KillerBee MUAV Demonstrates Capabilities in Simulated Combat Environment

YUMA PROVING GROUND, Ariz., Sept. 30, 2008 /PRNewswire/ -- Raytheon

Company's (NYSE: RTN) KillerBee unmanned aircraft system demonstrated its

interoperability, integration and functionality as an end-to-end UAS combat

system.

During the demonstration, a Raytheon flight operations crew simulated a

combat environment by delivering the KillerBee system to a remote location

via Humvees. In less than 45 minutes, the crew set up the system and

launched the UAS. The team then executed the operational scenario and

safely retrieved the UAS with a unique net-recovery system.

The KillerBee is designed to provide the U.S. Navy and U.S. Marine

Corps with a UAS for their respective Small Tactical Unmanned Aircraft

Systems and Tier II missions. A mini-common data link enables KillerBee

interoperability with both U.S. Navy and U.S. Marine Corps intelligence,

surveillance and reconnaissance systems.

"The KillerBee is at a point where we can demonstrate an integrated

combat capability," said Ken Pedersen, Raytheon Missile Systems' vice

president of Advanced Programs. "Combined with Raytheon's Universal Control

System, a first-of-its-kind unmanned aircraft flight station, the KillerBee

can reliably insert ISR into the battlespace and then quickly deliver

actionable data to a combatant commander."

Source: Raytheon KillerBee Demonstrates Capabilities in Simulated Combat Environment

Resources

ISR - Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance
MUAV - Mini Unmanned Aerial Vehicle
UAS - Unmanned Aerial System

Components : STUAS

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