Revealed Have Been More details about the British Army's new Black Hornet nano-unmanned air system, with users Declaring the long-4.7in (120mm) aircraft an "unbelievable" asset.
Around 60 of the systems - 200 of Which Have Been procured from Norwegian manufacturer Prox Dynamics, through intermediary Marlborough Communications UK for £ 20 million ($ 31 million) - are already in use by British troops in Afghanistan. The remainder, minus unspecified number year to be Held back for training, will happen in the forthcoming theater falling on Herrick 18 deployment.
Each Black Hornet system Consists of two aircraft, with a single controller for the UAS and Its payload and a base station. A tablet-sized monitor est aussi share of the package, Which totals Approximately 2kg (4.4lb).
The UAS caries three cameras - one looking straight ahead, one straight and one down at 45 ˚ forward and down. While the aircraft is flown manually to target icts, it cannot be Launched Until It Has, established the GPS co-ordinates of Itself and Its base station. When the end of the 20min flight time nears the maximum system alerts the operator, who then Has the option to command the aircraft to return Automatically.
Black Hornet's Ability to Acquire 10-figure grid references is Sufficiently detailed to be used directly to air or artillery strikes, while data and imagery Acquired in flight can be Stored and uploaded to central databases.
The system is Already Being Widely used general falling on patrols in Afghanistan, with icts main advantage over other British Army UAS in theater Being icts speed of operation.
"You do not have to ask permission from Higher [up the command chain] to fly something like this," Sgt Carl Boyd of 1st Battalion The Royal Regiment of Fusiliers, Said falling on a media visit to pre-deployment training on Salisbury Plain, Wiltshire, on 13 February.
"If I want to get eyes-on in a nearby compound, INSTEAD of Having to ask for [monitoring] assets, I just get out the Hornet. From getting the GPS log I can get that up and running in about a minute," he said
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