Sentera 6X Thermal Pro – Multispectral & Thermal Camera Payload

More Than a Visible Camera

Standard RGB imagery shows what the eye can see. The Sentera 6X adds multispectral data layers that help reveal vegetation stress, surface conditions, moisture indicators, environmental change, and other patterns that may not be obvious in standard visual imagery alone.

One Sensor. One Flight. Multiple Data Layers.

The 6X Series captures synchronized RGB, multispectral, and optional thermal imagery in a single mission. For public agencies, this reduces repeat flights, shortens collection windows, and helps teams compare multiple layers of information over the same location.

Designed for Repeatable Analysis

With radiometric multispectral capture, calibrated workflows, time-of-capture geotagging, and synchronized imagery, the 6X is well suited for agencies that need repeatable datasets for planning, monitoring, documentation, and decision support.

Law Enforcement

For law enforcement drone teams, the 6X can support specialized intelligence, search planning, terrain analysis, marijuana grow investigations where lawful, outdoor evidence documentation, and operational planning. While EO/IR and thermal payloads remain essential for active suspect search and overwatch, multispectral imaging adds a deeper layer for environmental clues, disturbance patterns, land use analysis, and repeatable documentation.

• Specialized aerial intelligence and site assessment
• Search area planning and terrain documentation
• Outdoor scene and environmental condition mapping
• Support for major incident planning and after-action review

GIS & Public Works

GIS and public works departments can use 6X data to build richer map layers for stormwater, vegetation, drainage, erosion, right-of-way, roadside conditions, parks, public land, and infrastructure corridors. The combination of RGB and multispectral imagery helps teams compare what is visually present with what the vegetation or surface condition data may indicate.

• Vegetation and right-of-way monitoring
• Drainage, erosion, and stormwater assessment
• Public land and park condition mapping
• Repeatable GIS data collection over time

Defense & Homeland Security

Defense, homeland security, and base security users can use the 6X for installation mapping, environmental monitoring, training area assessment, perimeter condition review, vegetation management, and infrastructure analysis. For agencies with domestic drone procurement requirements, pairing Sentera sensors with Inspired Flight platforms creates a strong American-made UAS ecosystem.

• Training range and installation condition monitoring
• Perimeter and vegetation encroachment assessment
• Critical infrastructure support imagery
• Environmental and land management documentation

County Assessors & Appraisal Districts

Assessors can use the 6X to support land classification, agricultural assessment, large parcel review, vegetation condition documentation, drainage impact review, development monitoring, and office-side analysis. RGB imagery supports visible documentation, while multispectral layers can help identify land condition changes over time.

• Agricultural and large-parcel documentation
• Vegetation and land condition review
• Development and land-use change monitoring
• Support imagery for assessor field workflows

Search & Rescue

Search and rescue teams can use the 6X to document search areas, terrain, vegetation density, trails, flood zones, debris fields, shorelines, and access routes. Thermal configurations can also support heat mapping and environmental assessment workflows, while RGB and multispectral layers help with planning, documentation, and after-action analysis.

• Search grid planning and terrain documentation
• Vegetation density and access route review
• Flood, debris, and disaster area assessment
• After-action mapping and reporting support

Emergency Management

Emergency managers can use 6X imagery to support damage assessment, wildfire recovery, flood documentation, storm impact review, vegetation stress analysis, drought assessment, and infrastructure impact reporting. Capturing multiple data layers in one flight helps emergency teams move faster when conditions are changing.

• Disaster impact and recovery documentation
• Flood, fire, and storm damage assessment
• Vegetation and land condition monitoring
• Support for briefing maps and recovery reports

Environmental & Natural Resource Teams

Conservation, forestry, parks, and natural resource agencies can use the 6X to monitor vegetation health, invasive species, habitat conditions, wetlands, shoreline change, burn recovery, drought stress, and land restoration projects. Repeatable multispectral data helps teams compare conditions over time.

• Vegetation health and habitat monitoring
• Wetlands, shoreline, and watershed assessment
• Invasive species and restoration tracking
• Forestry, fire recovery, and land management support

Infrastructure & Utilities

For infrastructure and utility customers, the 6X can support right-of-way monitoring, vegetation encroachment analysis, thermal inspection workflows, land disturbance documentation, vegetation management, and corridor assessment. It can complement LiDAR, RGB mapping, and EO/IR payloads as part of a mature UAS inspection program.

• Utility corridor and right-of-way monitoring
• Vegetation encroachment documentation
• Thermal inspection workflows with thermal variants
• Environmental and access condition assessment

Layered Data Collection

RGB, Multispectral, and Thermal Intelligence in a Single Mission

The value of the 6X Series is not just that it captures more data. It captures multiple synchronized data types over the same area, making it easier to compare visible imagery, vegetation indices, surface condition indicators, thermal patterns, and map layers together.

This is especially useful for agencies that need to understand change over time, document conditions with confidence, and support decisions with more than a standard aerial photograph.

Core Advantages

• Synchronized capture helps align RGB, multispectral, and thermal layers.
• Radiometric multispectral imagery supports repeatable analysis across missions.
• 20MP RGB imagery provides visual context for mapping and reports.
• Optional thermal imaging supports heat mapping and specialized inspection workflows.
• Gimbal stabilization helps produce consistent imagery during flight.
• Time-of-capture geotagging supports efficient processing and geospatial workflows.

6X Multispectral

The standard 6X Multispectral configuration is ideal for agencies focused on vegetation analysis, environmental monitoring, land management, GIS mapping, and repeatable condition assessment.

• Five 3.2MP global shutter multispectral imagers
• Red, Green, Near Infrared, Red Edge, and Blue bands
• One 20MP RGB imager
• Strong fit for vegetation, land, habitat, and environmental workflows

6X Thermal

The 6X Thermal configuration adds radiometric thermal data for agencies that need multispectral, RGB, and heat-related data layers in one flight.

• Four 3.2MP global shutter multispectral imagers
• Red, Green, Near Infrared, and Red Edge bands
• One 20MP RGB imager
• One FLIR Boson 320 radiometric thermal imager

6X Thermal Pro

The 6X Thermal Pro configuration is designed for users who want higher-performance thermal mapping combined with multispectral and RGB data capture.

• Four 3.2MP global shutter multispectral imagers
• Red, Green, Near Infrared, and Red Edge bands
• One 20MP RGB imager
• One FLIR Boson 640 radiometric thermal imager