OUTLOOK/SPECIFICATIONS

UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLES AND DRONES

GENERAL DATA DESIGNATION MISSION OVERALL LENGTH (FT.) DIMENSIONS AND WEIGHTS MAX. BODY OVERALL DIA. SPAN (FT.) (FT.) POWERPLANT LAUNCH WT., LESS BOOSTER (LB.)
337 450 585 150 40 75 180

PAYLOAD MANUFACTURER
Accurate Automation Accurate Automation Accurate Automation Accurate Automation

PERFORMANCE TYPE SPEED (MPH. OR NO.)

131 131 138 M 0.95 91 200 250

NUMBER, MAKE & MODEL

1 x UAV Engines Ltd. AR 741 rotary 1 x UAV Engines Ltd. AR 741 rotary 1 x UAV Engine Ltd. AR 801 rotary 1 x AT-1700 tj. 1 x diesel rotary 1 x AMT AT-450 tj. 1 x AMT AT-1500 tj.

MAX. ENDURANCE (HR.)/ ALTITUDE MAX. RANGE (MI.) (FT.)

6 hr. 5 hr. 14 hr. 2 hr./1,000 mi. 4 hr./365 mi. 20 min. 45 min. 16,500 12,000 17,000 40,000 20,000 10,000 10,000

REMARKS/STATUS/OUTLOOK

AAI, Hunt Valley, MD, USA Shadow 200 (RQ-7A) Multimission 11.2 12.8 0.9 Shadow 400 Multimission 12.5 16.9 1.4 Shadow 600 Multimission 13.5 22.4 1.4 ACCURATE AUTOMATION CORP., Chattanooga, TN, USA ALAMM Multimission 8 4.8 0.8 GLOV Recon./surveillance 3 4.7 0.4 LoFLYTE Neural network testbed 8.3 5.3 1.1 X-43A-LS Hypersonics, neural 12.3 7.1 3.0 network testbed ADVANCED TECHNOLOGIES & ENGINEERING CO. (PTY) LTD., Republic of South Africa Vulture Multimission 10.2 17.1 2.3 AEROSONDE PTY. LTD., Melbourne, Australia & AEROSONDE NORTH AMERICA, Boulder, CO, USA Aerosonde Environmental 5.6 9.5 0.6 x 0.75 AEROVIRONMENT INC., Simi Valley, CA, USA Black Widow Micro-AV demonstrator 0.5 0.5 Centurion High alt. 12 206 Dragon Eye Recon./surveillance 3 4 0.3 Helios High alt., long-endur. 12 247 HILINE High alt., long-end. recon. 19 50 Hornet Micro-AV demonstrator 0.8 1.3 Pathfinder Plus High alt., long-end. recon. 12 120 Pointer FQM-151A Multipurpose/recon. 6 9 0.4 Puma Multipurpose/recon. 6 9 0.4 Raven Recon./surveillance 3 4.4 0.3 SOAR Recon./targeting 1 1.5 0.2 Wasp Micro-AV demonstrator 0.7 1.2 ALTEC INDUSTRIES, Paris, France Mart Mk. 2 10.6 11.2 1.2 S-Mart Surveillance, EW 9.9 11.2 1.4 AURORA FLIGHT SCIENCES CORP., Manassas, VA, USA Chiron Marine/atmospheric 31.5 38 3.6 x 5.5 science Golden Eye 50 Multipurpose 2.25 5 1.5 Golden Eye 100 Multipurpose 5.5 10 3 Mars Flyer Mars ARES pgm. 14.7 20.5 2 Perseus B Atmospheric science 25 71.5 2.6 x 2.4 Theseus Multipurpose 29 117 3.5 UCAV (14 scale) Tech. demonstrator 12 7 BAE SYSTEMS, Santa Monica, CA, USA Skyeye R4E Multipurpose 13.4 24 BAE SYSTEMS NORTH AMERICA, Austin, TX, USA Kalkara Target 18.1 9.9 1.25 MQM-107E Target 18.1 9.9 1.25 BAI AEROSYSTEMS INC., Easton, MD, USA BQM-147A Dragon Multipurpose/recon. 6 8 0.75 Drone/Exdrone Dragon Eye/Snake Multipurpose/recon. 2 4 0.25 Eye/Evolution Isis Multipurpose/recon. 14 24 2 Javelin Recon. 6 8 0.5 Tern Multipurpose/recon. 8 10 1 BELL HELICOPTER TEXTRON, Fort Worth, TX, USA HV-911 Eagle Eye Multipurpose 17.3 15.3 2.8 BRANDEBURY TOOL CO. INC., Gaithersburg, MD, USA Scythe Multipurpose/recon. 5 6 0.4 CHUNG-SHAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY (CSIST), Taoyuan, Taiwan Kestrel 2 Multipurpose 13.1 16.4 COMPOSITE ENGINEERING INC., Sacramento, CA, USA BQM-167 Skeeter Target 20 10

EO/IR-SAR EO/IR-SAR EO/IR-SAR EW, munition EO/IR EO/IR EO/IR

In production for US Army. In production. In production. In development. Entering production. Three prototypes tested. In flight test. In flight test.

276 30 0.2 1,801 5.8 1,669 770 0.3 700 8 11 4.5 1 0.4 242.5 317 5,000 16 150 238 2,400 7,800 142 1,250 1,100 1,100 100 6.5 350 18 125 2,600 17 264

1 x TTL-WAE 342 1 x Aerosonde H-Type, 1.2 kw. 1 x 4W d.c. electric 14 x Aerovironment, brushless 2 x 200W d.c. electric 14 x Aerovironment, brushless 1 x Akkerman eng. recip. 1 x 10W d.c. electric 8 x Aerovironment electric 1 x 300W d.c. electric 1 x 600W d.c. electric 1 x 200W d.c. electric Ballistic launch/glide or electric 1 x 10W d.c. electric 1 x TTL WAE 342-30A 1 x Alvis 731 2 x Con. IO360 1 x 3W d.c electric 1 x UAV Engines Ltd. AR 741 rotary No engine-glider 1 x Arion 2B 1 x ASE TPE331 1 x UAV Engines Ltd. 52 hp. rotary 1 x Microturbo TRI60-5 1 x Microturbo TRI60-5 1 x 100 cc, 2-stroke or heavy fuel 2 x Aveox electric 1 x UAE Engines Ltd. rotary, 38 hp. 1 x 2-stroke, 2 hp. 1 x 100 cc, 2-stroke 1 x PWC PW200 1 x 10 cc. heavyfuel or 2-stroke 1 x tj.

M-Tek Aerosonde Aerovironment Aerovironment Various Aerovironment, JPL S-Tec, Tracor, AACOMS Lynntech AACOMS Aerovironment, various Aerovironment, various EO/IR EO Altec Altec or other Various Various Various NASA/Aurora Various Various Aurora/Athena Various Various Various BAI, various BAI, Indigo BAI, various BAI, various BAI, various Various Brandebury Tool Raytheon

Optronic day sight Meteorological Color video Turbulence measuring EO/B&W lowlight Weather monitoring Autop.data link,nav.comp. Fuel cell Environ. sensing EO/IR, Chem. sensing EO/IR, Chem. sensing EO/IR EO TV TV, ECM, ESM Scientific EO, Chem. sensing Imaging Flt. Test instruments Atmospheric sampling Instrumentation EO/IR, EW, IRLS Various Various Various TV, IR Various TV Various Radar, EO/IR Flir/TV Radar reflectors

100 50-80 30-40 M 0.2 40-50 M 0.2 120 loiter 15-20 20 25-50 25-60 25-60 45 25-30 119 119 115 115 184 55.9 60-220 60-290 115 125 M 0.85 M 0.85 80 45 120 55 75 253 100 80-115 600

3 hr./125 mi. 30 hr./2,000 mi. 30 min./2 mi. 16 hr. 0.8 hr./3 mi. 96 hr./120 mi. 1-2 days 6 min./0.2 mi. 16 hr. 2 hr./5 mi. 4 hr./15 mi. 1 hr./0.5 mi. 0.4 hr./16 mi. 107 min./0.2 mi. 4 hr. 7 hr. 10 hr. 45 min. 4 hr. 2 hr. 24 hr. 24 hr./6,000 mi. 10 min. 8-12 hr./238 mi. 1.25 hr. 1.25 hr. 2.5 hr./30 mi. 1 hr./5 mi. 24 hr./2,000 mi. 2.5 hr./5 mi. 4 hr./30 mi. 6 hr./127 mi. 12 hr./1,000 mi. 8 hr. 2 hr.

16,400 21,000 800 100,000 1,000 96,863 40,000 200 80,201 12,500 12,500 10,000 10,000 300 9,850 9,850 20,000 5,000 10,000 120,000 65,000 65,000 500 15,000+ 40,000 40,000 5,000 500 15,000 3,000 10,000 20,000 12,000 12,000 40,000

In production for South African army. Also for remote sensing, radio relay. Under development for DARPA. Under development for NASA ERAST. Under development for US Marines. NASA ERAST. Earth science or telecommunications. 200 lb. payload, autonomous flight, highly mobile. Under development for DARPA. NASA ERAST. Experimental science payloads. Procured by US forces. Cooperation with EADS. Under development for US military. Under development for US Army. Under development for US Army. Under development for DARPA. In production. In development. Can be flown as UAV or manned. Maritime law enforcement, homeland security. Intelligence, surveillance, recon. payload. Flight test vehicle for 2007-2008 Mars survey mission. Flown to 60,000 ft., June, 1998. In development. Flight test. Procured by US Army and others. In production. For Royal Australian Navy. For US Army, US Air Force and Republic of China (Taiwan). Several hundred produced since 1985. In production. Production-ready. Production-ready. In production. Tiltrotor. Airframe in production; payload in development. Selected as US Air Force subscale target in 2002.

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UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLES AND DRONES

GENERAL DATA DESIGNATION MISSION OVERALL LENGTH (FT.) DIMENSIONS AND WEIGHTS MAX. BODY OVERALL DIA. SPAN (FT.) (FT.)
4.8 x 2.3 3.4 x 2.5 4.4 x 4.5 0.8 0.8 1.5 1.5 1.5 0.5 1.7 1.7 2.4 x 3 0.7 x 0.7 0.8 0.7 1.9 1.2 1.4 1.2 1.4 1 1.7 3.1 3.9 1.1 4.2 3.7 2.5 2.5 2.5 3.7 3.7 3.7 3.7 2.4 0.7

POWERPLANT LAUNCH WT., LESS BOOSTER (LB.)

116 250 325 2,700 300 450 160/250 150 220 8 430 990 3,640 110 12 12 7 6.6 308 132 99 1,122 440 740 760 1,000 450 185 83 2,500 606 519 660 7,500 1,800 1,800 1,130 1,400 2,250 10,500 10,500 800 10,000 40

PAYLOAD MANUFACTURER
Various Various Various EADS CAC Systemes/various CAC Systemes/various CAC Systemes/various CAC Systemes/various CAC Systemes/various CAC/Aerovironment/various Various Various Various Various Various Various Various Various Various Meteor, various Various Meteor, various Various Various JAEI Ltd. Fuji Fuji Fuji Various Various Various Wescam Various Various Various Various Wescam Hood Tech

PERFORMANCE TYPE SPEED (MPH. OR NO.)

98 110 139 120 M 2.5 M 4.3 60-120 60-200 80-280 20-40 70-105 70-95 80-130 60-85 20-40 20-40 37-75 373 255 75 130 140 M 0.86 M 0.7 M. 0.84 M 0.72 75 (cruise) 125 173 M 0.95 84 M 0.9 62 220 115 115 100 140 140 220 270 115 150 78

NUMBER, MAKE & MODEL

1 x LAE 150, 14 hp. 1 x Herbrandson 290, 28 hp. 1 x Herbrandson 290, 28 hp. 1 x Rotax 914 1 x SNPE rocket engine 1 x SNPE rocket engine 1 x Limbach 22 hp. recip. 1 x Limbach 22 hp. recip. 1 x Limbach 50 hp. recip. Electric 1x UEL AR-74-1000 38 hp. rotary 1x UEL AR-80-1010 52 hp. rotary 2 x Rotax 914, 100 hp. (ea.), rotary 2 x 5.5 hp., 2-stroke Electric Electric Electric 1 x 8 hp. 1 x K346S pulse jet. 1 x M150 pulse jet. 1 x M44D pulse jet. 1 x 75 hp. 1 x 28 hp. 1 x Microturbo TRS 18-1 tj. 1 x Microturbo TRS 18-1 tj. 1 x Microturbo TRS 18-1 tj. 1 x Microturbo TJA24 1 x Aerrow Quadra 200 cc 1 x 12 hp. recip. 1 x Rotax 52 hp. 1 x CAE J69-T-29 1 x MG6 1 x MHI TJIM3 tj. 1 x EC-68 1 x Honeywell TPE331-10 1 x Rotax turbo, gasoline 1 x Rotax twin turbo, gasoline 1 x Rotax 582 1 x Rotax 914 turbo, gasoline 1 x Rotax 914 turbo, gasoline 1 x Honeywell TPE331-10 1 x Williams FJ44-2A 1 x Rotax 582 (heavy fuel options) 1 x ASE T-53-L-703 1 x 3W d.c. electric

MAX. ENDURANCE (HR.)/ ALTITUDE MAX. RANGE (MI.) (FT.)

3 hr. at 40 mi. 6 hr. at 62 mi. 5 hr. at 62 mi. 39 hr./2,050 mi. Ballistic Ballistic 3 hr. 1 hr./40 mi. 1 hr./40 mi. 1 hr. 10 hr./95 mi. 20 hr./125 mi. 26 hr./125 mi. 5 hr./30 mi. 45 min./3 mi. 2 hr./50 mi. 43.5 mi. 0.4/94 mi.; 0.6/116 mi. 0.5 hr./36 mi. 14 hr. 5 hr. 1.2 hr. 1.3 hr. 1.5 hr. 1 hr. 3 hr. +/60 mi. 2 hr. 3-5 hr. 805 mi. 3 hr. 15.6 min. 1 hr. 32 hr. 40 hr. + 40 hr. + 40 hr. 40 hr. + 40 hr. + 28 hr. 12 hr. 14 hr. 2 hr./315 mi. 15 hr./1,100 mi. 8,000 10,000 10,000 30,000 42,000 250,000 10,000 10,000 12,000 3,000 15,000 18,000 30,000 12,000 12,000 10,000 9,843 10,000 10,000 21,000 13,000 40,000 26,500 40,000 15,000 5,000 15,000 55,000 52,000 45,000 65,000 20,000 25,000 25,000 50,000 60,000 18,000 12,200 16,000

REMARKS/STATUS/OUTLOOK

DRS UNMANNED TECHNOLOGIES, INC., Mineral Wells, TX, USA Neptune Recon./surv./target 6 7 Sentry Recon./surv./target 8 11 Sentry HP Recon./surv./target 8.4 12.8 EADS, Amsterdam, The Netherlands Eagle 1 Reconnaissance 28 49 EADS-CAC SYSTEMES, La Chapelle Vendomoise, France ECLIPSE T1 Target 12 2.9 ECLIPSE T2 Target 13 3.3 FOX AT Recon./surv./target 9.1 12 FOX TS1 Target 9.1 12 FOX TS3 Target 9.1 12 POINTER Recon./surv./target 6 9 ELBIT, Silver Arrow, Rishon-Lezion, Israel Hermes 180 ISTAR 14.5 19.7 Hermes 450 Multipurpose 20 34.5 Hermes 1500 Recon./surv./target 30.8 49.2 Mini-V Recon./surveillance 9 12 Seagull Recon./surveillance 7 Skylark Recon./surveillance 7 EMT INGENIEURGESELLSCHAFT, Penzburg, Germany Aladin Recon./surv./target 5 5 Luna Recon./surv./target 7.4 13.9 ENICS NITs, Kazan, Russian Federation E85 Target 10.5 6.6 E95 Target 6.9 7.9 R90 Tactical recon. 4.7 8.4 FINMECCANICA, Meteor, Rome, Italy Falco Multipurpose 18 23.7 Mirach 26 Surv./target/acq. 12.4 15.5 Mirach 100/5 Target 13 6.9 Mirach 150 Reconnaissance 15.4 6.9 Nibbio Reconnaissance 13 6.9 FLIGHT REFUELLING LTD., Wimborne, Dorset, England, UK Falconet Target 12 10 Raven Recon./surveillance 10.5 12 FREEWING AERIAL ROBOTICS, College Park, MD, USA Scorpion 60 Multipurpose 6.8 9.8 Scorpion 100 Multipurpose 11.8 16.1 FUJI HEAVY INDUSTRIES LTD., Utsunomiya, Japan BQM-34AJ/AJ KAI Target 22.9 12.9 FFOS Surveillance 17.4 14.8 J/AMQ-1 Target 11.1 6.9 RPH-2 Multipurpose 31.1 15.7 GENERAL ATOMICS AERONAUTICAL SYSTEMS INC., San Diego, CA, USA Altair High alt. research 36 86 Altus 1 High alt. research 23.6 55.3 Altus 2 High alt. research 23.6 55.3 GNAT 750 Recon./surveillance 18 35 IGNAT Recon./surveillance 20.8 42.2 Predator (MQ-1) Recon./surv./target 27 48.7 Predator B (MQ-9) Recon./surv./target 36 66 Predator B Jet Recon./surv./target 36 66 Prowler 2 Tactical surveillance 14 24 HONEYWELL, Phoenix, AZ, USA QAH-1S Target 48 48 THE INSITU GROUP, Bingen, WA, USA Seascan Recon./surveillance 10 4

EO/IR/various EO/IR/various EO/IR/various Various IR & RF equip. IR & RF equip. CCD, IR Autop., GPS Autop., nav., GPS CCD/IR/various EO, various EO, SAR EO, SAR EO EO/IR EO, IO, SAR TV, IR or rad. det. Smoke, flares, IR decoy TV EO/IR/SAR TV, LLTV, Flir, Elint R/c, autom., RCS, IR TV, IR, various ESM, IR TV, Flir Various 25 lb. Day/night EO; 50 lb. R/c R/c Scientific Scientific Scientific Day TV or Flir EO/IR or SAR EO/IR, SAR, weapons EO/IR, SAR, weapons EO/IR, SAR, weapons EO/IR TV

Maritime vehicle. Pneumatic launch; skid or chute recovery. Pneumatic or wheeled launch. Skid or wheeled recovery. Pneumatic or wheeled launch. Wheeled recovery. Under development. Operational in 2003. In service. In service. In service. In service. In service. In service. Joint with Aerovironment. Runway/catapult launch, runway/parachute/airbag, recovery. Operational. Multi-payload UAV. Catapult launch, parachute, recovery. Expendable, air-launched mini UAV. Hand, bungee-launched mini UAV. In service. In service. Simulates cruise missiles. Simulates cruise missiles, glide bombs. Aircraft container-launched. Radio-controlled and autonomous navigation. In flight trials. In service. Booster launch, parachute recovery (Italian army). Training, threat simulation (France, Italy, NATO and UK). In service w/Italian army. Booster launch, parachute recovery. Autonomous navigation. In flight trials. In service. Catapult launch, parachute recovery. Thrust vectoring. No launcher or parachute. With MATRA BAE for Marvel, w/NASA for MTPE. Various training. Teledyne license. Rotary-winged vehicle. Expendable drone for JASDF. Helicopter type for agricultural and other uses. First flight 2003. Customer: NASA. Exported to Turkey. In production. In production for US Air Force. In production for US Air Force. First flight in 2002. First flight June, 1998. Hokum X look-alike. Flight test on AH-1 complete.

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UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLES AND DRONES

GENERAL DATA DESIGNATION MISSION OVERALL LENGTH (FT.) DIMENSIONS AND WEIGHTS MAX. BODY OVERALL DIA. SPAN (FT.) (FT.) POWERPLANT LAUNCH WT., LESS BOOSTER (LB.)
3,060 120 2,100 10 2,100 2,420 7,720 1,600 550 939 615 6,600 638 200 200 145 33 350 440 10 350 105 2,500 2,500 595 700 3,150 25,600 2,400 488.4 123.5 3,750 5,401 308 450 560 581 581 600 1,250 1,250 1,250 1,440

PAYLOAD MANUFACTURER
Wescam Various Various Various IAI Tamam IAI Tamam IAI Tamam, various IAI Tamam IAI Tamam IAI Tamam Various Meggitt Meggitt Meggitt Meggitt Meggitt Meggitt DRS Various Various Various Various Various Various Northrop Grumman Northrop Grumman CAI/Honeywell CSFI NAI NPU IAI-Tamam, Wescam Raytheon Raytheon Raytheon Raytheon Raytheon Raytheon Raytheon Raytheon

PERFORMANCE TYPE SPEED (MPH. OR NO.)

40 100 45 40 122 138 242 127 137 124 95 590 124 54-200 57-240 180 130 77-150 90-350 < M 1.0 35-80 60-120 50-110 M 0.92 M 0.92 M 0.82 M 0.92 144 454 M 0.85 113 149 500 565 106 115 M 0.7-2 M 3-5 M 1-3.2 M 1-4 M 0.8 M 0.8 M 0.85 M 0.93

NUMBER, MAKE & MODEL

2 x Rotax 912, 4-cycle, 80 hp. 1 x 70 cc, recip. 2 x Rotax 912, 4-cycle, 80 hp. 1 x 10 cc 2 x 64 hp. Dual 1 x 100 hp. 1 x 1,200 hp. turboprop 2 x 64 hp. Dual 1 x 40 hp. recip. 1 x 73 hp. rotary 1 x Hirth 2706 P05, 65 hp. Turbojet 1 x MDS 342 cc 1 x MDS 520 cc 1 x MDS 342 cc 1 x MDS 60 cc 1 x MDS 342 cc 1 x MDS 955 cc 1 x Tum P-13 or P-25 1 x 1.6 hp. recip. 1 x 38 hp. recip. 1 x 17 hp. recip. 1 x J85-GE-100 tj. 1 x J85-GE-100 tj. 1 x WI 24-8, 240 lb. t. 1 x WI 24-8G, 300 lb. t. 1 x RR 250-C20W ts. 1 x RR AE3007H tf. 1 x Teledyne CAE 373-8C 1 x HS-700, recip. 1 x HUOSAI 16 recip. 1 x WP-11 1 x WP6 tj. 1 x HUOSAI 510 recip. 1 x Sachs SF-350 1 x Sabreliner-Premier RM-6599 liq. rocket 1 x Sabreliner-Premier RM-6599 liq. rocket 1 x Sabreliner-Premier RM-6599 liq. rocket 1 x Sabreliner-Premier RM-6599 liq. rocket 1 x Microturbo TRI 60-2-074 1 x Microturbo TRI 60-5-220 or Teledyne CAE 373-8B 1 x Microturbo TRI 60-5-220 1 x Microturbo TRI 60-5-220 or TRI 60-20

MAX. ENDURANCE (HR.)/ ALTITUDE MAX. RANGE (MI.) (FT.)

14 hr./60 mi. 14 hr./700 mi. 18-24 hr./60 mi. 1-5 hr./30 mi. 25 hr./175 mi. 50 hr./620 mi. 24 hr./620 mi. 12 hr./175 mi. 5 hr./62 mi. 16 hr./155 mi. 4 hr. 1 hr./186 mi. 1.5 hr./50 mi. 1.5 hr. 2.0 hr. 1.2 hr. 0.5 hr. 3-6 hr. 1.5 hr. 4 hr. 8 hr. 4 hr. 1.9 hr. 1.9 hr. 1.3 hr. 1.9 hr. 8 hr./126 mi. 42 hr./16,566 mi. 1,610 mi. 4-8 hr./80 mi. 1 hr. 3 hr. 45 min. 2.6 hr. 5.5 hr./115 mi. 138 mi. 168 mi. 198 mi. 172 mi. 90 min./125 min. 90 min./125 min. 90 min./125 min. 174 min. 5,000 14,000 6,500 7,500 20,000 30,000 45,000 15,000 15,000 18,500 16,400 19,686 11,483 23,000 23,000 18,000 5,000 23,000 20,000 10,000 18,000 15,000 60,000 60,000 40,000 40,000 20,000 65,000 43,000 15,000 70,000 330,000 80,000 100,000 44,000 44,000 44,000 44,000

REMARKS/STATUS/OUTLOOK

ISL INC., Bosch Aerospace Div., Brownsboro, AL, USA Auto Blimp Advertising 115 34 34 LEARS 4 Recon., research 11 16 1.0 SASS LITE Multimission 99 28 26 WASP Reconnaisance 3 7 0.5 ISRAEL AIRCRAFT INDUSTRIES, Malat Div., Tel Aviv, Israel E-Hunter Multipurpose 24.7 50.5 Heron Multipurpose 28.2 54.5 2.8 Heron TP Multipurpose 39.4 75.5 Hunter Recon./surv./target acq. 22.6 29.2 Ranger Recon./surv./target acq. 15.1 18.7 Searcher Mk. 2 Recon./surv./target acq. 19.2 28.1 KAMOV, Moscow, Russian Federation Ka-137 Multipurpose 17.4 3.9 NII KULON, Moscow, Russian Federation Filin Tactical recon. Moskit (Yula) Tactical recon. 13.3 20.3 MEGGITT DEFENCE SYSTEMS LTD., Ashford, Kent, England, UK Banshee BTT3-400 Target/reconnaisance 10.0 8.2 1.0 Banshee BTT3-400 Target/reconnaisance 10.0 8.2 1.0 Snipe Mk. 5 Aerial target 8.7 10 0.4 Snipe Mk. 15 Aerial target 5.3 7.3 0.8 Spectre 2 Surveillance, EW 8.9 10.7 1.5 Voodoo Target/surveillance 11.9 10.9 1.6 MIG RUSSIAN AIRCRAFT CORP., Moscow, Russian Federation M-21 Target 40 23.5 3.35 MISSION TECHNOLOGIES INC., San Antonio, TX, USA Buster Recon./surveillance 3.3 4 Hellfox Multimission 10 11 Mini-Vanguard Multimission/surveillance 6.6 7.1 NORTHROP GRUMMAN CORP., Northrop Grumman Integrated Systems, El Segundo, CA, USA BQM-34A Target 22.9 12.9 3.1 BQM-34S Target 22.9 12.9 3.1 BQM-74E Target 12.9 5.6 1.1 BQM-74F Target 15 7 1.2 Fire Scout (RQ-8A) Recon. 22.9 27.5 (rotor) Global Hawk (RQ-4A) Recon. 44.4 116.2 4.8 M324 Recon. 20.2 11 PEOPLES REPUBLIC OF CHINA ASN-206 Recon./surveillance 12.5 19.7 B-2 Target 8.4 8.1 Changhong I Recon./surv./target 29.4 32 Changkong IC Target 27.8 24.7 1.9 D-4 Target 10.1 14.1 PIONEER UAV INC., Hunt Valley, MD, USA RQ-2B Pioneer Recon./surv./target 13.9 16.8 1.2 RAYTHEON AIRCRAFT CO. (Beech), Wichita, KS, USA AQM-37A Target 12.6 3.3 1.1 AQM-37 Ballistic Target 12.6 3.3 1.1 AQM-37C/D AQM-37EP MQM-107B/D MQM-107D MQM-107E Super MQM Target Target Target Target Target Target 12.6 12.6 18.1 18.1 18.1 19.2 3.3 3.3 9.8 9.8 9.8 9.8 1.1 1.1 1.3 1.3 1.3 1.3

Video camera Various MTI radar, Flir, video, EW Video camera TV, IR, custom TV, IR, custom TV, IR, custom TV, IR TV, IR TV, Flir Various TV, IR, SLAR TV, IR, rad. det. Flares Countermeasures, camera Flares Flares IR camera, EW EO/IR countermeasures Telemetry EO/IR CCD camera, Flir, SAR EO/IR, CCD camera Radar/IR augmentation Radar/IR augmentation Radar/IR augmentation Radar/IR augmentation EO/IR SAR/MTI, EO, IR Wet film camera R/c R/c R/c IR & TV Programmed Radio cmd./preprog. autop. Radio cmd./preprog. autop. Radio cmd./preprog. autop. Radio cmd. Radio cmd. Radio cmd./preprog. autop. Radio cmd./prog.

Small airship for commercial advertising. GPS autopilot. 60-lb. payload. Military, police airship. 400-lb. payload. Military, environmental, security. Runway t.o./landing. Upgrade kit to Hunter. Demonstrator. In production. US Army, French army operation. In production. In use in Israel. R/c helo. Programmable. In development. Part of Malakit-F system, in development. Part of Yula recon. system. Used by 30+ countries. Reusable. Visual or GPS navigation. Reusable. Visual or GPS navigation. Used by 15+ countries. Used by 25+ countries. In service in France as Crecerelle. High speed, sea-skimming capability. MiG-21 target. Launch from elastic-powered rail. Short takeoff and landing. For Swedish forces. Highly maneuverable target. For US Air Force. Low altitude to 10 ft. For US Navy. Simulates antiship missiles. Chukar 3 is international product. In development for US Navy. In development and low rate initial production. In production. Medium range recon. For Egyptian air force. Made by Xian ASN Technology Group. Made by Beijing Aerospace University. Made by Nanjing Aerospace University. Joint AAI/IAI project. In service with US Marines. Low/high altitude target. Lower tier ballistic threat profiles. High speed/high altitude command dive and maneuvering. Extended performance version, increased speed and altitude. Recoverable 5.5g instantaneous. Towed target. Recoverable 5.5g instantaneous. Towed target. Recoverable 6.25g instantaneous. Towed target, advanced maneuvers. Recoverable +7g, towed target, advanced maneuvers.

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UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLES AND DRONES

GENERAL DATA DESIGNATION MISSION OVERALL LENGTH (FT.)
15.1 9.02 9.02 11.05 11.5

DIMENSIONS AND WEIGHTS MAX. BODY OVERALL DIA. SPAN (FT.) (FT.)
18.7 10.8 10.8 21 14.2

POWERPLANT LAUNCH WT., LESS BOOSTER (LB.)

605 265 265 770 660

PAYLOAD MANUFACTURER
IAI/Taman SAGEM Thales SAGEM SAGEM EO Flir EW Day TV, Flir, SAR, Airborne relay Day TV, Flir, EW, SAR

PERFORMANCE TYPE SPEED (MPH. OR NO.)

60-130 155 155 95 130

NUMBER, MAKE & MODEL

1 x Goebler-Hirth 42 hp., 2-stroke 1 x recip. engine 1 x rotary engine 1 x 70 hp., 2-stroke 1 x 70 hp., 2-stroke

MAX. ENDURANCE (HR.)/ ALTITUDE MAX. RANGE (MI.) (FT.)

8 hr./97 mi. 5 hr. 3.5 hr. 12 hr./125 mi. 6 hr./125 mi. 18,000 15,000 15,000 20,000 17,000

REMARKS/STATUS/OUTLOOK

RUAG AEROSPACE, Emmen, Switzerland Ranger Recon./surv./target SAGEM SA., Defence & Security, Paris, France Crecerelle Recon./surv./target Crecerelle-EW Comm. jamming Sperwer-EC/LE Recon./multipurpose Sperwer/Ugglan Recon./target

Operational with Finnish and Swiss forces. Real-time video downlink. Deployed w/French army. EW version is for comm. jamming. In production. In development for recon./target and radar jamming. In production for Dutch, Swedish (UGGLAN), Danish, French and Greek armies. Piloted version. UAV systems testbed.

SCALED COMPOSITES, Mojave, CA, USA Proteus Recon./scientific

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95

3.75

12,500

2 x Williams-Rolls FJ44-2E tf.

Various

Various

M 0.4

18 hr./500 mi., 6 hr./3,000 mi. 5 hr. 3.5 hr. + 4 hr. + 5 hr. 1 hr. 40 min. 1.5 hr. 621 mi. 118 mi. 8,202 8,202

63,500

STN ATLAS ELECTRONIK, Bremen, Germany Fledermaus EW 8.0 KZO Recon./surv./target 7.4 Taifun Recon. and attack 6.9 Tucan/Mucke EW 8.0 STRELA PRODUCTION ASSN., Orenburg, Russian Federation La-17MM Target 27.4 M-932 Dan Target 15.1 A.N. TUPOLEV ANTK, Moscow, Russian Federation Tu-123 (Yastreb) Strategic reconnaissance 88.3 Tu-141 (VR-2 Strizh) Tactical reconnaissance 46.9 Tu-243 (VR-3 Reys-D) Tactical reconnaissance 27.2 A.S. YAKOVLEV DESIGN BUREAU, Moscow, Russian Federation Pchela 1 Recon. 9.1 Yak-060 Recon./EW 8.8

11.9 11.2 7.4 11.9 24.6 8.8 26.1 12.5 7.4 10.7 7.8

1.2 1.2 1.1 1.2 1.8 1.7 1 1

419 355 353 419 6,743 759 84,700 11,814 3,080 304 216

1 x 45 hp. recip. 1 x 30 hp. recip. 1 x 45 hp. recip. 1 x 45 hp. recip. 1 x R11K tj. 1 x MD-120 tj. 2 x R-15-300 tj. 1 x KR-17A tj. 1 x Izotov TR-3-117 tj. 1 x Kuznetsov, 32 hp. 1 x Kuznetsov, 20 hp.

EADS/SSE STN Atlas EADS/Diehl EADS

ESM Flir SAR/warhead Jammer Transponder Transponder Cameras TV, IR, rad. det. TV, IR, rad. det. TV TV or EW jammer

95 95 95 95 596 440 M 2.55 683 584 97 76

13,000 13,000 13,000 13,000 59,000 29,500 72,182 19,686 16,405 8,200 8,200

Based on KZO. In production for German army. In development for German army. 2005 entry into service. Based on KZO. Lavochkin design. Standard target since 1956. Production ended. Replacement for La-17. Recoverable, ground-launched. Retired mid-80s. May be in republics. 152 built 1979-89. Tu-300 is replacement. Entered service in 1997 as part of Stroy-PM system. Limited production in 1982 as part of Stroy-PM system.

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