Use
Mission and payload
Drone type, mission phases, duration, frequency, payload, and powered equipment.
A battery sized for your drone’s mission
Batteries Prod designs and manufactures custom lithium-ion packs for professional drones in Monteux, France. Mission, weight, runtime, power, and interfaces shape each architecture.
- Since 2013
- Lithium battery development and manufacturing
- 100 MWh
- Annual production capacity
- ISO 9001
- Certified company since 2021
- 250,000
- Batteries manufactured
What we define together
Six sets of information are enough to outline an initial architecture and identify what the prototype must validate.
Mechanical
Target weight and available dimensions
Target weight, available volume, position, mounting points, and battery access.
Energy
Required runtime
Target duration, required margin, and charging time available between missions.
Power
Continuous power and current peaks
Continuous power and peaks linked to take-off, propulsion, or actuators.
Environment
Operating conditions
Temperature, humidity, vibration, and constraints specific to the operating environment.
System
BMS, charger, and interfaces
Protection, useful data, charger, connectors, and communication with the drone.
An architecture for every type of drone
Mission, environment, and integration call for different choices. Each pack remains specific to the drone and its professional use.
Aerial drones
Take-off, flight phases, return, payload, and available space are considered together.
Ground drones
Traction, actuators, travel cycles, and integration space guide battery sizing.
Surface marine drones
Propulsion, on-board systems, target runtime, and the marine environment are considered within one architecture.
Underwater drones
The study covers available space, interfaces, power requirements, and integration constraints associated with immersion.
The right balance of weight, energy, power, and safety
These four variables are linked. Cells, mechanical design, connectors, and BMS are therefore defined as one system integrated with the drone.
- NCM lithium-ion cells
- NCM cells and their series/parallel configuration match the project’s energy and current requirements.
- Mechanical integration
- Enclosure, mounting, access, and weight distribution are defined around the drone structure.
- Connectors
- Power and charging connectors, wiring, and interfaces are adapted to the equipment.
Four variables to balance
Weight
The target includes the cells, enclosure, mounting, and required interfaces.
Energy
Usable energy depends on the mission, consumption profile, and charging strategy.
Power
Cells, assembly, wiring, and BMS handle the defined continuous power and peaks.
Safety
Electrical protection, thermal behaviour, and mechanical integration are studied together.
The BMS protects the battery and communicates with the drone
Developed with the pack, the BMS electronics monitor the cells, manage protection, and send useful data.
Functions defined for the project
Monitoring
Cell voltage, temperature, and balancing.
Protection
Abnormal electrical and thermal conditions.
Current
Measurement adapted to the defined power profile.
Communication
Useful data sent through the selected interfaces.
From prototype to compliance, step by step
Each step checks the architecture against the specification. The programme depends on use, integration, and the target market.
When the project requires assessments against regulations or standards, internal testing does not replace assessments performed by an accredited laboratory.
Prototype
An initial pack brings together the cells, mechanical design, connectors, and BMS so their integration can be checked.
Functional testing
Testing checks charging, discharging, power, protection, data, and interfaces against the specification.
Safety testing
Testing examines how the pack and its protections behave under the conditions and risks identified for the project.
Transport, standards, and regulations
We identify transport requirements and any standards or regulations to consider based on the project’s use, target market, and schedule.
From a validated prototype to series production
After validation, the engineering team prepares production documentation and controls. Each battery is manufactured in Monteux, traced, and tested before shipping.
- Integrated engineering for the pack architecture, electronics, and BMS
- Industrialisation of the architecture validated on a prototype
- Manufacturing in France at the Monteux factory
- Traceability of components and manufacturing operations
- Systematic testing of every battery before shipping
Questions before starting a drone battery study
To get started, send the drone type, mission profile and duration, target weight, available dimensions, known electrical data, operating environment, interfaces, and forecast volumes. The team uses these details to identify any missing information.
Tell us about your drone’s mission
Even with incomplete data, we can qualify the need and agree the next step: feasibility review, study, or prototype.
Data that helps us get started
- Drone type, mission profile, and operating environment
- Target weight, dimensions, mounting, and available interfaces
- Known runtime, voltage, power, and current peaks
- Forecast quantities, schedule, and current project stage
Call the Batteries Prod team directly
What happens after you contact us
Review the mission
Mission, integration constraints, and available data.
Define the study or prototype
Architecture to study, required checks, and any prototype to build.
Prepare a quotation and series production
Quotation and industrialisation after the architecture, volumes, and schedule are validated.