Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS)

Learn the C100 tradecraft from trainers who are all former military SOF or UAS pilots with experience from real-world deployments. Regardless of previous UAS experience, our instructor-led training will give your team the tools to quickly and confidently master flying, maintaining, and operating your new C100.

Our trainers are real-world operators who understand your sUAS needs and tactical challenges, guiding small group classes through real-world scenarios in both day and night conditions. We can also train your trainers so your team can expand its capabilities without the need of a third-party. We maintain an instructor to class ratio of 1:6, ensuring every student gets personal attention.

Shrike VTOL is a man-packable, Vertical Take-Off and Land Micro Air Vehicle (VTOL Mav) system. It is a small, portable, reliable and rugged unmanned aerial platform designed for front-line day/night intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR). Shrike VTOL operates in hover-and-stare or perch-and-stare modes, transmitting real-time persistent ISR to small unit commanders through AeroVironment's common ground control station (GCS) via a digital data link.

FEATURES:

• GCS: Common ground control station for use with AeroVironment's small UAS
• Payload:
  • High Resolution, Modular EO/IR Gimbal
  • Perch Payload with EO Camera
  • Two fixed EO cameras
  • Forward-Look and Down-Look
• Range: 5 km Line-of-sight with relay capability to extend range
• Endurance: 40+ min
• Speed: 55 km/h, 30 knots
• Length: 3.0 ft (90 cm)
• Weight: 5.5 lbs (2.5 kg)

AeroVironment's Puma 3 AE (All Environment) features system-level enhancements, Mantis i45 EO/IR gimbal sensor for the day, night or low-light operations across land or maritime environments.

FEATURES:

• 15 lb. Hand-launchable
• Mantis i45 gimbaled EO/IR sensor with NVG-visible laser illuminator
• 2.5 hr. endurance with 20km standard/60km LRTA range
• Interoperable LRU components with Puma LE, common GCS
• All environment, including water landing
• Optional under-wing transit bay for secondary payloads

AeroVironment's Raven is the most widely deployed UAS in the world, designed for rapid deployment and high mobility for operations requiring low-altitude intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance.

FEATURES:

• Small size, lightweight (4.2 lbs.), hand-launchable
• Mantis i23 gimbaled EO/IR sensor with IR pointer
• 90 Min. endurance with 10 km range
• Common GCS with PUMA AE / LE and Wasp
• Rucksack portable
• Autonomous or manual navigation

AeroVironment's Wasp AE (All Environment) delivers best-in-class capabilities for a UAS of its size, including stealth-like maneuverability, superior ISR imagery, encrypted video and ease of use.

FEATURES:

• Small size, lightweight (2.85 lbs.), hand-launchable
• Mantis i22 gimbaled EO/IR sensor
• 50 min. endurance with 5 km line-of-sight/5+km DDL relay range
• Deep stall option for operations on land or water
• Common GCS with Raven and PUMA AE / LE

Delivering Group 2 capabilities in a Group 1 footprint, AeroVironment's Puma LE (Long Endurance) delivers tactical ISR, extended range & endurance in an economical footprint.

FEATURES:

• 22.5 lb. Hand or Bungee Launchable
• 5.5 lb. payload capacity, secondary payload bay
• Mantis i45 gimbaled EO/IR sensor & NVG-visible laser illuminator
• 5.5 hr. endurance with 20km standard/60km LRTA range
• Interoperable LRU components with PUMA AE, common GCS
• All environment

AeroVironment's Quantix Recon hybrid VTOL delivers on-demand, fully-automated reconnaissance and data collection, with 20 linear km range. RF Silent Mode enables greater stealth to conduct missions undetected.

FEATURES:

• Fully automated vertical takeoff, flight and landing (VTOL)
• Multiple automated reconnaissance mode options (route, area, waypoint)
• Dual 18mp cameras capture RGB & multispectral imagery
• 45 minute flight time with 20km linear range
• RF Silent mode - fly undetected, unaffected by jammers

Featuring military-grade components, AeroVironment's all-electric VAPOR Helicopter UAS delivers precision flight performance, exceptional endurance, and maximum payload flexibility for multi-mission applications.

FEATURES:

• 5 lbs. (VAPOR 35) to 10 lbs. (VAPOR 55) payload capacity
• Modular payload bay access a variety of integrated sensors & third-party payloads
• Precision flight control with fully automated mission execution
• Flight endurance 60 minutes; hover endurance 45 minutes

The ION M440 is a tactical short-range reconnaissance quadcopter purpose-built for austere environments. The ION is a small, lightweight, ruck-sack portable drone. This system gets in the air fast, ready to perform advanced autonomous functions while operating in obstacle-rich environments. GPS-denied flight capabilities, day and night time collision avoidance, and agile flight control make it an ideal reconnaissance air vehicle. The IONis NDAA-compliant and pre-approved for government acquisition by the Defense Innovation Unit's Blue sUASProgram.

R80D SkyRaider is an advanced multi-mission UASdeveloped for U.S. Defense and Federal Government customers that delivers a range of versatile payload capabilities.

FEATURES:

• Carry and deliver multiple payloads up to 4.4 lbs
• Fast and powerful embedded artificial intelligence(AI) for object detection and classification, semiautonomous flight and advanced edge-of-network processing
• Carbon fiber and magnesium airframe, tested toIP-54/MIL-810G
• Day and night situational awareness

Black Hornet is a nano UAV personal reconnaissancesystem for dismounted soldiers that is extremely lightand nearly silent which provides covert situationalawareness

FEATURES:

• Flight time up to 25 minutes
• Transmits live video and HD still images to the operator through encrypted data link with ranges up to 2 km
• UAV weighs less than 33g, deploys easily with Minimal training required
• Beyond line-of-sight reconnaissance

The Field Adaptable Supply Technology (FAST) swarming system is a rapidly deployable and affordable platform for small payload aerial delivery. Using plug-and-play hardware, the FAST system can be quickly deployed to any area at a very low cost.

A user-friendly system enables fleets of vehicles operated by a single ground station to deliver 2.3 lbs of payload over 3 miles. Designed and built in the USA with a robust supply chain and lean manufacturing techniques, large quantities of FAST systems can be rapidly deployed, even for disposable missions such as target and counter UAS tests. FAST has been demonstrated in swarms of 30+ vehicles at TRL 8.

Designed to fly at 120 mph, detect, track and kinetically eliminate an intruder, VESA (VTOL Electric Small Aircraft) is designed as a flying C-UAS.

VEESA has integrated advanced situational awareness capable of perception, tracking, categorization and pose tracking. Additional optional payloads include an EO/IR micro stabilized gimbal, kinetic munitions, or communications relay package.

VESA can be deployed as a submunition and may be incorporated into existing and future Counter-UAS and Counter-Swarm systems. VESA also has integrated swarm capabilities.

Long-endurance, packable system for ISR and payload delivery

The C100 is a portable, rucksack-packable quadcopter designed for multiple military and public safety operations. Capable of 74 minutes of flight time, this long endurance small UAS has a low audio signature and can be deployed and airborne in under 10 minutes.

The versatile heavy payload drone carries up to 10 lbs and can be equipped with a variety of hot-swappable payloads, including a variety of military-grade EO/IR gimbals, resupply and first aid kits, and munitions.

The C100 is built around a modular open architecture, allowing new hardware and powertrain modifications to be seamlessly integrated. The system incorporates DIU Blue-UAS approved flight avionics, as well as an AES-256 encrypted datalink for reliable and secure communication.