Eagle Eye

USA Bell Helicopter Textron UAV
Region:  USA and Canada    Country:  USA    Category:  UAV    Company:  Bell Helicopter Textron   
Eagle Eye
Use(s): surveillance, search and rescue, reconnaissance, contaminated area operations, communications relay, real-time situational awareness for ground and airborne forces, and others Manufacturer: Bell Helicopter Textron Inc Powerplant: Pratt & Whitney 200/55 heavy fuel Dimensions: length: 17ft, height: 5.7ft, wingspan: 15.2ft, rotor diameter: 10ft Weight: empty: 1,825lb, MTOW: 3,000 lb, max payload (total useful): >1,000lb Performance: speed: 220kt, endurance: 6hr, ceiling: 20,000ft Payload: EO/IR, SAR, mine detection, EW, NBC, others Data Link: TCDL, others Guidance/Tracking: autonomous flight, mission plan/waypoint following, digitised map, GPS/ INS navigation Launch: automatic VTOL - no launch and recovery equipment needed for land-based operations, UCARS-compatible for sea-based operations Recovery: automatic VTOL - no launch and recovery equipment needed for land-based operations, UCARS-compatible for sea-based operations Structure Material: metallic/composite Electrical Power: 11 kW GCS: ship integrated or sheltered standalone Status: in production


First flight Fire-X

2011-02-18
First flight Fire-X
Developed by Northrop Grumman and Bell Helicopter, Fire-X, a vertical unmanned air system (VUAS) completed its first fully autonomous flight at Yuma Proving Ground, Ariz. on Dec 16, 2010, less than one year after development began.

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