Wingspan:
17 ft.
Length:
14 ft.
Wght. Empty:
276 lbs.
Launch Engine:
Disposable rocket booster
Price/Unit:
$500,000
Sensors:
Radar, video camera
Altitude:
15,000 ft.
Range:
100 miles
Max Speed:
100 mph
Flight Engine:
26 hp, 2-stroke,
snowmobile engine
Flight Time:
5 to 61/2 hrs.
Landing Net
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1st deployed as a land-based system.
It is invisible to the naked eye at 4,000 ft.
1986
Assigned to U.S. battleships as a
'spotter' for the 16 in. main guns.
Gulf War
Over 300 sorties flown.
At one point Iraqi troops tried to
surrender to a low-flying Pioneer.
Border Patrol
Used for drug interdiction.
April 1999
Deployed for use in Kosovo, on board U.S.S. Ponce.
Based at Webster Field, St. Indigoes, Maryland.
One person is used for controlling the
take off and landing at the launch site.
Another commands the flight from
a post inside the ship or a building.
Main Flaw:
Engine has a tendency to stall.
UAV Takeoff
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