RavensLedge® | 101 Remotely Piloted Vehicle Battery of the 103 ISTAR Batallion

Alle Hens
Maandblad van de Koninklijke Marine (Dutch, Netherlands, Holland)
mei 2009
(blz. 28/29)
http://www.defensie.nl/_system/handlers/generaldownloadHandler.ashx?filename=...

The Raven UAV weighs about 1.9 kg (4.2 lb), has a flight endurance of 80 minutes and an effective operational radius of about 10 km (6.2 miles).
Flying speed is 45-95 km/h (28-60 mph) at typical operating altitude between 30 m and 300 m (100-1000 ft).
The RQ-11A can be either remotely controlled from the ground station or fly completely autonomous missions using GPS waypoint navigation.
The UAV can be ordered to immediately return to its launch point simply by pressing a single command button. Standard mission payloads include CCD color video and an infrared camera.

In 2005, the Army decided to extend their SUAV (Small UAV) program, and started a new competition for a state-of-the-art backpackable SUAV.
After a fly-off of the two finalists, the BAI Evolution XTS and the AeroVironment Raven B, the latter was announced as the winner of the competition.
The Army has a requirement of more than 1000 new SUAV systems with three vehicles each, and in October, AeroVironment received a contract to start LRIP (Low Rate Initial Production) of the Raven B. The Raven B, designated as RQ-11B in 2006, is an upgraded version of the RQ-11A.
Changes include a much lighter next-generation Ground Control System plus the addition of an onboard laser illuminator, as well as improvements in day and night sensors, targeting, endurance, and interoperability with battle networks.

Source: http://www.designation-systems.net/dusrm/app2/q-11.html

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