Tag: RQ-11B
Solar Powered Mini-UAS
Flexible solar array manufacturer Alta Devices has recently conducted an experiment applying its flexible PV arrays onto an AeroVironment Inc. RQ-12A Puma AE small...
US Army Allocates Quarter Billion US$ for Small UAS
The US Army announced has awarded Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity contract (ID/IQ) to five manufacturers of small unmanned aerial systems (UAS) worth together up to...
Digital Raven Enhanced with New Gimbaled Payload, Image Processing
Aerovironment is upgrading the RQ-11B Digital Raven with the Mantis i23 miniature multisensor payload, packing daylight video, thermal cameras and plus laser pointer. The company is also enhancing the system by processing the Raven video to trigger automatic Moving Target Indication (MTI).
U.S. Army to Demonstrate Full Manned-Unmanned Operations Next Year
The U.S. Army is planning to test a combined operation of manned and Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS), as part of the demonstration of advanced...
Army Aviation Expands Helicopter – Unmanned Systems Cooperation
AUSA, Washington DC, October 2009: As the largest world operator of UAVs, the U.S. Army has flown over 760,000 combat flight hours with the growing...
Raven Small UAV Demonstrates Persistent Surveillance Capability on a 30 Hour...
Attached to the forward echelons and operated by the troops, Small Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (SUAV) have become a common element of support to the...
New Datalink Quadruples Raven’s Operability
New production Raven (RQ-11B) Small UAVs to be delivered to the US Army will be equipped with Digital DataLinks (DDL) for the first time....
U.S. Army Orders Ravens for SOCOM & Other Services
The U.S. Army exercised an option for additional procurement of RQ-11B Raven Small Unmanned Aerial Systems (SUAS) from AeroVironment, Inc. (NASDAQ: AVAV). The total award value...