Yagua

TACTICAL UAS FOR SPECIAL FORCES

An Unmanned Aerial Vehicle for Special Forces and Rapid Deployment Concept

Operational Requirements :

•  Current requirements for SOF (special forces) requires intermediate range ISR missions (+ 30 km ) from land and sea .

•  Other forces requirements push for rapid deployment of UAV system in the battlefield by helicopters, cargo aircraft ,small craft or light ground vehicles

•  Fast reaction UAV systems are needed for day/night operations with limited human resources

•  Quick deployment and post deployment are essential to mobile forces

•  Persistent Surveillance requires long endurance and high reliability of components (6 hours minimum )

•  Easy to operate and compact ground control station is also a need for forces deployed with minimum resources

•  Low acoustic signature as well as IR and Radar signatures are mandatory to keep the operative force undetected

•  Weight of the overall system ( UAV , Container-Launcher, GCS ) shall be less than 50 kg

•  Rugged UAV and rugged system are specific requirements for forces that are operating in harsh environments .

•  UAV shall be able to high rate of climb ,sustain several operation modes, have long endurance, be able to sustain very quiet operation mode , be airborne in very short time with minimum preparation

The Answer : YAGUA UAS

Yagua Concept Baseline concept of the well proven configuration of Yarara UAV Fully modular concept

5 Modules :

-Wings

-Propulsion units :

•  gas engine (engine, fuel tank, propeller, fuel line, engine servo, muffler, engine electronics)

•  Electrical engine , engine batteries and engine control electronics

-Payload unit

-Tail unit

-Avionics and electrical system unit