NAVIGATIONAL CONTROL: HOME PRODUCTS UAV INVENTUS E-CLASS

  • Blended Wing Body - 100% Advanced Composite
  • Fully Autonomous (Launch, Navigate and Recover)
  • Low radar, low acoustic and low visual design
  • Up to 10 Simultaneous Sensors (EO, IR, Microbolometer, PI)
  • Unlimited range of Communication/Operation with GCS
  • Supports up to 20 pounds of Interchangeable Payload
  • 100% Re-taskable in Flight
  • 100% Autonomous or Man-in-Loop operation
  • Satellite Communication (SATCOM)
  • PROVEN weapons capable
  • PROVEN SAR integration
  • ELINT, SIGINT and MASINT PROVEN capable
  • Field-Interchangeable Power Plants (to optimize payload and endurance)
  • Endurance of up to 16 hours is payload and power plant dependent

WING
SPAN
HEIGHT
LENGTH
WEIGHT
CEILING
RANGE
LOS
RANGE OTH
ELECTRIC
RANGE OTH
GASOLINE
2m/78.75"
22.3cm/8.77"
101.6cm/40"
6.8kg/15lbs
13.6kg/30lbs
15,000ft
25nm
Unlimited
Unlimited
ENDURANCE
ELECTRIC
ENDURANCE
GASOLINE
PAYLOAD
CRUISE
SPEED
MAX
SPEED
CLIMB
RATE
LAUNCH
RECOVERY
2 hours
16 hours
9.1kgs/20lbs
40kts
104kts
800fpm
Catapult

Automated or
Manual Landing /
Parachute

Inventus™ E-Class is a fully autonomous (launch, navigate and recover) catapult-launchable UAV capable of 25 mile LOS communication/operation and unlimited BLOS operation. It is suited for Squad to Company Level Operation and customers who want on-the-spot, immediate situational awareness with minimal mission planning. The Inventus™ E-Class supports up to 15 pounds of interchangeable payload, it is 100% re-taskable in flight, and is assembled in 5 minutes without tools.
UAV MODEL
PAYLOAD (excluding cameras)
SPEED
ENDURANCE GASOLINE
ENDURANCE ELECTRIC
RANGE
OTH
GASOLINE
RANGE
OTH
ELECTRIC
WINGSPAN
WEIGHT
Inventus
E-Class
20.0lbs
74-192
kph
16hrs.
2+hrs.
1,184km
145km
6.5ft
(2.0m)
15-30.0lbs
(6.8-13.6kg)
NORTHROP GRUMMAN
KB-2 1
15lbs
109-201
kph
24hrs.
Not an Option
N/A
Not an Option
6.5ft
(2.0m)
43lbs
(20kg)
ACR
Manta B 2
15lbs
72-130
kph
6hrs
Not an Option
N/A
Not an Option
8.75ft
(2.7m)
52lbs
(23.5kg)
DRS
NEPTUNE3
20lbs
111-157
kph
4hrs
Not an Option
N/A
74km
7.0ft
(2.13m)
80lbs
(36.3kg)
AERONAUTICS
ORBITER5
0lbs
46-120
kph
Not an Option
1.5hrs
Not an Option
N/A
7.2ft
(2.2m)
14.3lbs
(6.5kg)
RAFAEL
SKYLITE B6
0lbs
68-100
kph
Not an Option
1.5hrs
Not an Option
10km
7.9ft
(2.4m)
13.2lbs
(6kg)
ARCTURUS
T-157
10lbs
50-167
kph
12hrs.
up to 2hrs.
N/A
Not an Option
10ft
(3.05m)
28-45lbs
(12-20kg)
MLB
BAT4
2.5lbs
64-111
kph
5-8hrs.
Not an Option
321km
Not an Option
6.0ft
(1.82m)
19-25lbs
(9-11kg)
Sources: 1 KB-2 (Northrop Grumman / Data Sheet 08/06), 2 Manta B (Advanced Ceramics Research / Data Sheet 08/06), 3 Neptune (DRS / Data Sheet 08/06), 4 BAT (MBL Company / Data Sheet 08/06), 5 Orbiter (Aeronautics / Data Sheet 08/06), 6 SKYLITE B (RAFAEL / Data Sheet 08/06) 7 ARCTURUS T-15 (Company Website Data Sheet 11/06)
 
E-Class with SPIKE Missile
E-Class on Test Range
E-Class above
Las Vegas Strip
E-Class above Test Range
E-Class US Army Camouflage
Bolling AFB DCA, across the Potomac
 
 
Bolling AFB DCA, across the Potomac
Bolling AFB DCA, across the Potomac
 
SPEC SHEET Pg 1
High Resolution
SPEC SHEET Pg 2
High Resolution
SPEC SHEET
GD-THOR GCS
Partner Sensor Payloads
 
E-Class SPIKE
Missile Test FULL
E-Class SPIKE
Missile Test FB1
E-Class SPIKE
Missile Test FB2
E-Class SPIKE
Missile Test FB3
E-Class NTS Operations
E-Class Power Line
Inspection
 
             
   
E-Class
Infared Video

E-Class
Caesar's Palace
FBI Flight

   
 

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