MEDIUM ALTITUDE ENDURANCE UAV
Prime Manu.
UAV Designation
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Range (nm)
Max Endurance (h)
General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Inc
Gnat 750/ Gnat-XP
Complete Underway Deployed All-altitude multimission long-endurance. LFIR, TV and LLTV wheeled take-off.      Eight AVs, one GCS, ground support equipment.   One 65 hp Rotax 582 two-cylinder two-stroke engine in Gnat 750. Two-blade fixed-pitch (optionally variable-pitch) pusher prop. Dia=1.52 10.76 6.10 5.33            254 193 63.5 511  140  46   36 25,000 1,100 1,500 40.0

- vehicle: $1.2-1.8 M

- GCS: $5-6M

Turkey (Army, six AVs and two GCSs); USA (Army, CIA, Department of Environment and other agencies)                                                
I-Gnat (Rotax-912)
Complete Underway Deployed //             One 80 hp Rotax 912 turbocharged flat-four. // 12.86   6.32           384 227 91 703 125       25,000 800    

 

Total of 12 delivered to two unnamed customers in 1998 and 1999.                                                          

 

I-Gnat (Rotax-914)
Complete Underway   //             One 105 hp Rotax 914 turbocharged flat-four. // 12.86   6.32           384 227 91 703 160       30,000 1,300    

 

                                                           

 

Gnat Lethal Amber
Underway     //                                                        

 

                                                               

 

Horus/  RQ-1A Predator/ RQ-1B Predator/ Sea Predator/ RQ-1K Predator
Complete Underway Deployed   Medium-altitude tactical endurance UAV. Versatron Skyblaa E-O/IR sensor; Northrop Grumman AN/ZPQ-1 Tactical Endurance Synthetic Aperture Radar (TESAR); Meteological dropsonde; AGM-114 Hellfire C laser-guided anti-tank missile.. Conventional wheeled take-off. Wheeled landing under LOS control. Butler parachute for emergency recovery.      G-band (5.25 to 5.85 GHz); J-band (14.0 to 14.5 GHz) satcom. One 113.4 hp Rotax 914 UL four-cylinder four-stroke engine. Two-blade variable-pitch pusher prop.  14.85 11.45 8.13  2.21 2.78 2.62   1.12  350 295 (409 liters) 204 appx1,020 110    60-70   26,000   500/ >2,000 24+/ >40

 Air Force

1994 87 EA 54 EA / 15 EA FY01    Fixed, nose-mounted dayllight colour TV camera aided remote piloting.                                                  

 

RQ-1A                                                  
RQ-1B                            
 Attack                                                          

 

Prowler I/ Prowler II/ Prowler II HFE (Heavy Fuel Engine)
Complete  Underway  Deployed Tatical UAV. Close-range tactical UAV.  EO/IR Conventional wheeled take-off. Wheeled landing or parachute recovery.       One 38 hp UEL AR 731 rotary engine./ One 63 hp Rotax 582 two-cylinder, two stroke in-line engine.  Three-blade pusher prop  5.49/ 7.32   3.35/ 4.24           63.1/ 04  90.7/ 45.4 22.7/ 45.4  90.7/ 317/ 295  15./ 125/ 100    42-55/ 50/ 50   21,000/ 20,000/ 20,000  1,500/ 1,500/ 900 ?/ 750/ 850 >6.0/ 20/ 24

 

Prowler II foew successfully under TCS control on 18 November .                    dia=1.52                                        

 

Prime Manu.
UAV Designation
Production status  
Operational status          
Power plants
Dimensions (m)            
  Wieghts (kg)  
        Performance      
Comments Costs
 Development
Production
Operation
 Purpose
Mission payload
Launch, take-off type
Recovery, landing type
Min ground crews need
System composite
Datalink, comm frequency
Engine
Propulsion
Wing span
Wing area (§³)
Length overall
Height overall
Wheel track
Wheel base
Wing aspect ratio
Fuselage max width
Weight empty
Max fuel weight
Max Payload
Max T-O/launch weight
Max level speed (kt)
Cruising speed (kt)
Loiter speed (kt)
Stall speed (kt)
Service Ceiling (ft)
Max rate of climb (ft/min)
Range (nm)
Max Endurance (h)
Northrop Grumman
BQM-145A
Complete Complete Deployed Medium-range tactical reconnaissance UAV. TI-RPV-800 IR linescanner, VTR.EO/IR sensors, SAR or MMW radar. Air-launched; compatible with F-16 and F/A-18. Parechute for soft landing or mid-air retrieval by helicopter.       One 1,000 lb st Teledyne CAE F408-CA-400 turbofan.   3.20   5.59 0.86              1.61  980  M 0.85       40,000    350 2

 

Demonstrated in 1996.                                                        

 

Sea Ferret
Complete Complete Deployed RSTA, BDA, precision attack UAV/cruise missile. Daylight TV camera. Underwater or surface launch by booster rocket; or air launch. Parachute recovery.       One 50 lb st turbojet.   1.83   1.83                 68.0         20,000    324 appx 3

 

                                                       

 

ADM-160 MALD
Complete Underway. Underway Miniature air-launched decoy. Signature augmentation sumsystem (SAS).   Non- recoverable.       One 50 lb st Hamilton Sundstrand TJ-50 turbojet.   0.65 0.13 2.28 0.15     3.2   36.5   4.5 47.8 M 0.8       >30,000   >250 >20 min

 

Begine in 1995.                                                              

 

BQM-74C Target 2000
Complete Underway Deployed Reconnaissance and decoy versions of aerial target. Daylight TV camera.           One 180 lbst Williams J400-WR-402 turbojet.   1.76 0.74 3.95 0.71         127 50.3 (60.6 Liters) 78.5 233 500 300     30,000   450  

 

  The decoy unit was disbanded after the 1991 Gulf War.                                                          

 

FlyWing
       Tailless aircraft                                                        

 

                                                         

 

Teledyne Ryan    
Model 410
       Reconnaissance, EW              160 hp gas   9.55    6.60                300 lbs  1,800 lbs 169 115     30,000    1,200 14

 

                                                   

 

Model 324