The KB4 pushes the envelope in UAS design, incorporating lessons learned during the development of earlier models of the Killer Bee. With a 10 foot wingspan and a gross weight of 136 pounds, the KB4 can carry 30 pounds of payload for up to 15 hours or, with its easily reconfigurable fuel tanks, the UAS can simultaneously carry multiple payloads ...

The KB4 pushes the envelope in UAS design, incorporating lessons learned during the development of earlier models of the Killer Bee. With a 10 foot wingspan and a gross weight of 136 pounds, the KB4 can carry 30 pounds of payload for up to 15 hours or, with its easily reconfigurable fuel tanks, the UAS can simultaneously carry multiple payloads ...

The Bat KB4 is a 10-ft unmanned aerial system intended for a wide range of tactical roles from surveillance to attack missions. The system consist of ramp launch/catapult and carrier trailer, three UAS, a net recovery system, fuel tanks, diesel generator, and a ground control station (GCS) operated by a crew of two persons.

Navy’s procurement are the Swift designed Killer Bee (KB4) and the Integrator by Insitu. The UAV-M must adequately launch and recover both of these FW UAV types. The design also requires that 12 larger rotorcraft UAVs be launched, recovered and stowed. The Boeing A-160 Hummingbird and the Northrop Grumman MQ-80 Fire Scout are in

The Northrop Grumman Bat (formerly Swift KillerBee) is a low flying unmanned air vehicle being developed for the US Air Force, United States Marine Corps, US Navy and the US Department of Homeland Security by Swift Engineering. Designed primarily as …

Swift’s KB4 has repeatedly demonstrated precision recovery into a net based system, reliable pneumatic launch events, and impressive flight qualities. Through the adaptation of a previously Swift tested vertical wire recovery system, an orderly, repeatable recovery event …

Royal Thai Air Force (RTAF) unveiled its domestic KB (Kamikaze Bomber) Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) family also known as "Kamikaze Drone" for first time at concluded the DronTech Asia 2024 show which held at Hall 12, IMPACT Exhibition and Convention Center, Bangkok, Thailand on 25-27 November 2024.

Military operations are assisted by the KB4 KillerBee Unmanned Aerial Vehicle, integrated with a Boeing-built Automatic Identification System (AIS) sensor and communications data link. Flying at 5,000 feet, the KillerBee with its AIS payload has increased the sensor coverage area 100 times over existing ship-based equipment.

The KB4 is designed for fully autonomous use in support of expeditionary forces. It packs into two major assemblies, a trailer/launcher and ground control station, both of which can be internally transported in the MV-22, CH-53, C-130, or in an ISO-20 standard shipping container.

2009年4月30日 · Raytheon says today it will continue to develop and sell new versions of the Killer Bee blended wing body unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) even after the design has been acquired and renamed by ...