The Telops-origin Hyper-Cam family, now marketed by Exosens, uses passive infrared hyperspectral imaging for gas identification, material analysis and georeferenced surveys. Ground Mini, Airborne Mini and drone-oriented Airborne Nano are distinct configurations. Nano combines a gimballed LWIR imager with mapping and fixed-coordinate targeting; ordered-model specifications and scene conditions govern the measurement.
Technical detail
Core features
Separate ground Mini, Airborne Mini and Airborne Nano configurations
Airborne Nano camera and gimbal below 7.5 kg with power below 150 W
Airborne Mini mapping/targeting with GPS/INS and a boresighted visible camera
Hyper-Cam
Infrared hyperspectral
Gas detection
Target identification
Airborne mapping
Use & integration
Recorded applications
Target detection and surveillance
Chemical and gas-plume identification
Mineral and mine-face mapping
Environmental monitoring
Industrial and defence research
These describe the reviewed application scope, not confirmed deployments, released requirements or procurement eligibility.
Evidence of maturity
Airborne Nano was launched in November 2025; the instruments are commercially marketed. Manufacturer specifications and application examples do not establish a universal gas-detection threshold.
Commercial availability
Request the current model-specific datasheet and quotation through Exosens. The Airborne Mini webpage and linked datasheet show different spectral ranges, which require configuration confirmation.
Integration and verification
Readiness
A technology readiness level is not established by the reviewed public sources.
Hyper-Cam Hyperspectral Imaging Systems may help teams working on Sovereign defence capability areas by contributing to detection and situational awareness, aerospace operations, and advanced materials and manufacturing.
This is a reviewed public-source assessment. It is not procurement eligibility, endorsement, customer interest, or classified demand.
Original sources 7 linked records
These records support this capability and its published Mission area and Defence need connections. A source count is not a count of independent confirmations.
Exosens separates Hyper-Cam Mini, Airborne Mini and drone-oriented Airborne Nano. Its current Mini table specifies 7.5–12.4 micrometre LWIR coverage with a 320 by 256 SLS detector; mapping and targeting are distinct acquisition modes, and real-time gas analysis is optional for Airborne Mini.
Supports: Capability · defence applications
Exosens separates Hyper-Cam Mini, Airborne Mini and drone-oriented Airborne Nano. Its current Mini table specifies 7.5–12.4 micrometre LWIR coverage with a 320 by 256 SLS detector; mapping and targeting are distinct acquisition modes, and real-time gas analysis is optional for Airborne Mini.
Supports: Capability · technicaldomainslugs
Exosens separates Hyper-Cam Mini, Airborne Mini and drone-oriented Airborne Nano. Its current Mini table specifies 7.5–12.4 micrometre LWIR coverage with a 320 by 256 SLS detector; mapping and targeting are distinct acquisition modes, and real-time gas analysis is optional for Airborne Mini.
Supports: Capability · core features
Exosens separates Hyper-Cam Mini, Airborne Mini and drone-oriented Airborne Nano. Its current Mini table specifies 7.5–12.4 micrometre LWIR coverage with a 320 by 256 SLS detector; mapping and targeting are distinct acquisition modes, and real-time gas analysis is optional for Airborne Mini.
Supports: Capability · defence applications
Exosens separates Hyper-Cam Mini, Airborne Mini and drone-oriented Airborne Nano. Its current Mini table specifies 7.5–12.4 micrometre LWIR coverage with a 320 by 256 SLS detector; mapping and targeting are distinct acquisition modes, and real-time gas analysis is optional for Airborne Mini.
Supports: Capability · summary
Exosens separates Hyper-Cam Mini, Airborne Mini and drone-oriented Airborne Nano. Its current Mini table specifies 7.5–12.4 micrometre LWIR coverage with a 320 by 256 SLS detector; mapping and targeting are distinct acquisition modes, and real-time gas analysis is optional for Airborne Mini.
Supports: Capability · technology readiness level
Exosens separates Hyper-Cam Mini, Airborne Mini and drone-oriented Airborne Nano. Its current Mini table specifies 7.5–12.4 micrometre LWIR coverage with a 320 by 256 SLS detector; mapping and targeting are distinct acquisition modes, and real-time gas analysis is optional for Airborne Mini.
Supports: Capability · technical tags
Exosens separates Hyper-Cam Mini, Airborne Mini and drone-oriented Airborne Nano. Its current Mini table specifies 7.5–12.4 micrometre LWIR coverage with a 320 by 256 SLS detector; mapping and targeting are distinct acquisition modes, and real-time gas analysis is optional for Airborne Mini.
Supports: Capability · technical tags
Exosens separates Hyper-Cam Mini, Airborne Mini and drone-oriented Airborne Nano. Its current Mini table specifies 7.5–12.4 micrometre LWIR coverage with a 320 by 256 SLS detector; mapping and targeting are distinct acquisition modes, and real-time gas analysis is optional for Airborne Mini.
Supports: Capability · name
Exosens separates Hyper-Cam Mini, Airborne Mini and drone-oriented Airborne Nano. Its current Mini table specifies 7.5–12.4 micrometre LWIR coverage with a 320 by 256 SLS detector; mapping and targeting are distinct acquisition modes, and real-time gas analysis is optional for Airborne Mini.
Supports: Capability · capability type
Exosens separates Hyper-Cam Mini, Airborne Mini and drone-oriented Airborne Nano. Its current Mini table specifies 7.5–12.4 micrometre LWIR coverage with a 320 by 256 SLS detector; mapping and targeting are distinct acquisition modes, and real-time gas analysis is optional for Airborne Mini.
Supports: Capability · defence applications
Exosens separates Hyper-Cam Mini, Airborne Mini and drone-oriented Airborne Nano. Its current Mini table specifies 7.5–12.4 micrometre LWIR coverage with a 320 by 256 SLS detector; mapping and targeting are distinct acquisition modes, and real-time gas analysis is optional for Airborne Mini.
Supports: Capability · technicaldomainslugs
Exosens separates Hyper-Cam Mini, Airborne Mini and drone-oriented Airborne Nano. Its current Mini table specifies 7.5–12.4 micrometre LWIR coverage with a 320 by 256 SLS detector; mapping and targeting are distinct acquisition modes, and real-time gas analysis is optional for Airborne Mini.
Supports: Capability · technicaldomainslugs
Exosens separates Hyper-Cam Mini, Airborne Mini and drone-oriented Airborne Nano. Its current Mini table specifies 7.5–12.4 micrometre LWIR coverage with a 320 by 256 SLS detector; mapping and targeting are distinct acquisition modes, and real-time gas analysis is optional for Airborne Mini.
Supports: Capability · defence applications
Exosens separates Hyper-Cam Mini, Airborne Mini and drone-oriented Airborne Nano. Its current Mini table specifies 7.5–12.4 micrometre LWIR coverage with a 320 by 256 SLS detector; mapping and targeting are distinct acquisition modes, and real-time gas analysis is optional for Airborne Mini.
Supports: Capability · defence applications
Exosens separates Hyper-Cam Mini, Airborne Mini and drone-oriented Airborne Nano. Its current Mini table specifies 7.5–12.4 micrometre LWIR coverage with a 320 by 256 SLS detector; mapping and targeting are distinct acquisition modes, and real-time gas analysis is optional for Airborne Mini.
Supports: Capability · technical tags
Exosens separates Hyper-Cam Mini, Airborne Mini and drone-oriented Airborne Nano. Its current Mini table specifies 7.5–12.4 micrometre LWIR coverage with a 320 by 256 SLS detector; mapping and targeting are distinct acquisition modes, and real-time gas analysis is optional for Airborne Mini.
Supports: Capability · technical tags
Exosens separates Hyper-Cam Mini, Airborne Mini and drone-oriented Airborne Nano. Its current Mini table specifies 7.5–12.4 micrometre LWIR coverage with a 320 by 256 SLS detector; mapping and targeting are distinct acquisition modes, and real-time gas analysis is optional for Airborne Mini.
Supports: Capability · technical tags
Exosens separates Hyper-Cam Mini, Airborne Mini and drone-oriented Airborne Nano. Its current Mini table specifies 7.5–12.4 micrometre LWIR coverage with a 320 by 256 SLS detector; mapping and targeting are distinct acquisition modes, and real-time gas analysis is optional for Airborne Mini.
The Telops website redirects to an Exosens Telops brand page identifying Quebec City design and manufacture of infrared cameras and hyperspectral instruments. The page describes Telops as now operating under Exosens. This is current brand and product context, not sufficient evidence by itself for a legal-entity merger or canonical identity replacement.
The Hyper-Cam Airborne Nano datasheet specifies 320 by 160 pixels, 7.5–12.4 micrometres, selectable 4–64 inverse-centimetre spectral resolution, camera-plus-gimbal mass below 7.5 kg and power below 150 W. These are manufacturer typical specifications for Nano, not Mini or every Hyper-Cam configuration.
Supports: Capability · core features
The Hyper-Cam Airborne Nano datasheet specifies 320 by 160 pixels, 7.5–12.4 micrometres, selectable 4–64 inverse-centimetre spectral resolution, camera-plus-gimbal mass below 7.5 kg and power below 150 W. These are manufacturer typical specifications for Nano, not Mini or every Hyper-Cam configuration.
The linked Airborne Mini datasheet states 7.4–11.8 micrometres, mapping/targeting, GPS/INS, a boresighted visible camera and image-motion compensation. Its range differs from the current family-page 7.5–12.4 micrometre Mini table; confirm the ordered configuration rather than combining incompatible specifications.
Supports: Capability · commercial availability
The linked Airborne Mini datasheet states 7.4–11.8 micrometres, mapping/targeting, GPS/INS, a boresighted visible camera and image-motion compensation. Its range differs from the current family-page 7.5–12.4 micrometre Mini table; confirm the ordered configuration rather than combining incompatible specifications.
The official product or service material supports the named hyperspectral capability, its principal features and the applications summarized for reviewer consideration.
Supports: Defence need · Sovereign defence capability areas
The official product or service material supports the named hyperspectral capability, its principal features and the applications summarized for reviewer consideration.
Public sources cited · Facts and assessments kept separate · Human review
The Hyper-Cam Airborne Nano datasheet specifies 320 by 160 pixels, 7.5–12.4 micrometres, selectable 4–64 inverse-centimetre spectral resolution, camera-plus-gimbal mass below 7.5 kg and power below 150 W. These are manufacturer typical specifications for Nano, not Mini or every Hyper-Cam configuration.
Supports: Capability · summary
The Hyper-Cam Airborne Nano datasheet specifies 320 by 160 pixels, 7.5–12.4 micrometres, selectable 4–64 inverse-centimetre spectral resolution, camera-plus-gimbal mass below 7.5 kg and power below 150 W. These are manufacturer typical specifications for Nano, not Mini or every Hyper-Cam configuration.
Exosens launched the Hyper-Cam Airborne Nano on November 25, 2025 for UAV-oriented LWIR hyperspectral sensing, mapping and fixed-coordinate targeting. The product announcement establishes an offered instrument; no named operational acceptance or universal gas detection threshold follows from the launch.
Supports: Capability · maturity
Exosens launched the Hyper-Cam Airborne Nano on November 25, 2025 for UAV-oriented LWIR hyperspectral sensing, mapping and fixed-coordinate targeting. The product announcement establishes an offered instrument; no named operational acceptance or universal gas detection threshold follows from the launch.
Supports: Defence need · Sovereign defence capability areas
Canada needs secure strategic autonomy and reliable access to capabilities that are critical to defending its sovereignty and meeting allied commitments, while reducing exposure to foreign supply-chain and intellectual-property dependencies.
Supports: Defence need · Sovereign defence capability areas
Reviewer synthesis of the public end state: Canada can build, sustain or control priority aerospace, ammunition, digital, in-service support, sensor, space, specialized manufacturing, training and uncrewed capabilities through domestic strength, trusted partnerships and sovereign access.
