported in VOXL SDK 1.4.5 and later.

What's Included

Base SKU: MRB-D0013-6-C33-M26-T8-X8 — Stinger family with VOXL 2 Mini compute, C33 camera config, M0185 VTX, M0184 ELRS 915 MHz, FLIR Lepton 3.5.

Additional Items Not Included

• LiPo battery (included in bundle kits -K1 and above)
• FPV goggles or VRX ground unit (VRX included in -K4 and above)
• Optional Boson+ 640 thermal camera payload — select "EO and Boson+ 640" at checkout

Compatible Products

Export Information

Note: the Zorro Blue is a RadioMaster Zorro whose electronics have been replaced with ModalAI components built in the US. It was submitted as part of the Blue sUAS Cleared Seeker Vision package and is NDAA-compliant. Stinger Vision is also compatible with any 915 MHz ELRS 3.5 R/C transmitter.