Textron Systems Aerosonde
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 SUAS delivers reliable, multi-mission performance in a class by itself. It is field-proven with more than 500,000 flight hours, ranging between desert heat and the Arctic cold.
Ready to go
Textron Systems’ Aerosonde SUAS offers superior reliability and multi-mission performance in its class. With an easy-to-use launch and recovery trailer for constrained land and shipboard operations, the Aerosonde system is ready to go in any environment.
Hands on training
Textron Systems offers turnkey, fee-for-service operations with their systems, operators and trainers. Their hybrid approach provides hands-on training for customer staff while launching operations
Specifications
- Payload Capacity
- 20 lbs / 9.1 kg, up to 200 W
- Wingspan
- 12.0 ft / 3.7 m
- Ceiling
- 15,000 ft / 4,572 m
- Range
- 75 nm / 140 km
- Max Takeoff Elevation
- 8,000 ft / 2,438 m
- UHF-, L-, S- and C-Band capability
- Yes
- Weight
- 80 lbs / 36.4 kg
- Endurance
- >14 hours
- Automated Launch and Recovery
- Single system with hydraulic pneumatic launcher and net recovery
- Airspeed
- 45-65 kt
- Transition Altitude
- N/A