Steadicopter – a pacesetter within the Rotary Unmanned Aerial Programs (RUAS) trade, and BIRD Aerosystems – a worldwide supplier of revolutionary protection know-how and options that shield the air, sea, and land fleets of governments and associated businesses, are unveiling the BlackEagle 50H (BE50H) – a sophisticated hybrid unmanned helicopter, that includes a miniature airborne radar with superior proprietary know-how, to be used in maritime intelligence missions.
Superior capabilities for lengthy endurance of as much as 5 hours, along with BIRD Aerosystems’ µMPR capabilities for the detection and monitoring of maritime vessels, allow the BE50H to hold out correct mapping of all vessels inside a radius of 200 km inside a couple of hours, in harsh environmental circumstances, day or night time.
A real game-changer for uncrewed operations, the BE50H supplies its customers with probably the most cost-effective answer for each ISR and pinpoint CAS operations, in each the land and maritime domains, by enabling a singular mixture of spectacular flight endurance and a particularly versatile sensor suite.
With its open structure modular design, the BE50H accommodates the most recent mission payloads, corresponding to BIRD Aerosystems’ µMPR. Coupled with the µMPR, the BE50H supplies a first-ever mixture of a small tactical RUAS (with a near-to-zero operational, upkeep & logistic footprint), able to wide-area persistent surveillance and protection for lengthy durations on the one hand, with all the benefits of the rotary-UAS, corresponding to persistent hovering, which allow extra ideas of operations for a lot of mission purposes, on the opposite.
Implementing subtle patented design options, along with highly effective sign processing algorithms, BIRD Aerosystems’ µMPR uniquely detects and tracks maritime vessels with 100% identification accuracy. Carried out in a single small Line Replaceable Unit (LRU), the µMPR is extraordinarily light-weight, with very low energy consumption. It may be put in along with AIS and an electro-optical (EO/IR) payload, carry out computerized cross-cues between the radar and the EO/IR sensor to substantiate goal identification, and robotically inform floor management utilizing a exact geo-reference.
“Maritime border safety is likely one of the most distinguished wants on this planet right now,” says Noam Lidor, VP Gross sales, Advertising and marketing & Enterprise Growth at Steadicopter. “The mix of the confirmed benefits of a hybrid unmanned helicopter system with lengthy flight endurance that allows protection of huge maritime surfaces, with radar capabilities for figuring out and finding hostile ships at ranges of a number of tens of kilometers, supplies the vessel’s crew with an correct intelligence image inside a large radius of tons of of kilometers, thereby giving them a major benefit for mission success.”
Ronen Issue, Co-CEO and Founding father of BIRD Aerosystems, added: “Best for the safety of maritime borders and strategic property, BIRD’s revolutionary µMPR cuts by sea litter and considerably will increase mission effectiveness and price effectivity. Small and light-weight, it may possibly simply be put in on unmanned aerial methods, corresponding to Steadicopter’s BlackEagle 50H, to create a cheap surveillance platform with wonderful efficiency.”
