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A Finmeccanica Company<br />

SKY-X<br />

<strong>Sky</strong>-X


<strong>Sky</strong>-X<br />

The <strong>Sky</strong>-X UCAV Technology Demonstrator, conceived to test technologies relevant to a wide range of civil security missions, specially ground<br />

observation, surveillance and reconnaissance, had its ¬ first flight on May 2005. Since then different flights were carried out con¬firming operational<br />

performances in its full flight envelope and also demonstrating some key UAS functionalities, like: Auomatic Take Off and Landing, Synthetic<br />

Vision in support of bad visibility and emergency operation, Automatic Join Up with other aircraft and in-flight mission replanning. The <strong>Sky</strong>-X<br />

technology demonstrator was the first sophisticated UAV in Europe to fly over 1,000kg category.<br />

Dimensions<br />

Length<br />

Span<br />

Weights<br />

MTOW<br />

OEW<br />

Fuel<br />

Payload<br />

Performance<br />

Cruise speed<br />

Max Speed<br />

Ceiling<br />

7.8 m<br />

5.8 m<br />

1450 Kg<br />

1000 Kg<br />

200÷300 Kg<br />

150÷200 Kg<br />

260 Kts<br />

350 KCas<br />

30 Kft<br />

XD-001<br />

XD-001<br />

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