F15 Electric Unmanned Helicopter: An Open Platform for Multi-Payload Industrial UAV Applications

As industrial drone adoption moves beyond basic flight capabilities, the real challenge is no longer simply getting a UAV into the air. For professional users, the priorities are increasingly clear: operational reliability, payload flexibility, application versatility and long-term return on investment.

Yet many industry-specific UAV platforms remain tied to proprietary payloads and closed ecosystems. This can limit customization, restrict third-party integration and force customers to deploy different aircraft for different missions.

ZIYAN Technology's F15 electric unmanned helicopter takes a different approach.

Built around an open hardware and software architecture, the F15 combines robust flight performance with flexible payload integration, providing a scalable industrial UAV platform that can be adapted to a wide range of professional applications.

Built for Demanding Industrial Operations

The F15 is designed to operate where conventional drones may face limitations.

The platform features three independent payload mounting positions and supports up to 5 kg of payload capacity. On the software side, ZIYAN provides open PSDK, GSDK and Cloud API interfaces, enabling integration with a wide range of third-party payloads and supporting secondary development.

Its core flight capabilities include:

• Up to 100 minutes of flight endurance

• Level 8 wind resistance

• 30 km HD video transmission range

• Up to 7,000 m operating altitude

• Three independent payload mounting positions

• Up to 5 kg payload capacity

This combination of flight performance and open architecture enables the F15 to operate across challenging environments, including offshore areas, high-altitude terrain, mountain valleys and adverse weather conditions.

One Aircraft, Multiple Missions

Unlike conventional single-payload UAVs, the F15 can support either independent payload operations or multiple payloads simultaneously.

This means operators can perform several complementary tasks during a single flight without repeatedly landing the aircraft to change equipment. The result is higher mission efficiency, better aircraft utilization and lower operational costs.

Triple-Sensor Gimbal: Long-Range Observation and Evidence Collection

The triple-sensor gimbal, combining visible-light imaging, thermal imaging and laser range finding, provides an integrated solution for aerial observation and inspection.

It can be combined with a loudspeaker or searchlight to create a complete workflow covering observation, evidence collection, target ranging and on-site warning.

Typical applications include:

• Maritime patrol and escort

• Offshore oil and gas inspection

• Forest fire prevention

• Oil and gas pipeline inspection

• Tailings dam monitoring

  
  

High-Precision LiDAR: 3D Mapping and Corridor Inspection

With a high-performance LiDAR payload, the F15 can generate high-density 3D point-cloud data for terrain modeling, volume calculation and infrastructure inspection.

The system is particularly valuable for areas that are difficult or hazardous for personnel to access.

Potential applications include:

• Power transmission corridor inspection

• Water conservancy and terrain surveying

• Mining and tailings dam surveying

• Wetland and coastal terrain mapping

  
  

Airborne Communication Base Station: Emergency Connectivity

In major disasters, roads, power infrastructure and communication networks can fail simultaneously.

An F15 equipped with an airborne communication base station can rapidly establish temporary 4G coverage, helping restore communication links for emergency command, rescue coordination and field data transmission.

This capability can support emergency response operations following floods, flash floods, earthquakes and other major disasters.

SAR Radar: All-Weather Situational Awareness

For operations where visibility is limited by darkness, fog, rain or cloud cover, synthetic aperture radar (SAR) provides an additional layer of sensing capability.

The technology can support applications such as:

• Highway and slope monitoring

• Maritime traffic and safety monitoring

• Navigation support in low-visibility conditions

• Marine oil-spill detection

• Coastal and marine environmental monitoring

  
  

Loudspeaker and Searchlight: Aerial Warning and Night Rescue

The F15 can also carry a long-range loudspeaker and searchlight combination, extending its role beyond observation and inspection.

The payload configuration can support aerial public-address operations, remote warning and nighttime illumination for search-and-rescue missions.

Typical applications include:

• Maritime law enforcement

• Remote-area search and rescue

• Forest fire prevention and public warning

  
  

Three Payload Positions, One Integrated Mission

One of the F15's key advantages is its three independent payload mounting positions.

For example, operators can simultaneously deploy a triple-sensor gimbal, loudspeaker and searchlight, allowing the aircraft to conduct multiple tasks during a single sortie.

This multi-payload architecture reduces the need for repeated takeoffs and payload changes, helping organizations save mission time, manpower and operating costs.

More importantly, it transforms the F15 from a single-purpose drone into a reusable industrial UAV platform capable of supporting evolving mission requirements.

An Open Ecosystem for Customers and Channel Partners

The F15 is designed around an open ecosystem rather than a proprietary hardware lock-in model.

For End Users

Customers can reuse existing compatible payloads instead of purchasing a dedicated payload ecosystem for every new project.

Payloads can be selected and changed according to specific operational requirements, allowing a single F15 platform to support inspection, surveying, emergency response, public safety and other industrial applications.

This helps organizations maximize aircraft utilization while reducing unnecessary equipment investment.

For System Integrators and Channel Partners

The open architecture also creates opportunities for distributors, system integrators and solution providers.

Partners can develop customized payload combinations and configure solutions around specific customer requirements. ZIYAN Technology provides payload integration support, application experience and professional training to help partners accelerate project deployment and expand into new markets.

From a Drone Platform to a Scalable Low-Altitude Capability

The long-term value of industrial UAVs is not defined by the aircraft alone.

A complete solution combines the flight platform, mission payloads, software interfaces and industry-specific workflows.

The F15 is built around this platform-oriented philosophy. Its robust unmanned helicopter architecture provides the flight foundation, while open interfaces allow different payloads and technologies to be integrated as mission requirements evolve.

This makes the F15 more than an aircraft. It is a scalable industrial UAV platform designed to support multi-mission operations and long-term technology upgrades.

Meet the F15 at CISMEF 2026

Want to see the F15’s multi-payload capabilities and industrial applications firsthand?

ZIYAN Technology will showcase the F15 and its latest unmanned helicopter solutions at the 21st China International SME Fair (CISMEF 2026).

Date: September 4–6, 2026
Venue: China Import and Export Fair Complex, Area D, Guangzhou, China
Booth: 19.2A04

We welcome industry professionals, system integrators, distributors and potential partners to meet with the ZIYAN Technology team and explore new opportunities in industrial UAVs, electric unmanned helicopters and open drone ecosystems.

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