Tuesday, December 02, 2008

SHARC

Also Known As
Scouting and Hunting Autonomous Rotor Craft

Origin
France

Program Status:
Under Development

Contractor/s
EADS

Description: The Scouting and Hunting Autonomous Rotor Craft (SHARC) is an innovative small unmanned rotorcraft demonstrator developed by EADS to perform intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) missions. The SHARC features a two three-blade coaxial counter-rotating rotor sets which suppress the need for a tail rotor and a four-point landing gear. The rotorcraft tail and airframe design provide a certain resemblance with a shark's shape.

Specifications
Other: Main Rotor Blades 3

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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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