AT UMEX 2020, Insitu-Boeing introduces Integrator Extended Range (Integrator ER), an enhanced version of the Integrator unmanned aircraft system (UAS). The Integrator ER is designed to perform a range of missions including maritime patrol, search-and-rescue (SAR), signal intelligence (SIGNIT), intelligence gathering, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) and target designation missions.<\/p>\n
The Integrator Extended Range design has a 200-nautical mile radius with 10 hours on station, or 480 km with six hours on station, according to Insitu-Boeing. It has a length of 2.5 m and its wingspan is 4.9 m. It has a maximum takeoff weight (MTOW) of 65.8 kg.<\/p>\n
The Integrator ER is fitted with SATCOM BLOS extending the flight distance potential from industry-standard, line-of-sight ranges of 50-70 nm to BLOS ranges of 200-300 nm, delivering more tha 10 hours of time on target at 200 nm and six hours at 300 nm. Eliminating line-of-sight restrictions grants users access to previously unreachable targets, supporting greater information collection and better decision making.<\/p>\n
According to Insitu-Boein, thae Integrator ER allows users to save money by augmenting higher cost systems with a small UAS, which frees up the larger strike-capable unmanned assets to conduct more of the kinetic missions for which they were designed.<\/p>\n
Additionally, Integrator ER will put more eyes and ears in dangerous environments globally, giving troops on the ground a common operating picture that heightens their awareness and brings them home safely.<\/p>\n
Source: www.armyrecognition.com<\/p>\n