FEATURES
• Perfect for environmental monitoring, mining, and precision agriculture applications
• Factory integrated & flight tested
• Best-in-class SWaP (Size, Weight, and Power)
• VNIR wavelength range (400 to 1,000 nm)
• Built-in GPS-IMU, solid-state storage
• Available LiDAR for high-resolution DEM (Digital Elevation Model) creation & 3D point clouds

THE IDEAL SYSTEM FOR VNIR REMOTE-SENSING
UAV MISSIONS
Headwall’s original Nano-Hyperspec® took the remote-sensing community by storm, becoming the best-selling system of its kind. The next-generation Nano™ HP features improved spatial resolution, as well as a greater number of spectral bands in an exceptionally small, light, and power-efficient form factor.The Nano HP can be purchased as a payload for integration onto compatible UAVs, and also as part of integrated “turnkey” systems that include the drone. These include the DJI Matrice 300 RTK1, DJI Matrice 600 Pro, as well as the FreeFly Alta X that is made in the USA and supports NDAA-compliance.Optional sensors and accessories such as LiDAR and thermal-imagers2 can be incorporated into payloads suitable for your needs.

Portable & Robust
The Headwall Nano HP comes with a high-performance GPS/IMU and enables Light Detection and Ranging (LiDAR) to be added as an integral module, so that a Nano HP with LiDAR is actually lighter and smaller than a similarly equipped original Nano-Hyperspec!
Fixed- or gimbal-mount configurations are available, depending on the parameters of your payload. The platform-agnostic, browser-based HSInsight™ interface makes setting up your Nano HP easy.

The images to the side are 3D point clouds generated from an optional LiDAR sensor that was part of the payload during a hyperspectral UAV mission to Cuprite, Nevada by a team from Headwall and the University of Arizona. LiDAR allows high-resolution digital elevation models (DEMs) to be created to enable more precise flight operations as well as more accurate orthorectification of the hyperspectral imaging data.
Headwall UAV systems are programmed to follow terrain at a constant altitude above ground level. The hyperspectral data that is captured from the air is post-processed and orthorectified so that a consistent nadir view of the mission area is achieved.
You can see on the left that the aircraft enters and departs the capture area along straight lines. While inside the ‘capture polygon’ designated as part of the flight plan, the hyperspectral sensor is activated and a “lawnmower” pattern is flown as shown in the image on the right.