NAVIGATIONAL CONTROL: HOME PRODUCTS UAV INVENTUS S-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 Communication/Operation with GCS
  • Heavy-Hauler (highest payload in class)
  • Supports up to 100 pounds of Interchangeable Payload
  • 17.6 Cubic FEET of Internal payload space
  • 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 30 hours is payload and power plant dependent
WING
SPAN
HEIGHT
LENGTH
WEIGHT
ELECTRIC/GAS
CEILING
RANGE
LOS
RANGE OTH
ELECTRIC
RANGE
OTH
GASOLINE
3.85m/151.75"
48.9cm/19.25"
203.2cm/80"
68.0kgs/150lbs E 158.8kgs/350lbs G
15,000ft
>108nm
Unlimited
Unlimited
 
ENDURANCE ELECTRIC
ENDURANCE
GASOLINE
PAYLOAD
ELECTRIC/GAS
CRUISE
SPEED
MAX
SPEED
CLIMB
RATE
LAUNCH
RECOVERY
1.5 hours
30 hours
18.1kgs/40lbs E
81.7kgs/180lbs G
48kts
126kts
2,000fpm
Catapult or
Taxi take-off

Auto or
Manual Landing /
Parachute

Inventus S-Class is a fully autonomous (launch, navigate and recover) catapult-launchable or taxi take-off and land UAS capable of UNLIMITED communication/operation range. It is suited for Company Level Operation, and medium-altitude long-endurance customers who want higher payload and long endurance capabilities. The Inventus S-Class supports up to 100 pounds of interchangeable payload, it is 100% re-taskable in flight and requires (4) man hours tool assembly.

UAV MODEL
PAYLOAD
(excluding cameras)
SPEED
ENDURANCE GASOLINE
ENDURANCE ELECTRIC
RANGE
OTH
GASOLINE
RANGE
OTH
ELECTRIC
WINGSPAN
WEIGHT
Inventus
S-Class
>180lbs
88-233
kph
30hrs
1.5hrs
1909nm
65nm
3.85m
350lbs
AAI
Shadow-2001
60lbs
110-218
kph
7hrs
Not an Option
N/A
N/A
3.87m
375lbs
BAI
Viking 1002
20lbs
92-120
kph
8 hrs
Not an Option
40nm
N/A
3.65m
150lbs
AEROSONDE
Aerosonde3
<1lbs
80-150
kph
32hrs
Not an Option
1619nm
N/A
2.9m
33lbs
NORTHROP
GRUMMAN
KB-34
30lbs
108-193
kph
24hrs
Not an Option
N/A
N/A
2.8m
86lbs
Sources: 1 Shawdow-200 (AAI Corporation / Data Sheet 08/06), 2 VIKING 100 (BAI / Data Sheet 08/06), 3 AEROSONDE (AEROSONDE / Data Sheet 08/06), 4 KB-3 (NORTHROP GRUMMAN / Data Sheet 08/06)
 
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High Resolution
SPEC SHEET Pg 2
High Resolution
SPEC SHEET
GD-THOR GCS
Partner Sensor Payloads
 
     
MiniSAR Test
Flight
       


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