Avinc wasp,usa unmanned armed vehicle(uav)
- 3. The Avinc Wasp is a lightweight, robust, low altitude remote controlled unmanned aerial system (UAS) The UAS encompasses a man-portable Wasp unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), a ground control unit (GCU) and communication ground station (CGS). The UAV captures real-time imagery or videos and transmits them to the ground control unit (GCU) through a line of sight data link, thereby, facilitating faster and safer movement through urban and mountainous regions. It is a hand-launched and waterproof vehicle, which lands automatically on either land or water.
- 5. Two prototypes of the vehicle have been built and examined by the US Armed Forces for military operations in urban terrain missions. The two folding wings of the UAV are designed in a rectangular shape with slightly swept leading edges. The UAV is fitted with an electric motor driven two-bladed propeller in the front section. It is also equipped with an internal GPS or Inertial Navigation System, autopilot and two on-board cameras located in the lower fuselage section and front side of the aircraft.
- 7. The airframe of Wasp is constructed with synthetic materials which can be used as a battery and main wing structure. The UAV is fully integrated with an automatic launch and recovery (ALR) system, which aids in automated safe landing when communication with the ground control station fails. The Wasp can fly at a maximum speed of 40km/h to 65km/h. The range of the UAV is 5km. The UAV can loiter in air for a maximum of 45mins using a rechargeable battery. Its altitude varies between 15m and 300m.
- 9. The UAV is fitted with high resolution electro-optic (EO) and infra-red (IR) sensors. The EO sensor converts light rays into electronic signals for capturing images, real-time data and videos. The UAS can take-off and be recovered automatically even in bad weather conditions using programmed GPS. The ground control unit (GCU) of the Wasp is a small, lightweight system which shows real time videos or imagery seized by the UAV's payload cameras. Processing, retrieving, storing and monitoring of the real-time data rendered by the UAV are carried out at the GCU.
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