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Engineering teamed with the Raytheon Company, pursuing the STUAS/Teir
II competition with its Killer Bee UAS platform. The vehicle
has a 164 lbs maximum gross takeoff weight. It has a 10-foot
wingspan, delta-shaped blended wing body, carrying a 66 lbs
payload including sensors, mission payload and fuel. An 8 HP
engine is accelerating the Killer Bee onto a maximum speed or
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Over the target area it will slow to a loitering
speed of 55 kt, just above the 45 stall speed. At that speed,
typical endurance is about 15 hours. The operating ceiling surpasses
10,000 ft. Typical mission payload (excluding fuel) is 30 lbs.
The Killer Bee deploys from a launcher system integrated into
a trailer, and recovers by recovery net. The whole system fits
inside two ISO 20’ containers for transportation and shipment,
and can be transported inside an MV-22 or towed by a HMMWV.
The STANAG 4586 level 5 compatible ground control system offers
fully autonomous mission. The entire system is operated by a
crew of two or three, depending on the mission configuration.
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