HANGAR TALK UAS & eVTOL NEWS RELATING TO Uncrewed, AAM & eVTOL SYSTEMS
Steadicopter and Bird Aerosystems Reveal New Capability for the Black Eagle 50H
Steadicopter recently unveiled the Black Eagle 50H (BE50H) — an advanced hybrid unmanned helicopter featuring a miniature airborne radar with advanced proprietary technology, for use in maritime intelligence missions.
Advanced capabilities for long endurance of up to five hours, together with Bird Aerosystems’ µMPR capabilities for the detection and tracking of maritime vessels, enable the BE50H to carry out accurate mapping of all vessels within a radius of approximately 125 miles (200 kilometers) within a few hours, in harsh environmental conditions, day or night.
A true game changer for uncrewed operations, the BE50H provides its users with the most cost-effective solution for both ISR and pinpoint CAS operations, in both land and maritime domains, by enabling a unique combination of impressive flight endurance and an extremely versatile sensor suite.
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With its open architecture modular design, the BE50H accommodates the latest mission payloads, such as Bird Aerosystems’ µMPR. Coupled with the µMPR, the BE50H provides a first-ever combination of a small tactical rotary uncrewed aerial system (RUAS) with a near-to-zero operational, maintenance and logistic footprint capable of wide-area persistent surveillance and coverage for long durations. It features all the advantages of RUAS, such as persistent hovering, that enable additional concepts of operations for many mission applications.
Implementing sophisticated patented design features together with powerful signal processing algorithms, Bird Aerosystems’ µMPR uniquely detects and tracks maritime vessels with 100% identification accuracy. Implemented in a single small line replaceable unit (LRU), the µMPR is extremely lightweight, with very low power consumption. It can be installed in conjunction with AIS and an electro- optical (EO/IR) payload, perform automatic cross-cues between the radar and the EO/ IR sensor to confirm target identification, and automatically inform ground control using a precise geo-reference.
“Maritime border protection is one of the most prominent needs in the world today,” says Noam Lidor, VP of Sales, Marketing & Business Development at Steadicopter. “The combination of the proven advantages of a hybrid unmanned helicopter system with long flight endurance that enables coverage of large maritime surfaces, with radar capabilities for identifying and locating hostile ships at ranges of several tens of kilometers, provides the vessel’s crew with an accurate intelligence picture within a wide radius of hundreds of kilometers, thereby giving them a significant advantage for mission success.”
Ronen Factor, co-CEO and founder of Bird Aerosystems, said, “Ideal for the protection of maritime borders and strategic assets, Bird’s innovative µMPR cuts through sea clutter and significantly increases mission effectiveness and cost efficiency. Small and lightweight, it can easily be installed on unmanned aerial systems, such as Steadicopter’s Black Eagle 50H, to create a cost-effective surveillance platform with excellent performance.”
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