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FLIR Systems and L-3 Interstate Electronics Corporation successfully demonstrate control of sensor on ARCTURUS UAV test flight
PORTLAND, OR, August 17, 2011 – FLIR Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: FLIR) announced today the successful integration of the COBALT™190 multi-spectral imaging sensor with ARCTURUS UAV T-20, and L-3 Interstate Electronics Corporations’ VideoScout. read more...
INL's unmanned aircraft survey the landscape with a focus on the environment
Arcturus designs and builds aircraft with focus on environmental uses.
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December 2, 2010 – Cloud Cap Technology attends Arcturus T-20 flight demonstration.
Cloud Cap Technology was pleased to attend a flight demonstration hosted by ARCTURUS-UAV in Whidbey Island, Washington on October 19th. The Arcturus T-20 UAV completed a search and rescue mission using Cloud Cap Technology’s TASE300 gimbal after deploying a smoke marker to identify the search area. View the flight demonstration video.
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OCT 19TH, 2010 - WHIDBEY ISLAND NAVAL AIR STATION, WA
The ARCTURUS T-20 UAV completed a search and rescue test mission over Admiralty Bay. The Tier II UAV was catapult launched and flew a search pattern autonomously, at an altitude of 2,000 feet, simulating a search for a missing vessel. The unmanned mission was completed as planned in restricted airspace over land and sea.
The unmanned aerial vehicle deployed a smoke marker to identify the rescue scene (inset 1). Data markers (EPIRBs) can also be deployed from the T-20 UAV. A retractable Cloud Cap T2 ISR sensor and two under wing rescue smoke markers were integrated into the T-20 as part of the mission. The gimbal sensor sends live video (inset 2) to searchers with GPS data attached along with an infrared imager to find victims in the water via heat signature. Principal advantages over traditional manned flights are longer endurance, increased search area, lower risk to rescue personnel, and reduced cost. Manufactured in the USA, the ARCTURUS T-20 is a runway independent, Tier II class, Unmanned Aerial Vehicle with a unique maritime capability. (top)
MAY 14th, 2009 - ARCTURUS T-20 COMPLETES FIRST MISSION DUGWAY, UTAH
ARCTURUS UAV® T-20 successfully completed it’s first mission at the US Army Dugway Proving Ground. Technicians launched the T-20 UAV with a portable catapult and completed the first of several data collection missions with a routine landing on a remote desert road as planned. The T-20 is a 
Tier II Class UAV designed to carry a wide range of payloads with high persistence and reliability.
Manufactured in the USA, the T-20 is the largest Unmanned Aerial Vehicle developed to date by Arcturus with a 17’ -3” wingspan. The T-20 also generates 500 watts of power for an onboard GPS autopilot with waypoint navigation accepts multiple flight plans from a Ground Control Station, allowing the T-20 to fly missions up to 16 hours, and return to a specified location autonomously. Special carbon fiber composites used to construct the airframe provide the necessary strength, and stability, for a large payload area. A high wing design allows full visibility under the fuselage for pod cameras, targeting lasers, and other sensors. The “Payload Pallet” is a modular tray that allows sensors to be mounted on interchangeable pallets that can be quickly changed in the field. The T-20 prototype was completed in 2008, and flight tested at Edwards Air Force Base. Full production is now underway at the ARCTURUS UAV® factory in Rohnert Park, California. The Dugway Proving Ground is where the US Army tests the nation’s chemical and biological defenses. (top)
JUNE 10-12, 2008 - ARCTURUS-UAV AT AUVSI 08, SAN DIEGO CONVENTION CENTER.
"AUVSIs Unmanned Systems North America is the worlds largest event focusing on ground, air and maritime unmanned systems. Arcturus-UAV exhibited at the event, which hosted the largest gathering of government, business, technology and academic leaders in the unmanned systems community. (top)
FEBRUARY 13th, 2008 - ARCTURUS-UAV T-15E HIGH ALTITUDE RETURN VEHICLE (HARV) DEMONSTRATES AUTONOMOUS RECOVERY FROM OVER 60,000 FEET.
McGregor Range, Fort Bliss, NM On 29 June, 07:09 AM, an ARCTURUS-UAV T-15e HARV was balloon launched from Wilde Benton air strip (4,068') on McGregor Range in southern New Mexico. The goal of the test was to demonstrate the capability to cost effectively deploy and autonomously recover a high altitude payload from over 60,000 feet. (top)