PD-100 Black Hornet
Your Personal UAS ™
The PD-100 Black Hornet is the first Personal Unmanned Aircraft System to be developed. It will provide soldiers with their own immediate Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance capability for operations indoors, in confined areas and even outdoors.
Missions
• Visual Reconnaissance in Urban Operations
• Reconnaissance Inside Buildings
• Look Behind, Between and Below Obstacles
• Birds Eye View of Areas of Interest
• Object Identification
• Target and Damage Assessment
• Deployment of Special Payload
Features
• Transportable – Complete System Fits Inside a Pocket
• Ready to Fly – Airborne within One Minute
• Fly it Anywhere – Indoors, In Confined Areas and Outdoors
• Stealth – Small and Inaudible
• Easy to Operate – Requires Little Training and No Pilot Experience
• Safe – Represents No Risks to Other Aircraft or Personell
• Affordable – Reusable or Expendable Depending on Chosen CONOPS
System Specifications (preliminary)
A Complete PD-100 Black Hornet System Comprises
• 3 x PD-100 Nanocopter UAVs
• 1 x Ground Control Station
• Total Systems Mass less than 1 kg (2 lbs)
• Dimensions 200 x 150 x 50 mm (8 x 6 x 2 inches)
UAV
• Rotor Span 110 mm, Mass 15 gr including Payload
• Maximum Speed 10 m/s, Endurance up to 30 minutes
• Digital Data Link, Range 1000 m Line-of-Sight
• GPS Navigation or Visual Navigation through Video
• Autopilot with Autonomous and Directed Modes
• Hover & Stare, Automatic Search Patterns, Preplanned Routes
Sensors
• Steerable EO Camera (pan/tilt)
• Live Video and Snapshot Images
• Interchangeable Mission Specific Payload
Ground Control Station
• Mission Planning, Execution and Analyses
• Display, Functions and Controls for UAV and GCS Operation
• Storage of Mission Data including Video and Images
• Connections to PC, Network and other Peripherals
• UAVs housed inside the GCS for Protection and Support
System Status
The development of the PD-100 Black Hornet startet in April 2008. Several prototypes and technology demonstrators have been flown, demonstrating up to 25 minutes endurance and speeds in excess of 8 m/s both indoors and outdoors. The sixth prototype joined the flight test program in May 2009, and further prototypes are planned. First field testing is planned late 2010 with intial operational capabilities in 2011.
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All specifications and descriptions are preliminary and can be changed during the development phase. Prox Dynamics AS take no responsibility for the use and/or interpretation of this information.