Raytheon KillerBee. Specifications. A photo.

Raytheon KillerBee - American multi-purpose UAV for military and civilian purposes, was developed by «Raytheon».

Drone Raytheon KillerBee photo

UAV can be used for intelligence gathering, operated as a patrol and observation tools, used as a means of monitoring of the environment (ecological situation, fire setting, etc..), Etc. This unmanned aerial vehicle has worked very well in the military sphere, where the drone is actively used, and in the civil sphere, which allows the device to continue to be produced and to this day.

According to 2016 years, UAV Raytheon KillerBee model underwent a number of changes for the service in the Naval Forces of the USA, however, the actual production of it for this purpose only 2017 year is planned.

Unmanned aerial vehicle model Raytheon KillerBee has a sufficiently large size, especially when the length of its fuselage 3 meters 5 centimeters, the drone has a wingspan equal to 3 meters 52 centimeters, which causes some problems with the launch of the device, which is mainly due to a fairly large UAV weight, whereby, starting is performed using a pneumatic catapult while landing can be performed only on specially prepared sites, with a soft guard grid.

The power unit of the unmanned aerial vehicle Raytheon KillerBee model represented by a single piston engine, operating in pulsed mode, allowing you to be in the drone flight to 15 hours, at a maximum speed of its movement in 85 km \ h.

Specifications Raytheon KillerBee.

• Length: 3,05 m .;
• Wingspan: 3,52 m .;
• Height: 0,51 m .;
• Maximum takeoff weight: unknown;
• Cruising flight speed: 65 km \ h .;
• Maximum flight speed: 85 km \ h .;
• Maximum flight distance: 150 km .;
• Maximum flight height: 6100 m .;
• aircraft engine type: a piston;
• Powerplant: unknown;
• Power: unknown.

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