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BAE Systems Phoenix
Reconnaissance · Cold War (1970–1991)
The BAE Systems Phoenix was an all-weather, day or night, real-time surveillance Unmanned Air Vehicle. It had a twin-boom UAV with a surveillance pod, from which the imagery was data linked to a ground control station (GCS) that also controlled the aircraft in flight. It was the third generation of UAV in British Army service with the Royal Artillery after SD/1 and Canadair Midge.
Specifications
- Category
- Fixed Wing
- Sub-Category
- Reconnaissance
- Domain
- Defence
- Era
- Cold War (1970–1991)
- Engine
- Weslake Aero Engines WAE 342
- Thrust / Power
- 25 hp (19 kW)
- Wingspan (ft)
- 18
- MTOW (lb)
- 386
- Endurance (hr)
- 5 hours
- Service Ceiling (ft)
- 9000
- Max Speed (mph)
- 104