It is a tailless design with a rectangular wing and twin props. It is designed to fit into a backpack, with a weight of 5 pounds (2.3 kilograms) and a span of 3 feet 9 inches (1.14 meters). It can be launched by hand or using a store-bought bungee cord. It also uses a break-apart system to increase durability—parts of the plane break apart instead of shattering and can be reattached later or replaced with new parts. It has a GPS-INS-based waypoint navigation system.
The operator monitors Dragon Eye operation through "video goggles" connected to a laptop computer. The control system weighs about 12 pounds (5.4 kilograms).
The Dragon Eye aircraft is used primarily for scouting urban areas, and is especially useful in urban assaults. Its camera, when used with a trained Marine, can be used to spot enemies without alerting them to the UAV's presence.
The production contract for Dragon Eye was awarded to AeroVironment in 2003, and over 1000 aircraft were built before the Marines switched over to another UCAV of AeroVironment (RQ-11 Raven B) for the remainder of the Dragon Eye production contract.
The Dragon Eye has been used in Iraq, post-invasion, from 2003–present.
aerovironment, dragon, small, reconnaissance, miniature, developed, naval, research, laboratory, marine, corps, warfighting, laboratory, united, states, marine, corps, dragon, eyerole, remote, controlled, manufacturer, aerovironmentfirst, flight, june, 2001int. The AeroVironment RQ 14 Dragon Eye is a small reconnaissance miniature UAV developed by the Naval Research Laboratory and the Marine Corps Warfighting Laboratory for use by the United States Marine Corps RQ 14 Dragon EyeRole Remote controlled UAV 1 Manufacturer AeroVironmentFirst flight June 2001Introduction Mid 2002Primary user United States Marine Corps Contents 1 Design and development 2 General characteristics 3 References 4 External linksDesign and development Edit A marine checks a DE 903 UAV It is a tailless design with a rectangular wing and twin props It is designed to fit into a backpack with a weight of 5 pounds 2 3 kilograms and a span of 3 feet 9 inches 1 14 meters It can be launched by hand or using a store bought bungee cord It also uses a break apart system to increase durability parts of the plane break apart instead of shattering and can be reattached later or replaced with new parts It has a GPS INS based waypoint navigation system The operator monitors Dragon Eye operation through video goggles connected to a laptop computer The control system weighs about 12 pounds 5 4 kilograms The Dragon Eye aircraft is used primarily for scouting urban areas and is especially useful in urban assaults Its camera when used with a trained Marine can be used to spot enemies without alerting them to the UAV s presence The production contract for Dragon Eye was awarded to AeroVironment in 2003 and over 1000 aircraft were built before the Marines switched over to another UCAV of AeroVironment RQ 11 Raven B for the remainder of the Dragon Eye production contract The Dragon Eye has been used in Iraq post invasion from 2003 present General characteristics Edit A Dragon Eye UAV Data from Dragon Eye data sheet 2 General characteristicsLength 3 ft 0 91 m Wingspan 3 75 ft 1 14 m Gross weight 5 9 lb 2 7 kg Performance Cruise speed 40 mph 64 km h 35 kn Range 3 1 mi 5 0 km 2 7 nmi Endurance 45 60 minutes Service ceiling 300 500 ft 91 152 m Transmission range 6 2 mi 10 0 km References Edit AeroVironment RQ 14 Dragon Eye Swift AeroVironment Dragon Eye data sheet PDF Archived from the original PDF on 2012 03 07 External links Edit Wikimedia Commons has media related to AeroVironment RQ 14 Dragon Eye AeroVironment Dragon Eye Project description from U S Joint Forces Command Dragoneye Update Mini and Micro UAVs AeroVironment Inc Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title AeroVironment RQ 14 Dragon Eye amp oldid 1144994718, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
