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Shadow 200Tdevelopment: Complete endurance: 4 hrs gross weight: 280 lbs mission: Tractor Version operation: Limited ceiling: 5791.2 ft 

 payload weight: 40 lbs  production: Under Way  propulsion: Piston range: 27 mi wingspan: 14 ft 

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Gun Launched Observation Vehicle (MLOV)development: Under Way endurance: 4 hrs gross weight: 40 lbs mission: Small Observation Vehicle operation: Limited ceiling: 6096 ft 

 production: Under Way  propulsion: Rotary range: 587 mi 

Advanced Ceramics Research

Manta Bdevelopment: Under Way endurance: 6 hrs gross weight: 52 lbs mission: Tactical Recon. ceiling: 4876.8 ft 

 payload weight: 15 lbs  production: Under Way  propulsion: Reverse Rotation Tractor Propeller  range: LOS mi wingspan: 8.75 ft Silver Foxdevelopment: R & D endurance: 10 hrs gross weight: 27 lbs mission: Expendable Surveillance 

ceiling: 3657.6 ft  payload weight: 5 lbs  production: Under Way  propulsion: Tractor Propeller  wingspan: 7.8 ft 

Aerocam

23 Fdevelopment: Complete endurance: 0.5 hrs gross weight: 20 lbs mission: Helicopter  operation: Limited ceiling: 2286 ft 

 payload weight: 6 lbs  production: Complete  propulsion: Piston range: 1 mi wingspan: 5.1 ft 60Fdevelopment: Complete 

endurance: 0.3 hrs gross weight: 40 lbs mission: Helicopter  

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operation: Limited ceiling: 2286 ft 

 payload weight: 20 lbs  production: Under Way  propulsion: Piston range: 2 mi wingspan: 7.7 ft 

Aerosonde North America (AeNA)

Aerosondedevelopment: Complete endurance: 50 hrs gross weight: 31 lbs mission: Coastal Surveillance operation: Deployed ceiling: 6400.8 ft 

 payload weight: 11 lbs  production: Under Way  propulsion: Electronic Fuel-Injectedrange: 1800 mi wingspan: 9.6 ft 

AeNA/Lockheed Martin

Unmanned Aircraft Systemsdevelopment: Under Way mission: Jointly Developing Small UAVs for US/International 

 propulsion: Electronic Fuel-Injected

AeroVironment

Hawkeyedevelopment: Under Way endurance: 0.5 hrs gross weight: 75 lbs mission: Critical Payload Delivery 

 payload weight: 55 lbs  propulsion: Air -Launched Glider

range: 48 mi wingspan: 7.2 ft Pointer (FQM-151A)development: Complete endurance: 1.5 hrs gross weight: 8 lbs mission: Surveil/Chemical Sensor  operation: Deployed USMC ceiling: 304.8 ft 

 payload weight: 2 lbs  production: Complete  propulsion: Battery range: 6 mi wingspan: 9 ft Pathfinder

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development: Complete endurance: 14 hrs gross weight: 480 lbs operation: Complete ceiling: 21336 ft 

 payload weight: 25 lbs  production: Complete  propulsion: Solar/Propeller  range: 108 mi wingspan: 100 ft Pathfinder Plusdevelopment: Complete endurance: 16 hrs gross weight: 700 lbs mission: High-alt., long durationoperation: Complete ceiling: 24384 ft 

 production: Complete 

 propulsion: Solar/Propeller  wingspan: 121 ft Black Widow/WASPdevelopment: Under Way endurance: 1 hrs gross weight: 0.4 lbs mission: Advance Recon ceiling: 304.8 ft 

 propulsion: D.C. Micro-Proprange: 1 mi wingspan: 1 ft 

Centeliosdevelopment: Under Way endurance: 96 hrs ceiling: 60000 ft 

 production: Under Way wingspan: 250 ft Centuriondevelopment: Under Way endurance: 14 hrs gross weight: 1300 lbs mission: High Altitude 

ceiling: 30480 ft  payload weight: 100 lbs  production: Under Way  propulsion: Solar  range: 200 mi wingspan: 206 ft Dragon Eyedevelopment: Complete endurance: 1 hrs gross weight: 5.7 lbs mission: Tactical R/S 

ceiling: 304.8 ft  production: Under Way  propulsion: Battery range: 3 mi 

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wingspan: 3.9 ft Global Observerdevelopment: Under Way endurance: 168 hrs gross weight: 10000 lbs mission: HALE Comm Relay/Remote Sensing ceiling: 19812 ft 

 payload weight: 1000 lbs  production: Under Way  propulsion: Liquid Hydrogen wingspan: 50 ft GLUAVdevelopment: Under Way endurance: 1 hrs gross weight: 1.5 lbs mission: ISR/ESM/ECM ceiling: 304.8 ft 

 production: Under Way 

 propulsion: Gun Launched range: 40 mi wingspan: 1.9 ft Hilinedevelopment: Under Way endurance: 48 hrs gross weight: 770 lbs mission: High alt., long-durationoperation: Demo 

 production: Under Way  propulsion: 1 x Akkerman reciprocating 

wingspan: 50 ft Heliosdevelopment: Complete endurance: 240 hrs gross weight: 1800 lbs mission: With Fuel Cells operation: Complete ceiling: 29523.84 ft 

 payload weight: 220 lbs  production: Complete  propulsion: Solar/Propeller  

range: 120 mi wingspan: 250 ft Hornetdevelopment: Under Way endurance: 0.1 hrs gross weight: 0.3 lbs mission: Micro Demonstrater  operation: Development 

 propulsion: 1 x 10W d.c. electric range: 0.2 mi wingspan: 1.3 ft 

Microbatdevelopment: Under Way mission: MAV Demonstrator  operation: Development 

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 propulsion: Electric Pumadevelopment: Under Way endurance: 4 hrs gross weight: 10 lbs mission: R/S ceiling: 500 ft 

 propulsion: 1 x 600W d.c. electric range: 6 mi wingspan: 9 ft Ravendevelopment: Under Way endurance: 1.5 hrs gross weight: 4.2 lbs mission: R/S ceiling: 500 ft 

 payload weight: 0.4 lbs  propulsion: 1 x 200W d.c. electric 

range: 6.2 mi wingspan: 4.5 ft Swiftendurance: 1.33 hrs gross weight: 6.1 lbs mission: R/S 

 propulsion: Electric range: 6 mi wingspan: 3.6 ft SkyTotedevelopment: R & D 

endurance: 1.3 hrs gross weight: 250 lbs mission: VTOL payload delivery ceiling: 3048 ft 

 propulsion: 1 x IC engine range: 235 mi wingspan: 8 ft Swift GU-11endurance: 0.8 hrs gross weight: 5.8 lbs mission: R/S 

ceiling: 304.8 ft  production: Production units in service with US Forces  propulsion: 2 x 200W d.c. electric range: 3 mi wingspan: 4 ft Waspdevelopment: In Development endurance: 1.8 hrs gross weight: 0.4 lbs mission: Micro demonstrator  ceiling: 91.44 ft 

 propulsion: 1 x 10W d.c. electric range: 0.2 mi wingspan: 1.2 ft 

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Alliant Tech/Mi-Tex

Outriderdevelopment: Complete endurance: 6 hrs gross weight: 500 lbs 

operation: Limited ceiling: 4572 ft  payload weight: 60 lbs  production: Complete  propulsion: Piston range: 108 mi wingspan: 13 ft 

Aurora Flight Systems

GoldenEye-OAV

development: Under Way endurance: 4 hrs gross weight: 150 lbs mission: One of Three Organic Air Vehicle-II Procurement Competitorsceiling: 3048 ft 

 payload weight: 20 lbs  propulsion: Ducted Fan VTOL wingspan: 9 ft Hunter IIdevelopment: Under Way endurance: 29 hrs gross weight: 2700 lbs mission: Multipurpose ceiling: 7620 ft 

 payload weight: 1000 lbs  propulsion: Turbojet range: 620 mi wingspan: 54 ft Perseus Bdevelopment: Under Way endurance: 6 hrs gross weight: 2500 lbs mission: Research 

ceiling: 19812 ft  payload weight: 110 lbs  propulsion: Piston range: 200 mi wingspan: 65 ft SkyWatchdevelopment: Under Way endurance: 32 hrs gross weight: 7900 lbs ceiling: 18897.6 ft 

 payload weight: 900 lbs 

 propulsion: Turboprop range: 250 mi wingspan: 114 ft 

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Chironendurance: 10 hrs gross weight: 5000 lbs mission: Marine/ atmospheric science ceiling: 6096 ft 

 propulsion: 2 x Continental I0360 wingspan: 38 ft Golden Eye 100endurance: 4 hrs gross weight: 150 lbs mission: Multipurpose ceiling: 3048 ft 

 propulsion: 1 x UAV Engines Ltd. AR 741 rotary wingspan: 10 ft Mars Flyerdevelopment: Flight Test endurance: 2 hrs gross weight: 238 lbs 

mission: Mars ARES program ceiling: 36576 ft 

 propulsion: No-engine gliderwingspan: 20.5 ft Theseusdevelopment: In Development endurance: 24 hrs gross weight: 7800 lbs mission: Multipurpose ceiling: 19812 ft 

 propulsion: 1 x ASE TPE331 

range: 6000 mi wingspan: 71.5 ft UCAV (1/4 Scale)development: Flight Test endurance: 0.17 hrs gross weight: 142 lbs mission: Tech. demonstrator  ceiling: 152.4 ft wingspan: 7 ft 

Autonmonus UAV

Boomerangdevelopment: Under Way endurance: 1 hrs gross weight: 20 lbs mission: Low Cost, Expendable Payload Development UAV ceiling: 3048 ft 

 payload weight: 5 lbs  propulsion: One-Cylider Pusher-Proprange: 85 mi wingspan: 7.25 ft 

BAE Systems

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VTOL MAVdevelopment: Concept endurance: 1 hrs gross weight: 17 lbs mission: MM/MR  ceiling: 1219.2 ft 

 payload weight: 1.5 lbs  propulsion: Ducted Fan VTOL wingspan: 3.5 ft VTOL OAVdevelopment: Concept endurance: 1.5 hrs gross weight: 140 lbs mission: MM/MR  ceiling: 3352.8 ft 

 payload weight: 22 lbs  propulsion: Ducted Fan VTOL wingspan: 5.8 ft 

VTOL TACdevelopment: Concept endurance: 1.5 hrs gross weight: 320 lbs mission: MM/MR  ceiling: 3657.6 ft 

 payload weight: 65 lbs  propulsion: Ducted Fan VTOL wingspan: 12.5 ft 

BAI Aerosystems

Evolutionendurance: 1 hrs gross weight: 7.5 lbs mission: Back -Packable Surveillanceceiling: 91.44 ft 

 production: In Production  propulsion: Electric range: 6 mi wingspan: 4 ft Isis

endurance: 12 hrs gross weight: 351 lbs mission: Long-Range Multimissionceiling: 4572 ft 

 payload weight: 75 lbs  production: Production-Ready propulsion: Rotary range: 2000 mi wingspan: 24 ft Javelindevelopment: Complete 

endurance: 2 hrs gross weight: 15 lbs mission: R/S 

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operation: Limited ceiling: 304.8 ft 

 payload weight: 0 lbs  production: Limited  propulsion: Piston range: 1 mi wingspan: 8 ft Porterdevelopment: Complete endurance: 4 hrs gross weight: 200 lbs operation: Limited ceiling: 1524 ft 

 payload weight: 50 lbs  production: Complete  propulsion: Piston range: 27 mi wingspan: 12 ft 

Terndevelopment: Complete endurance: 4 hrs gross weight: 125 lbs mission: ISR  operation: Limited ceiling: 3048 ft 

 payload weight: 25 lbs  production: Limited  propulsion: Piston range: 200 mi 

wingspan: 11.7 ft Pusher Ternendurance: 10 hrs gross weight: 180 lbs mission: Multipurpose/Recon ceiling: 3048 ft 

 production: In Production  propulsion: 1 x 240 cc, 2-stroke, 18 hp.range: 700 mi wingspan: 13.5 ft 

Bell

Eagle Eyedevelopment: Complete endurance: 6 hrs gross weight: 2250 lbs mission: Tilt Rotor  ceiling: 6096 ft 

 payload weight: 200 lbs  propulsion: Turbojet range: 800 mi 

wingspan: 24.2 ft 

Boeing

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Canard Rotor/Wingdevelopment: Under Way endurance: 3 hrs gross weight: 1800 lbs mission: Stopped Rotor  ceiling: 3048 ft 

 payload weight: 200 lbs  propulsion: Turboshaft range: 500 mi wingspan: 12 ft ScanEagle A-15development: Complete endurance: 15 hrs gross weight: 40 lbs mission: ISR  operation: Deployed ceiling: 4876.8 ft 

 production: Under Way 

wingspan: 10 ft X-45A Joint Unmanned Combat Air Systems (J-UCAS)gross weight: 10700 lbs mission: Mulitpurpose ceiling: 10668 ft 

 payload weight: 1500 lbs  propulsion: 1 x Honeywell F124-GA-100wingspan: 33.8 ft X-50A Dragonflydevelopment: Prototype gross weight: 1460 lbs 

 propulsion: 1 x WI F112, 1 x reaction drive rotor system wingspan: 12 ft 

Bostan

ARCQdevelopment: Under Way endurance: 3 hrs gross weight: 300 lbs mission: Rotating Lifting Surface ceiling: 304.8 ft 

 payload weight: 15 lbs  propulsion: Turbojet range: 30 mi wingspan: 5 ft 

Carolina Unmanned Vehicles

SLURSdevelopment: Under Way endurance: 1 hrs gross weight: 10 lbs 

ceiling: 152.4 ft  payload weight: 2 lbs  propulsion: Battery 

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range: 5 mi wingspan: 5 ft 

Daedalus

Dakota/Truck 

development: Complete endurance: 3 hrs gross weight: 133 lbs operation: Limited ceiling: 4572 ft 

 payload weight: 50 lbs  production: Complete  propulsion: Piston range: 120 mi wingspan: 12.7 ft STF-9Adevelopment: Complete endurance: 5 hrs gross weight: 220 lbs mission: Tilt Wing ceiling: 6096 ft 

 payload weight: 50 lbs  propulsion: Rotary range: 250 mi wingspan: 12.7 ft 

Dara-Aviation

D-1Adevelopment: Complete gross weight: 75 lbs mission: Endurance 

 payload weight: 12 lbs 

Dragonfly

DP4development: Complete 

endurance: 1 hrs gross weight: 140 lbs mission: Helicopter  operation: Limited ceiling: 2133.6 ft 

 payload weight: 30 lbs  production: Under Way  propulsion: Piston range: 1 mi wingspan: 8.5 ft 

DRS Unmanned Technologies

Sentry HPdevelopment: Under Way 

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endurance: 5 hrs gross weight: 325 lbs ceiling: 3048 ft 

 payload weight: 75 lbs  propulsion: Piston wingspan: 12.8 ft Neptunedevelopment: Under Way endurance: 3 hrs gross weight: 130 lbs mission: Recon./ surv./ target ceiling: 2438.4 ft 

 payload weight: 20 lbs  propulsion: Piston range: 40 mi wingspan: 7 ft 

D-Star

D'Humbugdevelopment: Under Way endurance: 4 hrs gross weight: 150 lbs mission: Rotor -In-Wingceiling: 5486.4 ft 

 payload weight: 25 lbs  propulsion: Piston range: 27 mi wingspan: 6.5 ft 

ERV Group

Reapermission: Rotary 

 payload weight: 110.2 lbs 

Freewing/Scaled Composites

35

development: Complete endurance: 2 hrs gross weight: 75 lbs mission: Tilt Wing ceiling: 1524 ft 

 payload weight: 20 lbs  propulsion: Piston range: 108 mi wingspan: 9.8 ft 100-50 (Scorpion)development: Complete endurance: 4 hrs gross weight: 383 lbs mission: Tilt Wing ceiling: 4572 ft 

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 payload weight: 57 lbs  propulsion: Piston range: 108 mi wingspan: 16.1 ft 

Frontier Systems

Arrowdevelopment: Under Way endurance: 36 hrs gross weight: 14000 lbs ceiling: 21336 ft 

 payload weight: 500 lbs  propulsion: Turbofan range: 120 mi wingspan: 115.3 ft Hummingbird A160development: Under Way endurance: 48 hrs gross weight: 4000 lbs mission: Multirole ceiling: 30000 ft 

 payload weight: 1000 lbs  production: Under Way  propulsion: Piston range: 2500 mi wingspan: 36 ft Shadowdevelopment: Under Way 

endurance: 12 hrs gross weight: 3500 lbs ceiling: 15240 ft 

 payload weight: 200 lbs  propulsion: Turbofan wingspan: 65 ft 

General Atomics Aeronautical Systems

Altairdevelopment: Under Way endurance: 30 hrs gross weight: 7200 lbs mission: HALE/Scientific Research ceiling: 15849.6 ft 

 payload weight: 660 lbs  propulsion: Turboprop wingspan: 86 ft Altus-2 DTdevelopment: Under Way endurance: 6 hrs gross weight: 1600 lbs 

mission: High-Altitude Scientific Researchoperation: Limited ceiling: 19812 ft 

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 payload weight: 300 lbs  propulsion: Piston range: 300 mi wingspan: 55.3 ft Altus-1 STdevelopment: Complete endurance: 30 hrs gross weight: 1600 lbs mission: Research operation: Limited ceiling: 13716 ft 

 payload weight: 300 lbs  production: Complete  propulsion: Piston range: 250 mi wingspan: 55.3 ft Gnatdevelopment: Complete 

endurance: 40 hrs gross weight: 1125 lbs mission: R/S operation: Deployed ceiling: 6096 ft 

 payload weight: 140 lbs  production: Complete  propulsion: Piston range: 250 mi wingspan: 35.3 ft Prowler I

development: Complete endurance: 6 hrs gross weight: 200 lbs ceiling: 6400.8 ft 

 payload weight: 50 lbs  propulsion: Rotary range: 140 mi wingspan: 18 ft 

Geneva Aerospace

Dakotadevelopment: Complete endurance: 4.5 hrs gross weight: 208 lbs mission: Surveillance/Sensor Test operation: Deployed ceiling: 3657.6 ft 

 payload weight: 50 lbs  production: Under Way  propulsion: Piston range: 170 mi 

wingspan: 15.6 ft 

Insitu Group

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SeaScandevelopment: Complete endurance: 15 hrs gross weight: 39.7 lbs mission: ISR/Communications operation: Deployed ceiling: 23000 ft 

 payload weight: 1.3 lbs  production: Under Way  propulsion: Pneumatic Catapult Piston Pusher -Proprange: 900 mi wingspan: 9.8 ft GeoRangerdevelopment: Complete endurance: 15 hrs gross weight: 41.9 lbs mission: Long-dur./ remote sensingceiling: 16400 ft 

 payload weight: 15.4 lbs  production: Complete  propulsion: 1 x Modellmotoren 3W-24i, gasolinewingspan: 10.2 ft ScanEagledevelopment: Complete endurance: 15 hrs gross weight: 39.7 lbs mission: Long dur./ ISR  ceiling: 16400 ft 

 payload weight: 13.2 lbs 

 production: Complete  propulsion: 1 x Modellmotoren 3W-24i, gasolinewingspan: 10.2 ft 

Kaman Aviation

K-MAX Burrodevelopment: Complete endurance: 10 hrs gross weight: 2948 lbs mission: Broad-Area Unmanned Rapid Resupply

operation: Deployed ceiling: 8839.2 ft 

 production: Under Way  propulsion: Single Engine Twin Rotor  range: 300 mi wingspan: 14.73 ft 

Lew Aerospace

Inventus-edevelopment: Complete 

endurance: 2 hrs gross weight: 6 lbs mission: Flying Wing-R/S

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ceiling: 3048 ft  payload weight: 12 lbs  production: Under Way  propulsion: Electric range: 90 mi wingspan: 63 ft Inventus-S1development: Under Way endurance: 30 hrs gross weight: 25 lbs mission: Flying Wing R/S ceiling: 3048 ft 

 payload weight: 75 lbs  propulsion: Piston range: 2000 mi wingspan: 12 ft 

Lockheed-Martin

Desert Hawk development: Complete endurance: 1 hrs gross weight: 7 lbs mission: ISR  operation: Deployed ceiling: 152.4 ft 

 production: Under Way  propulsion: Electric range: 6 mi 

wingspan: 4.3 ft 

Mi-Tex

Backpack development: Complete endurance: 1 hrs gross weight: 25 lbs mission: R/S ceiling: 1524 ft 

 payload weight: 4 lbs  propulsion: Piston range: 5 mi wingspan: 3 ft Vixenendurance: 4 hrs gross weight: 200 lbs ceiling: 4572 ft 

 payload weight: 50 lbs  propulsion: Rotary range: 50 mi wingspan: 9.2 ft 

MLB

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BATdevelopment: Complete endurance: 6 hrs gross weight: 15 lbs mission: Surveillance operation: Deployed ceiling: 2743.2 ft 

 payload weight: 4 lbs  production: Under Way  propulsion: Piston range: 180 mi wingspan: 5 ft 

Nascent Technology

AHMMH-1development: Complete endurance: 3 hrs gross weight: 16 lbs mission: Autonomous Highly Maneuverable Miniature Helicopter  ceiling: 1524 ft 

 payload weight: 2 lbs  production: Under Way  propulsion: Piston range: 3 mi wingspan: 5 ft 

Neural Robotics Inc. (NRI)

AutoCopterdevelopment: Complete endurance: 0.5 hrs mission: R/S operation: Deployed ceiling: 2133.6 ft 

 payload weight: 15 lbs  production: Complete  propulsion: Piston wingspan: 6 ft 

Northrop Grumman Ryan

BQM-74Cdevelopment: Complete endurance: 1 hrs gross weight: 514 lbs operation: Deployed ceiling: 9144 ft 

 payload weight: 173 lbs  production: LRIP  propulsion: Turbojet range: 200 mi wingspan: 5.8 ft RQ-8B Firescout

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development: Flight Test endurance: 8 hrs gross weight: 3150 lbs mission: Tactical VTOL operation: Deployed ceiling: 6096 ft 

 production: LRIP  propulsion: Piston range: 126 mi wingspan: 27.5 ft Global Hawk (RW-4A)development: Under Way endurance: 35 hrs gross weight: 25600 lbs mission: R/S operation: Deployed ceiling: 19812 ft 

 payload weight: 1900 lbs 

 propulsion: Turbofan range: 12000 mi wingspan: 116.2 ft Global Hawk (RQ-4B)development: Under Way endurance: 36 hrs gross weight: 25600 lbs mission: R/S/SIGINT/ELINT ceiling: 18288 ft 

 propulsion: Turbofan range: 12000 mi 

wingspan: 10.9 ft Sea Ferretdevelopment: Complete gross weight: 150 lbs ceiling: 6096 ft 

 payload weight: 30 lbs  propulsion: Turbojet range: 160 mi wingspan: 6 ft Starbirddevelopment: Complete 

endurance: 4 hrs gross weight: 380 lbs ceiling: 5181.6 ft 

 payload weight: 50 lbs  propulsion: Rotary range: 108 mi wingspan: 17.3 ft Scarabdevelopment: Complete endurance: 2 hrs gross weight: 2370 lbs 

ceiling: 13106.4 ft  payload weight: 290 lbs  production: Complete  propulsion: Turbojet 

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range: 500 mi wingspan: 11 ft X-47Bdevelopment: Complete endurance: 12 hrs gross weight: 5500 lbs mission: Multipurpose ceiling: 30000 ft 

 payload weight: 4500 lbs  production: Complete  propulsion: 1 x PWC JT15-D 5Cwingspan: 27.7 ft 

Northrop Grumman Ryan/Schweizer

Model 330development: Under Way endurance: 110 hrs gross weight: 200 lbs operation: Piston 

 payload weight: 27 lbs  propulsion: 1100 range: 20000 mi wingspan: 5 ft 

NRL

Flyrtdevelopment: Complete

 endurance: 5 hrs gross weight: 72 lbs operation: Limited ceiling: 609.6 ft 

 payload weight: 25 lbs  production: Complete  propulsion: Battery range: 4 mi wingspan: 8 ft Senderdevelopment: Complete endurance: 2 hrs gross weight: 10 lbs operation: Limited ceiling: 1524 ft 

 payload weight: 3 lbs  production: Complete  propulsion: Battery range: 50 mi wingspan: 4 ft Swallowdevelopment: Under Way 

endurance: 2 hrs gross weight: 62 lbs ceiling: 9144 ft 

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 payload weight: 10 lbs  propulsion: Battery range: 60 mi wingspan: 15 ft 

Orion

Seabatdevelopment: Under Way endurance: 4 hrs gross weight: 200 lbs mission: Tail-Sitterceiling: 3048 ft 

 payload weight: 50 lbs  propulsion: Rotary range: 108 mi wingspan: 10 ft 

Proxy Aviation Systems

SkyWatcherdevelopment: Under Way endurance: 30 hrs gross weight: 3200 lbs mission: MALE ISR  ceiling: 7315.2 ft 

 payload weight: 650 lbs wingspan: 31 ft 

Pusher Development Corp.

FET-100 Integral UAVdevelopment: Under Way gross weight: 2000 lbs mission: MM/MR  ceiling: 13716 ft 

 payload weight: 250 lbs  propulsion: FADEC Turbodesel wingspan: 29.5 ft 

RotoMotion Inc.

SR-20development: Complete endurance: 0.4 hrs gross weight: 16 lbs mission: Mini-Helicopter Surveillanceoperation: Deployed 

 payload weight: 5 lbs  production: Under Way 

 propulsion: Electric range: 0.5 mi wingspan: 5.3 ft SR-100

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development: Complete endurance: 2 hrs gross weight: 55 lbs mission: Mini-Helicopter Surveillanceoperation: Deployed 

 payload weight: 20 lbs  production: Under Way  propulsion: Electric or Piston range: 0.5 mi wingspan: 6.25 ft SR-200development: Complete endurance: 4 hrs gross weight: 105 lbs mission: Small VTOL-Surveillanceoperation: Deployed 

 payload weight: 50 lbs  production: Under Way 

 propulsion: Piston range: 5 mi wingspan: 10 ft 

SAIC/American Sportcopter

Vigilante 496development: Complete endurance: 5 hrs gross weight: 1100 lbs mission: M/UAV VTOL-RTA-A

ceiling: 3657.6 ft  payload weight: 300 lbs  production: Under Way  propulsion: Piston range: 120 mi wingspan: 23 ft Vigilante 502development: Complete endurance: 8 hrs gross weight: 1100 lbs mission: UAV-Only VTOL-RTA-A

ceiling: 3962.4 ft  payload weight: 150 lbs  production: Under Way  propulsion: Piston wingspan: 23 ft 

Scaled Composites

Raptordevelopment: Complete gross weight: 1750 lbs 

mission: VTOL-S/R/Comm. Relay payload weight: 650 lbs  propulsion: Piston 

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wingspan: 13.4 ft Model 395development: Under Way endurance: 3 hrs gross weight: 15800 lbs mission: Multipurpose ceiling: 55000 ft 

 payload weight: 6500 lbs  production: Under Way  propulsion: 2 x WI FJ44-3Awingspan: 78.6 ft Model 396development: Under Way endurance: 34 hrs gross weight: 15000 lbs mission: Multipurpose ceiling: 65000 ft 

 payload weight: 22900 lbs 

 production: Under Way  propulsion: 1 x PW545 wingspan: 88.6 ft Proteusdevelopment: Complete endurance: 3 hrs gross weight: 12500 lbs mission: Recon./ scientific ceiling: 63245 ft 

 payload weight: 20000 lbs  production: Complete 

 propulsion: 2 x Williams-Rolls FJ44-2E turbofanrange: 3000 mi wingspan: 78 ft 

Sikorsky

Cypher IIdevelopment: Complete endurance: 3 hrs gross weight: 250 lbs mission: Ducted Rotor -S/R

ceiling: 2438.4 ft  payload weight: 50 lbs  propulsion: Rotary range: 36 mi wingspan: 6.5 ft 

Schweizer Aircraft

Argus 300development: Complete endurance: 2 hrs 

gross weight: 1750 lbs mission: VTOL-S/R/Comm. Relayoperation: Deployed 

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 payload weight: 650 lbs  production: Under Way  propulsion: Piston wingspan: 13.4 ft 

Theiss Aviation

Ferretdevelopment: Complete gross weight: 5 lbs mission: S/R -Aceiling: 2438.4 ft 

 payload weight: 1.5 lbs  production: Limited  propulsion: Electric wingspan: 3.3 ft Photo Link Accessdevelopment: Complete gross weight: 5.2 lbs mission: S/R  ceiling: 2438.4 ft 

 production: Limited  propulsion: Electric range: 43 mi wingspan: 1.75 ft Non Combatent Super Ferretdevelopment: Complete 

 production: Limited  propulsion: Electric 

Tactical Informationdevelopment: Under Way gross weight: 8 lbs mission: S/R -A; MAV-S/Rceiling: 7315.2 ft 

 payload weight: 4 lbs  propulsion: Electric wingspan: 7.5 ft Tarzan TD-1cdevelopment: Complete gross weight: 150 lbs 

mission: S/R  ceiling: 4267.2 ft 

 payload weight: 105 lbs  production: Under Way  propulsion: Piston range: 215 mi wingspan: 18 ft 

Thorpe SeeOp

P-10

development: Complete mission: S/R  operation: Deployed 

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 payload weight: 50 lbs  production: Under Way wingspan: 16.7 ft P-40development: Complete mission: S/R  

 payload weight: 50 lbs  production: Under Way  propulsion: Pusher Prop wingspan: 10 ft P-4000development: Under Way 

 propulsion: Canister -LaunchedP-7108/7108Vdevelopment: Complete endurance: 2 hrs gross weight: 40 lbs mission: S/R/Trainer  

ceiling: 1524 ft  payload weight: 10 lbs  production: Under Way  propulsion: Piston range: 5 mi wingspan: 8.5 ft 

Advanced Aerospace

RM-2 Spinwingdevelopment: Under Way 

gross weight: 110 lbs mission: Counterrotating Stop Rotor  

 propulsion: Electric TS-2000development: Complete endurance: 4 hrs gross weight: 1000 lbs mission: S/R  ceiling: 1524 ft 

 payload weight: 400 lbs  production: Under Way 

 propulsion: Piston range: 27 mi wingspan: 27 ft 

Vought Aircraft

Kingfisher IIdevelopment: Under Way mission: Seaplane-ASW/AMW/S/R

 payload weight: 2500 lbs  propulsion: Turbine 

Victory Systems

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Mini-UAVdevelopment: Complete endurance: 1 hrs mission: Variable Sizes-ISRoperation: Deployed 

 payload weight: 1 lbs  production: Under Way  propulsion: Electric range: 5 mi wingspan: 2 ft 

Yahama

RMAX Type II/Type II-Gdevelopment: Complete endurance: 1 hrs gross weight: 207 lbs mission: VTOL - Agricultural Sprayingoperation: Deployed 

 payload weight: 68.2 lbs  production: Under Way  propulsion: Piston range: 500 mi wingspan: 21 ft 

Accurate Automation Corp.

ALAMMdevelopment: In Development

 endurance: 2 hrs gross weight: 240 lbs mission: Multimission ceiling: 12192 ft 

 propulsion: Turbojet range: 1000 mi wingspan: 4.8 ft GLOVendurance: 4 hrs gross weight: 40 lbs mission: R/S ceiling: 6096 ft 

 production: Entering Production  propulsion: Rotary range: 365 mi wingspan: 4.7 ft X-43A-LSdevelopment: Flight Test endurance: 0.75 hrs gross weight: 180 lbs mission: Hypersonics ceiling: 3048 ft 

 propulsion: Turbojet wingspan: 7.1 ft 

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Brandebury Tool Co.

FoxCarendurance: 10 hrs gross weight: 350 lbs mission: Trng./ long-duration/ recon.

ceiling: 3657.6 ft  production: In production  propulsion: 1 x 340 cc, heavy fuel or 2-strokerange: 900 mi wingspan: 21 ft Scytheendurance: 6 hrs gross weight: 14 lbs mission: Multipurpose/ recon. ceiling: 3657.6 ft 

 production: Airframe in production  propulsion: 1 x 10 cc, MoGas range: 750 mi wingspan: 6 ft 

Freewing

Scorpion 60endurance: 2 hrs gross weight: 83 lbs mission: Multipurpose ceiling: 5000 ft 

 propulsion: 1 x 12 hp. reciprocating wingspan: 9.8 ft 

ISL Inc., Bosch Aerospace Div.

ACEendurance: 24 hrs gross weight: 4000 lbs mission: Radio relay/ recon. ceiling: 7500 ft 

 propulsion: 1 x 220 hp. reciprocating wingspan: 38 ft

 Auto Blimpendurance: 14 hrs gross weight: 3060 lbs mission: Advertising ceiling: 5000 ft 

 propulsion: 2 x Rotax 912, 4-cycle, 80 hp.range: 60 mi wingspan: 34 ft BUAVgross weight: 12 lbs mission: Surveillance 

 propulsion: 1 x electric wingspan: 12 ft Lears 4

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endurance: 14 hrs gross weight: 120 lbs mission: Reconnaissance/ research ceiling: 14000 ft 

 payload weight: 60 lbs  propulsion: 1 x 70 cc, reciprocating range: 700 mi wingspan: 16 ft Sass Liteendurance: 24 hrs gross weight: 2100 lbs mission: Multimission ceiling: 6500 ft 

 payload weight: 400 lbs  propulsion: 2 x Rotax 912, 4-cycle, 80hp.range: 60 mi wingspan: 28 ft Wasp

endurance: 5 hrs gross weight: 10 lbs mission: Reconnaisance ceiling: 7500 ft 

 propulsion: 1 x 10 cc. range: 30 mi wingspan: 7 ft 

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