The WingXpand xRAI smart plane in flight at sunset over open terrain

US-Made · Patented · Built in St. Louis

EXPANDING WHAT'S POSSIBLE™

Smaller pack. Smarter plane. The patented 7-foot xRAI expands from a backpack in seconds — flying 5× longer and carrying 10× more payload than conventional drones.

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The Transformation

FROM A TO A 7-FT WINGSPAN

Conventional aircraft force a trade-off between portability and performance. WingXpand erased it. The xRAI's expandable wing technology — invented and patented in America — packs into a carry-on footprint, then deploys in under two minutes by a single operator. No tools. No trailer. No compromise.

01 — Packed The xRAI smart plane collapsed into a compact, backpack-sized form

Carry it anywhere

Collapsed, the xRAI fits in a backpack and travels with the team — into the field, onto the truck, through the door.

02 — Deployed The xRAI fully expanded to its 7-foot wingspan, ready for flight

Launch in seconds

A full 7-foot wing unfolds and locks — a fixed-wing platform with the endurance of a plane and the agility of a drone.

By The Numbers

More clarity. Less burden.

0 Longer flight time
vs. conventional drones
0 More payload
capacity carried
0 Wingspan from
a backpack-sized pack
0 To expand & launch
with a single operator
0 System weight —
truly man-portable
0 Covered per flight
for survey & mapping
Detailed render of the WingXpand xRAI smart plane

The Aircraft

Meet the xRAI smart plane

A US-made, patented fixed-wing platform engineered for the field. The xRAI combines a packable expandable wing with an intelligent autonomy stack — so a single person can survey, monitor, and respond across vast areas with the endurance only a true plane can deliver.

  • Expandable wing technology — 7-foot span that collapses to backpack size, deploy in under two minutes.
  • Customizable payloads — swap optical, thermal, multispectral and sensor packages for the mission.
  • Real-time alerts — onboard processing pushes detections to the operator the moment they matter.
  • American manufacturing — designed, built, and supported in St. Louis, Missouri.
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The xRAI conducting an autonomous survey mission

Intelligence Onboard

Automatic AI detection

The xRAI doesn't just collect imagery — it understands it. Onboard AI continuously scans the feed, automatically detecting people, vehicles, hotspots, infrastructure faults and anomalies, then pushes real-time alerts to the operator. Less staring at screens. More acting on what matters.

Automatic detection Real-time alerts Customizable payloads Edge processing

What We Deliver

Flight services. Training. Analysis.

We don't just sell an aircraft — we deliver outcomes. Bring us a mission and we'll fly it, train your team to fly it, or turn the data into decisions.

01

Flight Services

Our certified crews deploy the xRAI on your behalf — rapid response, large-area survey, and persistent monitoring, anywhere the mission takes us.

Turnkey operations
02

Training

Hands-on programs that get your operators expanding, launching, and flying the xRAI with confidence — and reading its AI output like pros.

Operator certification
03

Analysis

Raw flights become answers. We process imagery and sensor data into maps, reports, and alerts your team can act on immediately.

Data to decisions

Where We Operate

Built in America for the missions that matter

Defense · Public Safety & Disaster Response · Agriculture · Survey & Inspection — powered by a deep technology stack.

Recognition

Proven, awarded, trusted

xTech 3× Winner · Arch Grants · Natural Disaster Expo "Most Innovative" · trusted by the DoD, Navy ETP, Air Force ETP, Raytheon and the State of Montana.

Backed By

Fueled by world-class partners

WingXpand is backed by leading accelerators and recognized by the nation's most demanding defense and innovation programs.

Let's Expand What's Possible

Ready to see the
xRAI in the field?

Tell us about your mission. Our St. Louis team will help you put America's most portable smart plane to work.

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