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RQ-7 Shadow 200
IOC: 2002
Total Production: 224
Total Program's Cost: USD$750 million
RQ-7A Shadow 200
Unitary Cost: USD$14.0 million
Also Known As
RQ-7B Shadow 200 (Improved variant incorporating changes to the wing, tail, and avionics. It was introduced in August 2004.)
Origin
United States of America
Contractor/s
AAI Corporation
Applications
Shadow 200 Ground Segment
Sensors & Communications:
Aurora Generation IV
Other:
Shadow 200 Ground Segment
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Description:
The RQ-7A Shadow 200 is an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) designed to meet the US Amy requirements for a surveillance, reconnaissance and target acquisition UAV operable day or night, and limited adverse weather. It provides an initial range of 50 km to US regiments and brigades with a future, objective range extending to 200 km.
In order to fulfill different mission profiles, the Shadow 200 UAV can accommodate different modular payloads. The Shadow 200 UAV requires a hydraulic rail launcher to takeoff and can land conventionally or through a deployable arresting hook.
Originally, the US Army planned to purchase up to 41 RQ-7 Shadow 200 unmanned aerial vehicle systems but the final number of systems to be procured by the Army could exceed 100. The 41 Shadow 200 systems translate into more than 123 Shadow 200 UAV air vehicles. In early 2003, the Shadow 200 began deployment in Iraq acting at Brigade level.
In August 2005, BAE Systems announced that the US Army had placed a contract for 12 additional Shadow 200 unmanned aerial vehicle systems. As of August 2005, including this contract, the US Army has ordered 56 systems with 224 unmanned aerial vehicles. Deliveries, which began in 1999, were expected to be complete by November 2006. Shadow 200 is being offered to the Australian Defence Forces to meet its requirements for a tactical UAV.
Specifications
Accommodation: Unmanned
Dimensions: Length 3.4 m, Wingspan 3.9 m
Weights: Max Weight 149 kg (328 lb), Payload 27.2 kg (60.0 lb)
Performance: Ceiling 4,572 m (15,000 ft), Cruise Speed 44 mps (157 kph), Endurance 5 hours, Max Range 50,000 m (164,042 ft), Top Speed 63 mps (228 kph)
Power: Power 38 shp
Other: Number of Engines 1
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Notes
(*) lead contractor
IOC: Initial Operating Capability
FOC: Full Operating Capability
CEP: Circular Error Probable
Comm: Commissioning Date
Meters (m) Kilometers (km) Nautic Miles (nm) Inch (in) Yard (yd) Foot (ft) Millimeter (mm)
Pound (lb) Kilogram (kg) kN (KiloNewton) Ton (t)
Meters per Second (mps) Kilometers per Hour (kph) Knot (kt) Miles per Hour (mph)
Liter (l) Galon (gl)
Year (yr) Minutes (min) Second (sec)
Shaft-Horse-Power (shp)
Last Updated: Saturday, November 22, 2008
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As of October 2008 AAI has received orders for a total of 113 Shadow TUAS