Tactical UAV Sensor Evolution

80’s

90’s

00’s

10’s

Aquila FMPS

FLIR/TV

Narrow FOV

“Soda Straw”

Tech Challenge:

Lightweight

Sensors

New composites/

electronic

miniaturization

Hunter FLIR

FLIR/TV

“Soda Straw”

Expensive

Tech Challenge:

Improve

Performance

Common Mod HgCdTe

Commercial CCD TV

RISTA II

FLIR + Wide Area

Scan

“Too Expensive”

Tech Challenge:

Improve Search

Rate

New gimbal concept

2nd Gen HgCdTe

Outrider FLIR

Staring PtSi

Soda Straw

Low Performance

Tech Challenge:

Leverage COTS

Multi-Mission UAV

FLIR + SAR/MTI

High Perf. Staring

Area Scan

Tech Challenge:

Provide Wide Area

Situation Awareness

Lower Payload

Cost

EO Sensor Sub-System Cost: COST

$250K $400K $800K $150K GOAL: $100K

AVS + MsSTAR provides the technology for

situation awareness at low payload cost

TUAV P3I

MM UAV + AVSand MsSTAR =

“Wide Area

Situation

Awareness”

GOAL:

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