AUSA 2017: Redkite-I soars to final testing
A new wide-area sensor payload developed for Insitu’s Integrator UAS is expected to complete final testing this year, paving the way for operators to begin fielding the system.
Logos Technologies new Redkite-I product – an evolution of the lightweight podded Redkite – offers wide-area motion imagery for intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) missions.
The sensor payload can provide a 1km diameter coverage area while the Integrator flies at 3,000ft. That is increased to a 4km diameter area if the UAS flies at 12,000ft.
Alan Murdoch, vice president of international programmes at Logos Technologies, told Shephard that final testing would take
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