Textron Systems Aerosonde®HQ
Combined with the Aerosonde system’s proven performance and benchmark-setting reliability, the Aerosonde HQ brings unparalleled levels of mission capability and flexibility. Textron Systems’ Aerosonde HQ is runway-independent using Hybrid Quadrotor technology to achieve vertical takeoff and landing (VTOL).
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Designed for expeditionary land- and sea-based operations and equipped for simultaneous day/night full-motion video, communications relay, signals intelligence and a customer-selected payload in a single flight, Textron Systems’ Aerosonde Small Unmanned Aircraft System (SUAS) delivers reliable, multi-mission performance in a class by itself. It is field-proven with more than 600,000 flight hours, including desert heat and Arctic cold.
Payload capabilities available:
- Full-motion video (FMV) and day/night imaging
- Voice communications relay
- Ad-hoc networking (MANET)
- Synthetic aperture radar (SAR)
- EW
- Signals intelligence (SIGINT)
- Communications intelligence (COMINT)
- 3D mapping
- Automatic identification systems (AIS)
Specifications
- Payload Capacity
- 15 lbs (6.8kg)
- Wingspan
- 12.0 ft / 3.7 m
- Ceiling
- 10.000 ft (3048m)
- Range
- 75 nm / 140 km
- Max Takeoff Elevation
- 7,000 ft (2,133 m)
- UHF-, L-, S- and C-Band capability
- Yes
- Weight
- 105 lbs (47,63kg)
- Endurance
- 8 hrs
- Automated Launch and Recovery
- Vertical-takeoff-and-landing (VTOL) capability
- Airspeed
- 45-65 kt
- Transition Altitude
- 50-150 ft above ground level