AeroVironment RQ-11

AeroVironment RQ-11 Raven
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Type:	Reconnaissance drone
Design country:	United States
Manufacturer:	AeroVironment
First flight:	October 2001
Production time:	In series production since 2002
Number of pieces:	approx. 1300 (as of early 2005)

The AeroVironment RQ-11 Raven is a small unmanned aerial vehicle used by the US armed forces for tactical combat reconnaissance in urban environments . These declare the Raven as M iniature U nmanned A erial V ehicle (MUAV). The RQ-11, which is equipped with an electric motor , has to be thrown into the air by a person. The Raven, which sends infrared and night vision recordings in real time, either flies autonomously from predetermined waypoints via GPS or is controlled by ground control.

After the RQ-11 had proven itself in Iraq and Afghanistan , it was exported to various countries. In addition to the USA, she is now in service in Australia , Denmark , Estonia , Great Britain , Italy , Lebanon , the Netherlands , Spain and the Ukraine. In December 2016, an RQ-11B was intercepted over the territory of the self-proclaimed Lugansk People's Republic .

Technical specifications

Parameter	Data
length	1.13 m
span	1.31 m
Total mass	1.9 kg
Top speed	k. A.
Marching speed	97 km / h
Service ceiling	305 m
Range	approx. 10 km
Duration of use	about 80 minutes
drive	an Aveox 27/26/7-AV electric motor
Unit cost	RQ-11A: US $ 25,000 RQ-11B: US $ 35,000

Web links

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Individual evidence

1. ^ Defense Market Intelligence - Estonian Army orders Raven UAV ( Memento from July 15, 2014 in the Internet Archive ), October 31, 2012
2. ↑ Middle East Times - Lebanon gets Raven mini UAV from US ( Memento of March 27, 2009 in the Internet Archive ), May 12, 2009
3. ↑ ^{a b} RQ-11 Raven. In: globalsecurity.org. Accessed July 11, 2018 . 
4. ↑ US drone landed in Donbass - VIDEO. In: de.sputniknews.com. Retrieved February 12, 2017 .