Calling Hogs Into
Battle
The BattleHog100x Advanced
VTOL (Vertical Take-off and Landing)
Fixed-Wing UAS (Unmanned Aircraft
System) from American Dynamics
Corporation appeared at the 2006
AUVSI symposium.
The land or sea operations UV
flight system is an all-operations
platform for intelligence gathering,
area surveillance, recon, and targeting
(ISR&T) field missions, making it
attractive to all military cores. When
speaking of the system, we’re talking
about three BattleHog UAVs plus
ground control and data link communications technologies.
The BattleHog gets lift and even
navigation from its patented High
Torque Aerial Lift (HTAL) technology.
Through the HTAL, the BattleHog
can go straight up like a helicopter,
hover in a stationary position, and fly
horizontally (in fixed wing flight).
The craft can be fitted with
AGM-114K Hellfire missiles, Hydra- 70
rockets, and an M134 Minigun
( 7. 62 mm shells).
The basic payloads include
EO/IR/LD sensing modules. The
BattleHog can also be outfitted with a
miniSAR (Synthetic Aperture Radar)
system, and environmental sensors
such as biological, chemical, and
meteorological apparatus. Payloads
can be reconfigured in the field
between operations.
BattleHog communications technologies include a CDL STANAG 7085
line-of-sight data link for forward
link (uplink) command and control,
telemetry, flight imagery data, and
payload image transmission return link
(a SATCOM satellite communications
data link is optional to ensure
communications beyond line-of-sight).
Why are so many companies
GEERHEAD
The AUVSI website
www.auvsi.org
AUVSI Symposium site
http://symposium.auvsi.org
Northrop Grumman site
www.northropgrumman.com
Lockheed Martin site
www.lockheedmartin.com
AAI Corp site
www.aaicorp.com
American Dynamics Corp site
www.americandynamics.us
suddenly building unmanned vehicles?
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