XTEND Wolverine
Caged-frame indoor tactical drone designed for reconnaissance in confined spaces (tunnels, buildings): flown by a single operator via the XTEND XOS VR interface.
XTEND Wolverine
Caged-frame indoor tactical drone designed for reconnaissance in confined spaces (tunnels, buildings): flown by a single operator via the XTEND XOS VR interface.
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- Reliability
- Unverified
- Sources
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Identity
- Designation
- XTEND Wolverine
- Alias
- Wolverine Indoor Tactical UAS
- Manufacturer
- XTEND Reality Expansion
- Country
- Israel
- Year
- 2022
- Category
- Multirotor / Quadcopter
- Class
- Micro (< 250 g)
- Status
- In service
Performance
- Range
- 1 km
- Endurance
- 20 min
- Top speed
- 40 km/h
- Service ceiling
- 500 m
- Propulsion
- Elettrica brushless, 4 rotori con protezioni integrali
Physical characteristics
- MTOW
- 1.4 kg
- Payload
- 0.3 kg
Onboard systems
- Sensors
- EO/IR doppia camera + LED tattici + sensore di prossimità
- Datalink / control
- Datalink digitale + interfaccia VR/AR XOS
- Launch
- Verticale, lancio manuale
- Recovery
- Atterraggio verticale o recupero manuale
Combat use
- ▸IDF operations in Gaza (2023-2024)
- ▸Tunnel operations
- ▸Operation Swords of Iron, Gaza tunnels (2023-2024)
- ▸IDF special operations in the West Bank
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History
Developed by the Israeli startup XTEND, founded in 2018, the Wolverine has been adopted by the IDF and the U.S. Department of Defense for urban and subterranean missions.
XTEND's Wolverine is a caged micro-drone developed for tunnel and subterranean warfare: the protective frame around the rotors lets it bounce off obstacles and walls without damage while keeping flight stable.
The drone was developed in close cooperation with the IDF after the Gaza operations, where Israeli forces had to face the extensive Hamas tunnel network, and has demonstrated 15-20 minutes of endurance inside underground cavities.
The system uses a VR-based human-machine interface: the operator wears a Meta Quest headset and flies the drone with intuitive head movements, drastically cutting training time.