Deployment
Vetal at United States (multiple hotel chains)
HiveGround (HG Robotics) Vetal is a twin-prop tail-sitter fixed-wing VTOL drone designed in Thailand for agricultural surveying and general surveillance. The Vetal features a stingray-shaped carbon-fiber body, takes off and lands vertically on its tail, and can land on moving platforms such as trucks or ships.
It provides up to 60 minutes of flight time on a swappable 12 Ah LiPo battery with a maximum speed of 90 km/h and controller range exceeding 7 km.
Vetal by HG Robotics · Unverified · Drones
Recent coverage
- Cobra supports HG Robotics with new production concept for the VETAL tail sitter VTOL drone - JEC - Connecting the World with CompositesGoogle News · 2024-08-23
- Nat’l Innovation Agency launches platform to boost Thai agri startups with deep tech - Asia News NetworkGoogle News · 2024-04-19
- New Vetal tail-seater VTOL drone offers a flight time of up to 60 minutes - Inceptive MindGoogle News · 2022-01-20
Commercial product — available for purchase in this market.
Exposure
- Customer segment
- defense
- Scale tier
- commercial 10 99
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Safety record
No incidents on record for Vetal at United States (multiple hotel chains).
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- Trust tier
- Unverifiedhow tiers work →
- Last updated
- 2026-08-20
- Model
- Vetal
- Company
- HG Robotics
- Operator
- HG Robotics
- Status
- operational
- Operator type
- customer deployed
- Scale at site
- 2 to 10 units
- Site environment
- outdoor
- Location precision
- city centroid
- First seen
- 2024-06-01
- ID
4db7b57e-ab3d-4b33-8ec5-bbde90cacc9a
Timeline
- Jun 2024First recordedVetal first documented operating at United States (multiple hotel chains).
- Aug 2026Current status: operational, reviewedLatest recorded state. New status transitions append here as the deployment-status recorder produces them.
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Operates worldwide
Vetal is deployed globally rather than at a single verified site, so there is no map pin.
Vetal operates in United States (multiple hotel chains). Explore the full verified map:
Methodology: Claimed (not independently verified) · no sources on file · last reviewed 2026-08-20
Verification posture
Claimed (not independently verified)
Low confidence
Review state
Stable
Last reviewed 2026-08-20
Maturity + lifecycle
Maturity stage: production
Lifecycle: active
Architectural position
Cohort: aerial
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