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Arcturus T-20 Completes First Mission
DUGWAY, UTAH - MAY 14th, 2009: ARCTURUS UAV® T-20 successfully completed it’s first mission today 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.
Arcturus-UAV at AUVSI 08, June 10-12, 2008. San Diego Convention Center. The World’s Largest Unmanned Systems Conference and Exhibition
AUVSI’s Unmanned Systems North America 2008 is the world’s largest event focusing on the international ground, air and maritime unmanned systems marketplace. It will play host the largest gathering of government, business, technology and academic leaders in the unmanned systems community.
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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.