Vexcel Introduces Three New UltraCam Systems in 2025
Vexcel Introduces Three New UltraCam Systems in 2025
At Intergeo 2025, Vexcel Imaging showcased three new UltraCam systems built around Sony’s groundbreaking IMX811 CMOS sensor: A 247-megapixel imaging innovation that, through Vexcel’s system integration, delivers a new level for aerial mapping performance.
Launched in March 2025, the UltraCam Osprey 4.2 was the first fully integrated aerial camera system on the market to feature the IMX811. Offering 27% greater flight line efficiency and enhanced operational flexibility, the Osprey 4.2 has quickly entered active service within the Vexcel Data Program and among early-adopting customers worldwide.
At Intergeo, Vexcel unveiled the UltraCam Dragon 4.2, a powerful hybrid imaging and LiDAR system combining nadir and oblique cameras with a 2.4 MHz RIEGL LiDAR scanner. Delivering 35% higher flight line efficiency than its predecessor, its unique multi-line scan geometry provides unrivalled coverage in dense urban areas, capturing detailed façades, linear structures, and vegetation — making it the most capable hybrid imaging and LiDAR solution on the market.
Completing the IMX811 lineup, the new UltraCam Merlin 5.0 introduces over 37,500 pixels across the flight strip and user-exchangeable lens kits, bringing exceptional resolution and mission flexibility to large-scale photogrammetric mapping.
All new UltraCam systems leverage Vexcel’s True Pixel Processing (TPP) pipeline, ensuring consistent, high-fidelity imagery through a fully automated, sensor-aware workflow.
Three new systems. One extraordinary sensor. UltraCam goes 811.