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For enhanced situational awareness

This small UAV has an all-composite, low-drag blended wing design that ensures optimum performance. It is fitted with a day or night payload. The communications link on-board the UAV enables real-time communication up to 100 km from base. The UAV is catapult-launched and skid-landed.

System Features

The UAV has an all-composite,low-drag design that ensures optimum performance. It is catapult-launched and skid-landed. Hungwe offers the following features:

• Wing span of 4m
• MTOW of 35 kg
• Direct Line-of-sight range of 100 km
• Up to 6 h endurance
• Up to 12 000 ft service ceiling
• Up to 5 kg day and night mission payload (fuel excluded)
• Piloted and autonomous flight capability

The system comprises:

• Two Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs)
• One Ground Control Station (GCS)
• Two payloads
• A launcher
• Field support equipment

Ground Control Station

The GCS is portable, quick to set up and easy to use. It consists of the following components:

Flight Management System, used for:

• Mission planning
• UAV control
• Payload control
• Status monitoring
• Video display

Antenna tripod, used for:

• Transmission and reception of the radio frequency signal
• Tracking the UAV The GCS can easily be installed into a vehicle according to operational requirements and to provide for high mobility of the system.

Application

A few applications of the Hungwe are:

• Border patrol
• Anti-piracy operations
• Game park surveillance
• Battlefield support
• Law enforcement
• Search and rescue
• Pipeline surveillance

Logistics

The UAS:

• Can be operational within one hour of arriving at the deployment site.
• Can be disassembled and transported within less than an hour.
• Is capable of being operated by a crew of two Hungwe is transportable in one single commercial 4 x 4 vehicle.
• Overall dimensions of 3.0 m wingspan, 2.0 m (L) and 0.45 m (H) ensures portability and a small footprint.