Program Announcements & Technology Updates

<p>HONG KONG, China, 27 May 2026 — Star-Navi (NDL) today announced the official launch of the XHC6 Series, a new family of ultra-low-light electro-optical surveillance cameras built around a 1.5-inch CMOS sensor with 10 µm pixel pitch. The series introduces six models spanning three focal length classes in both full-colour and monochrome variants, covering passive person detection ranges from 540 m to 7700 m across a single product family designed for layered fixed perimeter, border, and critical infrastructure surveillance architectures.</p><h3>Product Family Overview</h3><p>The XHC6 Series is structured around three focal length tiers, each available in a colour C-variant and a monochrome B-variant. At short range, the XHC6016C and XHC6016B share a 16 mm equivalent F2.0 fixed-focus wide-angle lens with a 75° horizontal field of view, delivering person detection to 540 m and 770 m respectively at minimum illuminations of 0.001 lux and 0.0005 lux. Medium-range coverage is provided by the XHC6060C-ABF and XHC6060B-ABF, pairing a 65 mm equivalent F1.2 high-aperture lens with Auto Back Focus for person detection to 3000 m in colour and 4280 m in monochrome at 0.0006 lux and 0.0003 lux. Long-range detection is anchored by the XHC6160C-ABF and XHC6160B-ABF, deploying a 160 mm equivalent F1.7 telephoto lens with ABF for person detection to 5400 m in colour and 7700 m in monochrome at 0.0008 lux and 0.0004 lux respectively. All six models deliver 1920 x 1080 Full HD resolution and support ONVIF, RTSP, and PELCO protocols over RJ45 with integrated Wi-Fi and optional 4G LTE connectivity.</p><h3>Design Philosophy and Market Context</h3><p>The XHC6 Series was developed in direct response to a procurement pattern that Star-Navi observed across multiple border security and critical infrastructure protection programmes: integrators were assembling perimeter sensor networks from cameras sourced across multiple product families and manufacturers, creating protocol and support fragmentation that increased integration engineering cost and complicated long-term maintenance planning. By building six models across colour and monochrome variants within a single family sharing common interfaces, protocols, and mechanical form factors, Star-Navi enables programme offices to design a complete detection-to-identification range tier from a single product source with a unified support relationship and consistent long-term supply chain.</p><h3>Availability and OEM Module Variants</h3><p>All six XHC6 Series camera models are available immediately from stock. Corresponding bare OEM module variants — the XHM6016, XHM6060, and XHM6160 series in both colour and monochrome configurations — are available for custom enclosure integration under a corporate procurement account. Evaluation units and integration documentation are available to qualified programme offices and system integrators through Star-Navi's defence sales channels at sales@star-navi.net.</p><h3>Executive Statement</h3><p>"The XHC6 Series represents the most complete fixed perimeter surveillance family we have brought to market," said the Head of Surveillance Systems at Star-Navi. "Six models, three range tiers, colour and monochrome in each — all on the same sensor platform, the same interface, the same protocol stack. A programme office can design a complete layered detection network from outer 7700 m detection to inner 540 m identification using one product family and one support contract."</p>

<p>HONG KONG, 1 May 2026 — Star-Navi (NDL) announced today that its XHF-A6M19B and XHF-A6M19C night vision FPV camera modules have received 45 trial-production orders within the first four days following official global launch on 28 April 2026. The volume and pace of early commitments represent one of the strongest initial market responses recorded for a new sensor product in the company's history, and have prompted an immediate review of annual production projections across both models.</p><h3>Scale and Composition of Early Demand</h3><p>The 45 orders span a cross-section of the defence imaging market, including UAV payload integrators, unmanned systems OEMs, government evaluation programmes, and regional distributors covering North America, Europe, the Middle East, and the Asia-Pacific corridor. Demand has been distributed across both models in the XHF family: the XHF-A6M19B, which provides monochrome passive night imaging rated to 0.001 lux on a CVBS analogue output, and the XHF-A6M19C, which adds full-colour capability at the same 0.001 lux threshold with automatic colour-to-monochrome transition as ambient illumination falls below the colour performance floor. Several ordering organisations have specified quantities of both models simultaneously, indicating evaluation programmes structured to assess monochrome and colour capability in parallel against the same operational platform rather than treating the two variants as sequential procurement decisions.</p><h3>Why Early Trial Commitments Matter in This Market</h3><p>Trial-production orders in the defence sensor market carry a different weight than pre-orders in commercial consumer markets. They represent a deliberate evaluation commitment by an organisation that has reviewed the product specification, assessed compatibility with its platform or programme, and allocated procurement budget for initial integration and test. Receiving 45 such commitments within 96 hours of product availability indicates that customer awareness and technical review processes were already well advanced before launch, and that the XHF Series addressed a capability requirement that organisations had been actively seeking to fill. In the FPV tactical camera segment specifically, where the gap between adequate analogue CVBS sensitivity and defence-grade low-light performance has been a recognised procurement obstacle for two years, the speed of adoption is consistent with pent-up demand from programmes that had deferred FPV night vision procurement pending a product that met their sensitivity and latency requirements simultaneously.</p><h3>Production Planning and Supply Response</h3><p>Star-Navi's manufacturing operations team confirmed that pre-positioned component supply and manufacturing capacity built into the XHF Series production plan in anticipation of strong launch demand has been sufficient to absorb the initial order volume without delivery schedule impact. However, given the pace of incoming inquiries and the pipeline of evaluation programmes expected to convert to production orders within the next sixty to ninety days, the company has initiated a formal review of its annual production forecast for both the XHF-A6M19B and XHF-A6M19C. Updated figures will be communicated to distributor partners as the review is concluded.</p><h3>Distributor and Integrator Response</h3><p>Regional distributors who were briefed on the XHF Series ahead of the official launch date have reported accelerated interest from end-user programmes that were previously evaluating alternative analogue FPV camera solutions. Several integrators building UAV payloads for border surveillance, perimeter security, and tactical reconnaissance programmes have indicated that the XHF Series' compatibility with standard FPV video transmission infrastructure, combined with its defence-grade sensitivity specification, removes the primary technical obstacle that had prevented night vision integration into their existing platform designs. The 19 mm compact form factor of both models has been specifically noted as a qualification factor by integrators working within the tight payload volume constraints of sub-250 g FPV airframes where larger camera module formats are not accommodable without airframe structural modification.</p><h3>Executive Statement</h3><p>"Forty-five trial orders in four days is not a number we forecast, and I want to be straightforward about that," said the Chief Commercial Officer at Star-Navi. "We had confidence in the product and we knew the market need was real, but the speed at which evaluation programmes committed is a clear signal that customers had already done their technical assessment and were waiting for this specification to become available. We are now focused on making sure our production response matches the demand signal, and on supporting the evaluation programmes that are running so they can convert to volume orders with confidence in our delivery reliability."</p><p>Both the XHF-A6M19B and XHF-A6M19C are available immediately through Star-Navi's authorised distributor network. Qualified programme offices and system integrators may request evaluation units directly through the company's defence sales channels. Updated production and delivery schedules will be published in the second week of May 2026 following completion of the capacity review.</p>

<p>HONG KONG, China, 28 April 2026 — Star-Navi (NDL) officially launched the XHF Series of 24/7 night vision FPV camera modules, introducing the XHF-A6M19B and XHF-A6M19C as the company's first products specifically engineered for the tactical FPV drone market. The launch makes Star-Navi one of a small number of defence-oriented sensor manufacturers to address the FPV analogue CVBS camera segment with sensors designed to military sensitivity specifications rather than adapted from consumer camera technology.</p><h3>Product Family Overview</h3><p>Both XHF Series models share a 19 mm × 19 mm compact module form factor and a CVBS analogue output interface, maintaining direct compatibility with the full ecosystem of FPV video transmitters, flight controller OSD overlays, and analogue pilot goggle systems used across tactical FPV platforms without requiring a digital encoding stage that would introduce latency into the video pipeline. The XHF-A6M19B provides monochrome imaging rated to 0.001 lux minimum illumination in colour mode with a 1920 × 1080 resolution at 50 fps, with true starlight monochrome performance for operations in near-total darkness below the colour threshold. The XHF-A6M19C adds full-colour night vision capability at 0.001 lux, with automatic colour-to-monochrome transition as ambient illumination drops below the colour performance threshold, providing a single sensor that covers the complete illumination range from full daylight to near-total darkness without operator intervention.</p><p>Both models operate at 50 fps, matching the frame rate standard used across FPV racing and tactical drone platforms to maintain the smooth video feed that real-time FPV piloting and target observation depend on. The 19 mm lens delivers the forward-facing field of view geometry suited to navigation and target observation at the flight speeds and altitudes used in tactical FPV reconnaissance, strike coordination, and close-range surveillance operations.</p><h3>Market Context and Programme Relevance</h3><p>Tactical FPV programmes have expanded significantly over the past eighteen months as military and border security operators have adopted small FPV platforms for reconnaissance, target observation, and electronic warfare support roles that previously required larger and more expensive platform types. Night operational capability has been identified as the primary gap in most FPV fleet assessments, with existing FPV camera options either providing inadequate low-light sensitivity for passive night navigation or requiring digital video systems that introduce latency penalties inconsistent with real-time FPV control. The XHF Series is designed specifically to close that gap by delivering defence-grade sensitivity on an analogue CVBS interface that preserves the low-latency video architecture that operational FPV platforms require.</p><h3>Executive Statement</h3><p>"We designed the XHF Series around what tactical FPV operators actually experience at night, which is the choice between a camera sensitive enough to navigate with and a camera compatible with their existing video system," said the Head of New Product Development at Star-Navi. "That should not be a trade-off. The XHF-A6M19B and XHF-A6M19C are our answer to that, and they are built to the same sensitivity standards as our ISR camera modules, not to consumer FPV camera specifications."</p><p>The XHF Series entered production in April 2026 and is available immediately through Star-Navi's authorised distributor network. Evaluation units are available to qualified programme offices and system integrators on request through the company's defence sales channels.</p>

<p>HONG KONG, China, 22 April 2026 — Star-Navi (NDL) has announced the completion of multi-mode integration trials for the XHM4201GT High-Speed Guidance and Angular Measurement Module, confirming successful sensor fusion between the visible-spectrum EO seeker core and externally mounted laser rangefinder and thermal imaging channels across the full terminal engagement envelope. The milestone follows European field trials conducted in March 2026 and represents the final qualification gate before series production release of the expanded multi-mode seeker configuration.</p><h3>Integration Scope and Trial Outcomes</h3><p>The XHM4201GT was initially released in late 2025 as a standalone visible-spectrum EO seeker module for OEM integration into 42 mm class precision-guided airframes, delivering angular accuracy of ≤ 0.7 mrad, vehicle detection to ≥ 1400 m, and target capture within ≤ 300 ms from a 4K CMOS array operating in the 0.4 to 0.7 µm waveband. The April 2026 integration milestone extends this baseline with a validated interface architecture allowing the seeker to receive and fuse target position data from co-mounted laser designation and thermal imaging payloads, enabling the module to maintain guidance continuity across smoke, dust, and target aspect transitions that would degrade single-sensor lock in terminal engagement scenarios.</p><p>European field trials in March evaluated the XHM4201GT in both standalone EO mode and multi-mode configuration against representative vehicle and multirotor UAV target sets at ranges from 800 m to 1400 m. Performance in memory tracking mode, which sustains guidance output for one second following loss of optical lock, was assessed under adverse environmental conditions including partial obscuration by smoke and terrain masking during the terminal approach phase. Trial results confirmed guidance continuity requirements across all evaluated engagement scenarios.</p><h3>Market and Programme Relevance</h3><p>Seeker integration programmes for loitering munitions, counter-UAS interceptors, and small-diameter precision-guided warheads have increasingly specified multi-mode terminal guidance capability as a programme requirement rather than an optional performance enhancement, driven by operational analysis of engagement failures attributed to single-sensor seeker vulnerability in contested environments. The XHM4201GT multi-mode configuration addresses this requirement at the 42 mm seeker bay form factor and ≤ 80 g mass constraint that defines the integration envelope for the majority of current lightweight precision-guided airframe programmes.</p><h3>Executive Statement</h3><p>"The March field trials gave us the data we needed to confirm that the fusion architecture performs as designed under conditions that actually occur in terminal engagements," said the Chief Engineer, Guidance Systems, at Star-Navi. "The memory tracking function was the element that trial evaluators scrutinised most closely, and it held guidance continuity across every scenario we ran against it. We are now in active discussions with several OEM airframe programmes about integration timelines for the multi-mode configuration."</p><p>Series production of the multi-mode XHM4201GT configuration is scheduled to begin in the third quarter of 2026, with initial OEM deliveries targeted for the fourth quarter.</p>

<p>HONG KONG, China, 28 May 2026 — Star-Navi (NDL) today announced the commercial availability of the XRAM stealth materials range, a portfolio of radar absorbing agents and coating systems developed for electromagnetic signature reduction across aerospace, UAV, naval, and industrial applications. The range introduces three product series that together address the full workflow from absorbing agent formulation through to finished coating application across standard and high-temperature operating environments.</p><h3>Three-Series Product Range Overview</h3><p>The XRAM range is organised across three distinct product series. The XRAM-A Series provides functional radar absorbing powder agents in four grades spanning 2 to 18 GHz, developed for integration into customer-formulated coatings, composite matrix materials, and electromagnetic shielding structures. Reflection loss for the XRAM-A Series reaches -10 dB in the highest-absorption grades, with particle sizes from 4.5 to 27 micrometres across the range and bulk density from 0.5 to 2.0 grams per cubic centimetre. The XRAM-C Series provides three ready-to-apply radar absorbing coating grades for standard operating temperature environments, covering S, C, X, and Ku band frequencies with reflection loss of up to -3.5 dB in coatings from 0.40 to 0.60 mm thickness and surface density as low as 1.1 kg per square metre. The XRAM-CH Series extends the coating range to high-temperature environments, maintaining radar absorbing performance and coating integrity at up to 300 degrees Celsius across the 4 to 10 GHz band from a 0.40 mm coating with surface density below 1.1 kg per square metre, addressing propulsion-adjacent structures and engine compartment surfaces that standard coating systems cannot treat.</p><h3>Technology Foundation</h3><p>All three XRAM series share a common technology foundation in the radar absorbing agent surface modification process and controlled microstructure optimisation techniques developed by Star-Navi for improved absorption performance, environmental resistance, and matrix compatibility relative to conventional absorbing agents. The XRAM-C and XRAM-CH coating series additionally incorporate coating formulation system optimisation and spray process development that translates absorbing agent performance into consistent coating results at production scale. Sample-based coating process support is available for both coating series to allow programme engineers to validate application and curing parameters against platform-specific substrates before committing to production quantities.</p><h3>Target Applications and Markets</h3><p>The XRAM range addresses radar signature reduction requirements across four primary application domains. Aerospace and UAV platforms benefit from XRAM-C and XRAM-CH coatings for fuselage, wing, and propulsion-adjacent surface treatment, and from XRAM-A agents for stealth composite structural integration. Naval platforms and maritime structures can deploy XRAM-C coatings on superstructure surfaces under salt spray and humidity conditions that the corrosion-resistant formulation is designed to withstand. Industrial and commercial electromagnetic management applications including wind turbine blade structures, communication tower panels, and microwave chamber linings are supported by the broadband frequency coverage of both the coating and powder agent product lines. Custom formulation development for specific frequency band, substrate, or environmental requirements is available through the Star-Navi stealth materials engineering team.</p><h3>Availability and Procurement</h3><p>All three XRAM series are available from stock in standard packaging configurations of 1 kg, 5 kg, and 10 kg. Custom packaging and volume options are available on request. Evaluation samples, technical datasheets, and application process consultation are available to qualified programme engineers, system integrators, and coating formulators through Star-Navi's stealth materials sales channels at sales@star-navi.net or via the corporate procurement portal at star-navi.net.</p>

<p>HONG KONG, China, 10 April 2026 — Star-Navi (NDL) announced the operational adoption of two additional XHC1 Series camera platforms by border security and law enforcement drone programmes, expanding the family's active deployment base to include the XHC1604U07C, XHC1604U12C, XHC1604SU16C-OW Overwatch module, and XHC1904C-MIPI long-range colour UAV camera. The expansion follows the operational success of the XHC1602 Series reported in January 2026 and marks the broadening of the XHC1 family's operational footprint from low-light ISR into full-HD colour day-and-night surveillance from both fixed elevated positions and airborne platforms.</p><h3>New Platforms and Capability Areas</h3><p>The XHC1604 USB series introduces Full HD 1920 × 1080 resolution at 0.001 lux starlight colour sensitivity across 7 mm, 12 mm, and 16 mm focal length variants, extending the family's coverage from monochrome low-light ISR into colour day-and-night surveillance at ranges from 980 m on the XHC1604U07C to 2260 m on the XHC1604SU16C-OW Overwatch module. The Overwatch variant, rated at 2560 × 1440 resolution, has been adopted for elevated border tower installations where identification-class imagery at extended range across a wide ground sector is the primary operational requirement, and where USB 3.0 Super Speed connectivity allows integration into existing tower compute infrastructure without hardware changes.</p><p>The XHC1904C-MIPI, a Full HD 24/7 colour MIPI camera module delivering 0.0005 lux sensitivity at 900 m person detection range, has entered service on long-endurance fixed-wing UAV platforms assigned to day-and-night border corridor reconnaissance, replacing a dual-sensor payload architecture that previously required separate day and night cameras to cover the full operational cycle. The single-sensor 24/7 approach eliminates the coverage gap at dawn and dusk that dual-sensor architectures introduce during sensor mode transitions, a problem that had been identified as a recurring operational vulnerability in the previous payload configuration.</p><h3>Programme Growth and Family Standardisation</h3><p>The adoption of four additional XHC1 Series variants across two new programme types reflects a procurement trend toward standardising on a single sensor family across all camera positions in an ISR or surveillance programme, rather than sourcing different sensor brands for each focal length and resolution requirement. Star-Navi's approach of providing consistent USB and MIPI interface options across focal length variants within the XHC1 family allows programme offices to maintain a single driver integration and a single support relationship while covering detection ranges from 660 m to 2260 m across different platform and mission types.</p><h3>Executive Statement</h3><p>"The expansion into the XHC1604 and XHC1904C platforms in the same quarter validates the family architecture we built around common interfaces and consistent optical quality," said the Vice President of Business Development at Star-Navi. "Programmes that started with the XHC1602 Series for covert low-light ISR have come back to us for the colour day-and-night variants as their operational requirements have expanded. That retention is the result of making family standardisation genuinely practical at the logistics and software level, not just at the marketing level."</p><p>Further XHC1 Series programme adoptions are anticipated in the second half of 2026 as procurement cycles initiated following January's operational confirmation reach contract award stage.</p>

<p>HONG KONG, China, 19 January 2026 — Star-Navi (NDL) confirmed that the XHC1602 Series of ultra-low-light UAV camera modules has entered active service across multiple unmanned aerial surveillance programmes following commercial release in 2025. Initial deployments span border patrol, maritime reconnaissance, and perimeter ISR applications across three operator programmes, with the XHC1602-L20M416C/B, XHC1602-L20M516C/B, XHC1602-L20M816C/B, and the USB-interface XHC1602-L20U416, L20U516, and L20U816 variants all confirmed in active payload integration.</p><h3>Deployment Configuration and Operational Context</h3><p>The XHC1602 Series was developed to address the passive low-light imaging gap in Group 1 and Group 2 UAV ISR payloads, where active infrared illumination is either mass-prohibitive or operationally inappropriate for covert reconnaissance taskings. All six deployed variants achieve 0.0004 lux minimum illumination in monochrome mode, providing passive starlight imaging across the full dusk-to-dawn cycle without illuminator hardware that would add mass, power draw, or optical signature to the platform. The three MIPI CSI-2 variants interface with SoC and FPGA-based payload computers through 4-Lane MIPI, while the three USB variants connect via USB 3.0 with standard UVC drivers, covering the two dominant embedded compute interface standards used across current-generation tactical ISR drone platforms.</p><p>Focal length coverage across 4 mm, 5 mm, and 8 mm within each interface family allows programme managers to assign detection range by mission type without changing the host board or driver stack, a feature that has been cited by deploying operators as a significant logistics advantage for fleets conducting both area-search and corridor-surveillance taskings from the same airframe class. Person detection ranges across the deployed variants extend from 660 m on the wide-angle 4 mm L20U416 to 1320 m on the telephoto 8 mm L20U816, covering the operational range band required by the majority of border and coastal patrol UAV programmes currently active.</p><h3>Operational Feedback and Programme Acceptance</h3><p>Early operational feedback from deploying programmes has focused on the module's performance in pre-dawn conditions where thermal sensors previously provided the primary detection capability. Operators report that the XHC1602 Series delivers usable classification-quality imagery in the 0.001 to 0.01 lux range that overlaps with the lower sensitivity threshold of uncooled thermal sensors, providing a passive EO alternative for missions where thermal sensor procurement timelines, export considerations, or unit cost constraints have delayed or prevented thermal sensor integration.</p><h3>Executive Statement</h3><p>"The reception from the first programmes to integrate the XHC1602 Series has confirmed that the market for passive low-light UAV cameras at sub-30 g was significantly larger than the legacy active-illumination product alternatives suggested," said the Director of UAV Sensor Products at Star-Navi. "Having MIPI and USB variants across the same focal length range means we cover both the SoC-based payloads and the Jetson-based payloads without asking operators to make an interface compromise. That flexibility has been the primary reason we have seen adoption across multiple programme types simultaneously."</p><p>Production capacity for the XHC1602 Series has been expanded to meet demand from programmes entering procurement in the first half of 2026.</p>

<p>HONG KONG, China, 14 February 2022 — Star-Navi (NDL) announced today that its XHC2 Series fixed surveillance camera systems have been selected under a multi-year international border security contract covering deployment across extended land perimeter and coastal observation infrastructure. The award encompasses the full XHC2 product family, including the XHC2110C-ABF, XHC2290C-ABF, XHC2012C, and XHC2025C, each assigned to specific detection range tiers within the programme's layered perimeter architecture.</p><h3>Programme Scope and Deployment Architecture</h3><p>The contract calls for the installation of XHC2 Series cameras across multiple fixed tower and hilltop positions covering terrain segments requiring continuous passive optical coverage from medium range out to 9000 m. The XHC2290C-ABF, rated at 0.001 lux minimum illumination with person detection to 9000 m through its 290 mm F1.7 auto-back-focus lens, will anchor the outer detection layer at positions where coastal and open-terrain approach corridors require the longest passive standoff coverage. Medium-range positions will deploy the XHC2025C and XHC2012C, providing person detection at 1910 m and 1200 m respectively across checkpoint approach and perimeter arc sectors where wide field of view takes precedence over maximum detection range.</p><p>The XHC2110C-ABF, which integrates onboard AI detection and classification without a dedicated server or DVR, will serve positions where infrastructure constraints prevent the deployment of rack-mounted processing equipment. Its 110 mm auto-back-focus lens delivers person detection to 4250 m and vehicle detection to 9600 m from a self-contained installation that outputs classified detection alerts directly over IP, reducing the support infrastructure footprint at remote observation nodes.</p><h3>Operational Significance</h3><p>The selection of the XHC2 family under a structured border security programme reflects the maturity of the product line and its demonstrated performance across the full ambient illumination range from daylight through near-total darkness. All four models in the series are rated to 0.001 lux or better in colour mode, eliminating the operational coverage gap at dawn and dusk that has historically required supplementary active illumination at perimeter installations. Auto-back-focus compensation across the 110 mm and 290 mm telephoto models ensures sustained sharpness through seasonal temperature cycles without field maintenance intervention, a critical requirement for programmes managing hundreds of sensor positions across large geographic areas.</p><h3>Executive Statement</h3><p>"This contract validates the engineering approach we took with the XHC2 Series from the outset," said the Head of Surveillance Systems at Star-Navi. "Each model in the family was designed around a specific range tier so that a programme office can assemble a complete layered detection architecture from a single product family with a consistent interface and support structure. The feedback from field evaluation was that the auto-back-focus performance at 290 mm was the deciding factor at the outer detection layer positions."</p><p>Deliveries under the first programme phase are scheduled to commence in the third quarter of 2022, with full installation across all designated positions to be completed within twelve months of contract commencement.</p>