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The company has manufacturing capacity of 10 units per month. The base price of the UAV is ₹15-20 lakh (1.5-2 million), which can increase on purchase of additional components like a thermal camera. [6] [12]
The landing gear represents 2.5 to 5% of the maximum takeoff weight (MTOW) and 1.5 to 1.75% of the aircraft cost, but 20% of the airframe direct maintenance cost. A suitably-designed wheel can support 30 t (66,000 lb), tolerate a ground speed of 300 km/h and roll a distance of 500,000 km (310,000 mi) ; it has a 20,000 hours time between overhaul and a 60,000 hours or 20 year life time.
In September 2013, a new UAV named Yasir was delivered to Iran's Army ground force; according to Jane's Information Group, the Yasir UAV appears to share the ScanEagle's 1.37 m length and 3.11 m wingspan, although it does have a slightly different twin tail boom and inverted-V tail plane configuration. [48]
Aeromot K1AM UAV/Target drone for the Brazilian Navy, based in Northrop KD2R-5 Drone. [29] AGPlane UAV of AGX/Aeroalcool.Agricultural and civilian surveillance UAV. [30] [31] Arara M1 Small surveillance UAV. [30] Arara T1 Small UAV/target of AGX/Aeroalcool for the Brazilian Navy. [30] Avibras Falcão Tactical UAV, Avibras [32] [33]
Green Tag: component is not airworthy but is repairable; In Canada, a green tag is used for a serviceable and airworthy part, but as in the US, the presence of the tag does not guarantee that the part is legal for use in certificated aircraft. The color coded system was developed by the U.S. Army Air Corps during World War II. [4] [5]
The Northrop Grumman MQ-4C Triton is an American high-altitude long endurance unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) developed for and flown by the United States Navy and Royal Australian Air Force as a surveillance aircraft. Together with its associated ground control station, it is an unmanned aircraft system (UAS).
Since 2008, the U.S. Air Force's primary reconnaissance aircraft has been the MQ-9 Reaper.However, at a price of $30 million per aircraft, it has been shown to be costly if lost; [1] since 2017, five have been shot down by Houthi rebels in Yemen, including during the Red Sea crisis. [2]
Further tests and crashes followed, with the project being terminated in 1954 when the military lost interest in the Green Lizard missile to be derived from it. [ 3 ] [ 5 ] By this time Vickers had begun studies on a successor to the Valiant V-bomber and for this Wallis was evolving his Wild Goose design into the Swallow .