Related Article: USAF Ordered to Step Up and Man UpCHARACTERISTICS
Posted: 03/01/2008
AND PERFORMANCE
- Wing Span: 56 ft (17m)
- Length: 28 ft (8m)
- Powerplant: Thielert 135 HP Heavy-Fuel Engine
- Max Gross Takeoff Weight: 3,200 lb (1451 kg)
- Fuel Capacity: 600 lb (273 kg)
- Payload Capacity: 575 lb int. (261 kg)
- 500 lb ext. (227 kg)
- Weapons: 4 Hellfire missiles (U.S. Only)
- Power: 10 KW, redundant
- Payloads: MTS- A EO/IR camera system,Lynx SAR,SIGINT system,Communications relay
- Max Altitude: 29,000 ft
- Max Endurance: 30+ hr
- Max Air Speed: 135+ KTAS
U.S. ARMY ONE SYSTEM GCSCHARACTERISTICS
- Mobility: MTV S-280 shelter
- Command and Control: STANAG 4586 protocol
- UAS Control Capability: ER/MP UAS, Shadow,Hunter and Pioneer
- Interoperability: Full Army C4I compliance
SYSTEM FEATURES
- Triple redundant avionics
- Redundant flight controls and control surfaces
- Redundant automatic takeoff and landing
- TCDL over-the-horizon satellite communications
- TCDL air data relay communications
- System operational availability over 90%
- Displacement/emplacement in less than 2 hours
- C-130 transportable
Manufactured by General Atomics Aeronautical