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future of aircraft development will be dominated by Unmanned Aerial
Vehicle (UAV) design. Recognizing this, AEREON
Corporation has chosen to develop its Wide
Aperture Surveillance Platform (WASP) into a UAV for the next
generation of joint force operations. WASP-UAV will enable the military
more cost-effectively to utilize legacy assets by augmenting and extending
their scope of capabilities by surveillance operations in littoral warfare
environments. |
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| Building on
AEREON
Corporation’s 40+ years of aerodynamic,
aerostatic, and rotary wing technology experience; the WASP concept
is designed to be a low-risk aerobody with high performance and multi-modular
payload capacity. Two patented radar configurations (U.S. Patent No’s.
4,896,160 and 5,034,751) assure operational effectiveness. A WASP
UAV profile reveals: |
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| An Optimal, low-risk Deltoid
Aerobody Configuration |
- Spacious Payload Volume for Multiple Mission
Applications
- A Deck Spot 60% that of the E-2C AEW airplane
- Airframe Cost Under $2M
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| Multi-Modular Spacious Payload Capacity –
Same Airframe, Diverse Payload Options |
- Surveillance:(ISR) Capability:
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- Deltoid Geometry allows 360° Real-Time
Azimuthal Radar Coverage |
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- At 22% the Takeoff Gross Weight
of the E-2C with equal Radar Performance |
- Payloads Provide: AEW, CEC, EO/IR, MTI, Periscope Detection,
SAR, Hyper-spectral Sensing
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- Weapon/Equipment Deployment:
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- Scores of Sonobuoys |
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- Stand-off Missiles |
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- Smart Weapons and small TUAVs |
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- Humanitarian/Military Supplies |
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| High Performance – Land, Carrier, and
Littoral Combat Ship Based Operations |
- Extremely Short Take Off / Landing
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- 12 hour Mission Endurance
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- Robust triangular airframe
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| Envisioned to be the next generation of tactical
surveillance aircraft, WASP UAV will allow the armed services to extend
their reach with a cost-effective, multi-mission platform. It
will allow time sensitive, in-theatre, sensor-shooter responses with
the additional capability to deliver a broad array of payloads.
Providing radar coverage, troop re-supply, and ordinance deployment,
the WASP UAV will give the military the knowledge advantage needed for
networked surveillance and time-sensitive strike operations, in littoral
environments for joint force operations, well into the future.
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