Aerosonde Mk. 4.7 Fixed Wing
Product descripton: Aerosonde Mk. 4.7 Fixed Wing by Textron Systems
Our Aerosonde® fixed-wing UAS configurations boast high endurance and payload capacity, while maintaining low auditory and visual signatures, enabling a wide variety of covert operations. Leveraging an easy-to-use automated launch and recovery system (LRS) for constrained land and shipboard operations, our fixed-wing systems are ready to go in any environment.
Aerosonde® Mk. 4.7 Fixed Wing
Textron Systems’ Aerosonde UAS offers superior reliability and multi-mission performance in its class. It offers benchmark-setting reliability and multi-mission performance in a class of its own. With an easy-to-use Launch and Recovery System (LRS) for constrained land and shipboard operations, our Aerosonde system is ready to go in any environment.
System Capabilities:
- Covert operation, with low visual and auditory signature
- Proven performance with heavy-fuel engine including JP-5, JP-8, F44, Jet-A, Jet-A1
- Multi-INT capabilities with up to six payloads in a single flight
- Over 40 payloads.
Technical specifications
| Specification | Value |
|---|---|
| Platform | Aerosonde® Mk. 4.7 Fixed Wing |
| Payload Capacity | Up to 32 lbs (14.5 kg) |
| Wingspan | 14.45 ft (4.4 m) |
| MGTOW | 93 lbs (42.2 kg) |
| Max Endurance | 18.3 hr |
| Service Ceiling | 15,000 ft (4,572 m) |
| Range | 140 km (75 nm) |
| Max Takeoff Elevation | 10,000 ft (3,048 m) |
| Airspeed | 42–65 kt |
| Datalink Bands | L, S, C |
| Launch & Recovery | Automated launch and recovery using a single system with hydraulic pneumatic launcher and net recovery |