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Aerosonde Textron Systems UAS Unmanned Aerial System
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The Aerosonde Mark 4.7 is an UAS (Unmanned Aerial System) designed and manufactured by the Company Aerosonde a strategic business of AAI Corporation, an operating unit of Textron Systems, a Textron Inc. company. This impressive endurance, as well as the aircraft’s payload flexibility, modularity and affordability, make it an ideal choice for remote data collection and reconnaissance missions for military, civil and scientific entities. In 2006, the aircraft set a world flight endurance record in its class by remaining in flight without refueling for more than 38 hours. In 2007, an Aerosonde was the first unmanned aircraft to penetrate the eye of a hurricane. Under a program administered by NASA and the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, the Aerosonde aircraft flew a mission of more than 17 hours, a record 7.5 of which were spent navigating Hurricane Noel’s eye and boundary layer. In 2009, the Aerosonde Mark 4.7 system was introduced to provide expeditionary intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance. Including the novel Soft Hands net recovery technology, the system rounded out the year with a successful shipboard launch and recovery demonstration off the M-80 Stiletto ship. The Aerosonde Mark 4.7 was showcased at the 2010 Bahrain Air Show, where the flight team conducted the system’s first flights in the Middle East region. These included a flight during a driving sand storm, which displayed the aircraft’s rugged, all-weather capability. |
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