WingtraRAY Launches: A Drone For Surveyors

Wingtra has introduced the WingtraRAY, the only drone designed specifically for surveyors. WingtraRAY enables surveyors of all experience levels to tackle urban, industrial, and time-sensitive projects with greater speed, safety, and confidence.

WingtraRAY supports waiver-free flights over people in the U.S. (across 98% of U.S. territory), thanks to its parachute system (Category 3 OOP approved)—removing a major limitation to drone operation. In Europe, it qualifies for C6 certification and is eligible under EASA STS-02, streamlining operations for complex and beyond visual line of sight (BVLOS) missions. Additionally, WingtraRAY is listed on both the AUVSI Green and DIU Blue Cleared lists, helping to fast-track its approval for U.S. government infrastructure and airport projects where compliance with procurement and security standards is required.

Surveyors of any experience level can swap any of WingtraRAY’s six payloads in and in a half a day get results like: LIDAR digital terrain models for site planning in vegetated area, millimeter-resolution airport crack detection at scale, frequent digital surface models for cut and fill analysis or cadaster at scale in urban environments.

WingtraRAY flying with the new INSPECT payload can capture 100 acres at 1/10th of an inch (2.5 mm) resolution from 200 ft (60 m) AGL in an hour—that’s enough to cover a small airport in a single mission. Compare this to a multirotor that has to fly lower and slower for the same level of detail—i.e., more flights and hours of time shutting down an active runway.

“With WingtraRAY, we focused on solving the real problems surveyors face—like slow approvals, data errors, and operational risk,” said Maximilian Boosfeld, Wingtra CEO. “This system combines precision, safety, and speed in one platform.”

Availability: WingtraRAY is available in select countries starting July 10, 2025, with a global rollout planned for October.

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