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Type (Muster)
Large tactical UAV (großes, taktisches unbemanntes Fluggerät)
Country (Land)
Switzerland (Schweiz)
Manufacturer (Hersteller)
RUAG Aerospace
Seetalstrasse 175
6032 Emmen
Switzerland
Phone: 0041-412/684111
Fax: 0041-412/682024
Internet: www.ruag.com
General (Allgemeine Angaben)
Crew (Besatzung): 0
Power plant (Antrieb): 1 x 4-cylinder 4-stroke engine with fuel injection
Power (Leistung): not known
Dimensions (Abmessungen)
Length (Länge): 7,11 m
Height (Höhe): 1,50 m
Span (Spannweite): 9,48 m
Weights (Massen)
Paylaod (Nutzlast): up to 150 kg
Fuel (Kraftstoff): ca. 190 l
Max. take-off weight (Startmasse): up to 500 kg
Performance (Flugleistungen)
Max. speed (Höchsgeschwindigkeit): 240 km/h
Service ceiling (Dienstgipfelhöhe): over 6000 m (20000 ft)
Endurance (Flugdauer): up to 20 hrs
Operating range with line of sight control: up to 200 km
Operating range with SatCom control: up to 1300 km
Costs (Kosten)
No details available.
Customers (Kunden)
None yet. The Super Ranger development is financed by RUAG.
Remarks (Bemerkungen)
According to RUAG, the Super Ranger fills the gap between tactical systems and MALE (Medium Altitude Long Endurance) UAVs. It offers economical operation and performance matching About 70 per cent that of a MALE, says RUAG. Costs were claimed to be in an even lower range than those of today's tactical systems. Technical features of the Super Ranger include:
- two payload compartments (nose and mid-fuselage) with a total useful load of up to 150 kg. This allows the Super Ranger to concurrently carry an SAR (Synthetic Aperture Radar), electro-optical payload (TV/FLIR), and a further two sensor devices
- sophisticated de-icing system and lightning strike protection
- reduced radar signature
- a “zero visibility” auto landing and take-off system. The Super Ranger combines the benefits of its predecessor (start from catapult, landing on unprepared surfaces with landing skids) with a new retractable landing gear for take-off and landing on concrete runways.
- satellite data link as an option
- “see & avoid” sensor
The Super Ranger is built in accordance with the new international USAR (UAV Systems Airworthiness Requirements) standards.
History (Geschichte)
RUAG Aerospace released first details of the new Super Ranger in May 2007. It then presented a model of the successor of the Ranger UAV at the Paris Air Show, in June 2007. At that time it was said that construction of two prototypes will begin in the summer of 2007 and a first flight will be achieved by mid-2008.
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