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AeroVironment Dragon Eye UAV
- Each $100,000 Dragon Eye unit has three aircraft, a ground control station (radio transmitter / receiver, laptop) and maintenance equipment.
- Operator's training requires less than a week, for soldiers to be able to operate them.
- The new system, currently under development, will have a new Level-4 compliant communications control board, with 16 software selectable channels, for uplink and downlink, twice the current capacity.
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Aerovironment Dragon Eye UAV
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features |
fully autonomous operation, in-flight reprogramming, small size, lightweight, bungee launched, waypoint navigation, laptop mapping, image capture |
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payloads |
interchangeable nose assembly, containing dual forward and side looking EO camera (standard and low light level versions), or, side looking 640 x 480 pixel infra-red camera |
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endurance |
45 – 60 minutes on a single use battery |
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operating altitude |
30 – 300 m above ground level |
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launch method |
by hand or through the use of a Bungee cord |
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recovery method |
horizontal skid landing |
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comms link |
live video link to 10 Km |
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speed |
cruise 35, max 65 Kph |
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length |
0.9 m |
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range |
5 Km |
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wing span |
1.1 m |
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weight |
2.7 Kg |
This photo is of the Dragon Eye UAV system at work in Fallujah.
Photo by LTC Norm Root
From http://www.defense-update.com/products/d/dragoneyes.htm
From http://www.strategypage.com/gallery/articles/military_photos_20052111.asp
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