Group : mini-UAVs
Status : Active
Origin : Italy
Contractors : Galileo Avionica, SELEX ES, UTRI
Initial Operational Capability (IOC) : 2009
Total Production : ?

The Asio is an advanced, man-portable, electrical mini-unmanned rotorcraft providing real-time intelligence for battlefield surveillance, forward scout missions and special operations support. It is capable of fully autonomous vertical take off and landing (VTOL) as well as hovering and perching. The rotorcraft has an endurance of more than 30 minutes in flight and hovering mode and of over 4 hours in silent mode/perching. The Asio is equipped with a robust line-of-sight data link up to 12 kilometers and a stabilized high resolution imager such as infrared or daylight camera.