Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs)

Silent Eyes Micro Unmanned Aerial Vehicle - Testing Successful

"The Raytheon Co., which has its Missile Systems division based in Tucson, Tuesday reported successful tests and demonstrations of its SilentEyes Micro Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) by ejecting it from an MQ-9 Predator pylon-mounted canister during tests at Edwards Air Force Base, Calif."

Source - Raytheon conducts tests on new UAV - 2004-08-03 - The Business Journal of Phoenix.

Also see the same story at Raytheon Tests SilentEyes(TM) Micro Unmanned Aerial Vehicle at Edwards AFB

'The tests, conducted in May and June, demonstrated the first capability toward removing a human from harm's way with a low-cost UAV, while delivering the same effectiveness. SilentEyes is designed to operate in close proximity to a potential target to collect clear images so an operator can make incontestable combat identification and target confirmation.

The test demonstration was managed by the U.S. Air Force Aeronautical Systems Center. General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. supported the flight testing. For the tests, SilentEyes was loaded in a canister magazine similar to the Raytheon AN/ALE-50 Towed Decoy launcher and was launched by the MQ-9 flight crew from the Predator Ground Control Station. Upon release, SilentEyes deployed its wings, flew autonomously and transmitted target images with its data link through the MQ-9 data link to the ground control station for video display and processing. SilentEyes was commanded via the MQ-9 to alternate waypoints and target locations. SilentEyes was configured with the Cloud Cap Technology Piccolo Plus flight computer and Raytheon's MicroLight (TM) data link.'

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