Overview
An unmanned combat aerial vehicle used for both intelligence, surveillance, target acquisition, and reconnaissance (ISTAR) and drone strike missions.
Key facts
- Payload
- 2,155 kg
- Reach
- —
- Speed
- 123.5 m/s
- Weight
- 4 kg
- IP rating
- —
- Battery
- —
- Power
- —
- Autonomy
- fully autonomous
- Launch year
- 2001
- Price
- —
- Status
- active
Detailed specifications
Safety & certifications1
- Safety Certification
- NATO STANAG 4671
Other9
- Applications
- humanitarian_assistance, border_enforcement, law_enforcement
- Max Speed Ms
- 123.5
- Datasheet Url
- https://www.ga-asi.com/pdf/mq9b-skyguardian-datasheet-032026.pdf
- Company Country
- US
- Navigation Type
- lidar_slam
- Deployment Notes
- Current operations include humanitarian assistance, law enforcement, and border enforcement. The UK's Royal Air Force will operate this aircraft as Protector RG Mk1.
- Industries Served
- defense, civil aviation
- Countries Available
- US, UK
- Additional Information
- - Estimated to have over 8 million flight hours support globally. - Features a revolutionary Lynx Multi-mode Radar and automatic takeoff/landing. - Designed to comply with civil airspace requirements. - Capable of various ISR operations including electronic warfare and anti-surface warfare. - Open architecture enables integration of advanced payloads.
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