Fly higher, see farther and do more with a durable, low-weight hybrid solution from Gore. Our cables give you more payload options, allow drones to fly higher, and expand your line of sight or coverage. Built with unique high-strength and weather-proof materials, they last longer in challenging conditions.

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Today's commercial and defense tethered drones use cable materials that create issues during operation. Traditional durable materials are bulky and heavy often weighing drones down, while lighter weight materials absorb moisture and lack adequate protection to withstand harsh environments. These issues can considerably limit your payload options and reduce your drone’s capabilities.
GORE Tethered Drone Cables are a game-changer for the commercial and defense industries. We strike a balance by blending power and fiber optic cables with rugged materials in a small-scale hybrid design. Our tethered drone cables are 20% smaller than standard cables built with nylon, so they take up less space inside the Tether Management System (TMS), which means more design options and extra payload during operation.
We also tested our unique fiber braid cable against a standard nylon cable to see how both performed when immersed in harsh fluids. The nylon cable showed more than 7.5% weight pickup in salt water. But, our cable showed less than 1% weight pickup in salt water, which is more than 90% less weight pickup than the nylon cable! Testing proved that our tethered drone cable provided greater weight stability further increasing your design/payload options and operating height.
Conventional lightweight cables can be vulnerable to tough surroundings because they lack adequate protection, causing them to wear out long before the drone. Also, drones operating at high power can be susceptible to failure if materials are not compatible with high temperatures.
But not our low-weight tethered drone cables! They’re built with proven high-strength and weather-proof materials that deliver continuous high-voltage power, secure signals, and unfailing data transmission in difficult environments. Our cables are designed specifically to withstand crushing, abrasion, repeated reeling, fluctuating temperatures, humidity, rain, snow, and tough terrain.
In fact, our single-mode fiber optic cable meets ARINC 802-2 requirements and is proven to provide a high level of crush resistance with low insertion loss — ensuring a secure data link from the drone to the ground support equipment (GSE).
Not only that, our patent-pending fiber braid cable jacket is low friction and resists abrasion induced during operation or by the TMS. This low-friction jacket also makes it easier to handle our cables compared to nylon cables.
Ultimately, GORE Tethered Drone Cables maximize TMS availability and drone capability, increase design options/payload, enable drones to fly higher, expand line of sight/coverage, and operate over the drone’s lifetime.
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Braided fiber jacket
Weather-proof barrier
Engineered fluoropolymer insulation
Silver-plated copper conductor
Optical fiber
ePTFE buffer
PEEK jacket
High-Strength Construction of GORE Tethered Drone Cables.
GORE Tethered Drone Cables are engineered to perform reliably in a variety of commercial and defense applications, including:
- video streaming
- news, events, commercial photography, search and rescue
- industrial / land inspections
- telecommunications
- intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR)
- electro-optical infrared (EO/IR) sensors
- signals intelligence
If you have any questions or to discuss your specific application needs, please contact a Gore representative.
GORE Tethered Drone Cables provide system engineers, designers and program managers with many benefits that improve electrical and mechanical performance such as:
- More design / payload options with smaller, lighter weight constructions
- Greater weight stability in harsh fluids for higher operating elevations / expanded line of site
- High-strength materials withstand challenging conditions such as extreme temps / repeated reeling
- Proven crush-resistant fiber optic cable that meets ARINC 802-2 requirements
- Durable protection against abrasion / easier handling due to low-friction fiber braid cable jacket
- Deliver continuous high-voltage power and secure, high-bandwidth data transfer
For more information about the benefits of our cables, please contact a Gore representative.
These values demonstrate the electrical, mechanical and environmental performance of GORE Tethered Drone Cables.
Download the data sheet to view product specifications, like diameter, weight, minimum bend radius, and conductor DC resistance.
Electrical Property | Power Pair | Data Pair | Fiber Optic |
---|---|---|---|
Operating Voltage (Vrms)a | 600 | 250 | — |
Testing Voltage (Vrms) | 1500 | 1500 | — |
Maximum Optical Loss at 1310 nm (dB/km) | — | — | 0.35 |
Maximum Optical Loss at 1550 nm (dB/km) | — | — | 0.20 |
a Based on a NEMA HP3 wire.
Mechanical / Electrical Property | Power Pair | Data Pair | Fiber Optic |
---|---|---|---|
Jacket Material | Engineered Fluoropolymer Fiber Braid | ||
Jacket Color | Black | ||
Insulation Color | Gray / White | Blue / White | Brown |
Insulation Wall Thickness mm (in) | 0.14 (0.006) | 0.14 (0.006) | — |
Conductor | Silver-Plated Copper | Silver-Plated Copper | — |
Mode Type (µm) | — | — | Single (900) |
Core / Cladding / Coating | — | — | 8 / 125 / 245 |
Coating Type | — | — | High Temperature Acrylate |
Buffer | — | — | ePTFE |
Dielectric Material | ePTFE / PTFE | ||
Crush / Impact Resistanceb (ARINC 802-3) / kgf/cm (lb/in) |
— | — | Pass |
Tensile Strengthb N (lb) 16 AWG 20 AWG 24 AWG |
1538 (345) 1092 (245) 910 (204) |
||
Scrape Abrasion Resistanceb (Cycles) (SAE AS4373™) / 500 g (1.1 lb) |
> 36,000 | ||
Fluid Immersion / Weight Stabilityb (AS4373 / % Absorption) |
Pass < 1 (Salt Water, Diesel) / < 2.5 (Hydraulic) |
||
Cold Bend Resistanceb (SAE AS4373™) | Pass | ||
Temperature Range (°C) | -60 to +200 | -60 to +200 | -60 to +85c |
a Based on a NEMA HP3 wire.
b Testing based on size 22 AWG.
c Attenuation may increase above 85°C.
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This white paper discusses the shift from high energy density batteries to high-performing cables with battery backup in commercial and military drone applications. Gore’s materials expertise and thorough testing demonstrate the importance of choosing the right tether cable for a specific application.

Cables - Contact Location Group - US
Cables - Contact Location - US
Landenberg, PA 19350
Cables - Contact Location Germany - US
D-91785 Pleinfeld
GERMANY
Cables - Contact Location - UK - US
Dundee Technology Park
Dundee, DD2 IJA
SCOTLAND
Cables - Contact Location - Italy - US
37135 Verona
ITALY
Cables - Contact Location - France - US
75603 PARIS CEDEX 12
FRANCE
Cables - Contact Location - Spain - US
Poligono Fontsanta
08970 Sant Joan Despi
Barcelona
SPAIN
Cables - Contact Location - Sweden - US
Box 268
431 23 Moelndal
SWEDEN
Cables - Contact Location - China (Beijing) - US
18 XiaguangLi, Dongsanhuan North Road, Beijing 100027
CHINA
Cables - Contact Location - China (Shanghai) - US
1468 Nanjing Road West
Shanghai 200040
CHINA
Cables - Contact Location - China (Shenzhen) - US
Futian Free Trade Zone
Shenzhen, China
Cables - Contact Location - South Korea - US
368 Chungjeongno 3(sam)-ga
Seodaemun-gu
Seoul
South Korea
Cables - Contact Location - Japan - US
108-0075 JAPAN
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Gore has built a worldwide reputation for ethics and integrity in its dealings with customers, suppliers and employees.

Cables - Data Sheet - Tethered Drone Cables - US
Download technical information, including benefits, properties, specifications, comparison test data, and ordering information.

Cables - White Paper - Understanding Tethered Drone Cable Performance - US
This white paper discusses the shift from high energy density batteries to high-performing cables with battery backup in commercial and military drone applications. Gore’s materials expertise and thorough testing demonstrate the importance of choosing the right tether cable for a specific application.


Cables - Aerospace - Contact Location Group - US
Cables - Aerospace - Contact Location - US
Landenberg, PA 19350
Cables - Contact Location Germany - US
D-91785 Pleinfeld
GERMANY
Cables - Contact Location - UK - US
Dundee Technology Park
Dundee, DD2 IJA
SCOTLAND
Cables - Contact Location - Italy - US
37135 Verona
ITALY
Cables - Contact Location - France - US
75603 PARIS CEDEX 12
FRANCE
Cables - Contact Location - Spain - US
Poligono Fontsanta
08970 Sant Joan Despi
Barcelona
SPAIN
Cables - Contact Location - Sweden - US
Box 268
431 23 Moelndal
SWEDEN
Cables - Contact Location - China (Beijing) - US
18 XiaguangLi, Dongsanhuan North Road, Beijing 100027
CHINA
Cables - Contact Location - China (Shanghai) - US
1468 Nanjing Road West
Shanghai 200040
CHINA
Cables - Contact Location - China (Shenzhen) - US
Futian Free Trade Zone
Shenzhen, China
Cables - Contact Location - South Korea - US
368 Chungjeongno 3(sam)-ga
Seodaemun-gu
Seoul
South Korea
Cables - Contact Location - Japan - US
108-0075 JAPAN
Enterprise - Contact - Product Contact Form - US
Gore has built a worldwide reputation for ethics and integrity in its dealings with customers, suppliers and employees.