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IAS designs, develops, and manufactures standard and customised UASs to meet specific missions or capabilities of Defence Agencies around the world.

The Viator Series UAS

A Brief Description

• Complete line of flying wing, all weather, all composite, multi-role and ISTAR UASs

• Portfolio of twelve models which are fully scalable without any changes to the design and manufacturing specifications, and having a wingspan from 1 to 12 metres, able to carry a payload of up to 3,440 pounds on missions up to 1,344 miles over 22 hours

• Second generation line of multi-role multi-mission UASs.

The first generation was developed in 2001 and purchased and leased by a number of US military and civilian governmental agencies beginning in 2002.

The Viator Series portfolio of UASs is a state-of-the-art Intelligence, Surveillance, Target Acquisition and Reconnaissance "ISTAR" System, with its sensors, cameras, and other payloads packaged within a highly efficient and stable carbon composite platform.

The Viator Series portfolio of UASs features an all composite, all weather, and blended wing airframe, "plug and play" payloads, ground command & control, and propulsion systems.

It supports multiple sensors and cameras for both military and civil applications.

The Viator UAS portfolio of twelve models are fully scalable. All twelve are produced from a single 3D design, without any changes to the design or manufacturing specifications, no matter the size. The models have a wingspan from 1 to 12 meters and are able to carry a payload of up to 3,440 pounds on missions up to 1,344 miles over 22 hours. They can loiter in a figure eight or oval pattern for long periods of time at speeds as low as 15 mph. This makes them superior to both manned and unmanned helicopters. They can operate from un-improved land surfaces and from various size ships.

The Viator Series UAS is a mature and proven system. The Viator Series UAS is a second generation line of multi-role multi-mission UASs. The first generation of this system, was designed in 2001. From 2002, it has been sold and/or leased to most all US government military and civilian organisations for missions in the United States.

The Viator Series UAS platform is a highly robust flying wing which supports high-speed aerial manoeuvres up to 42G as well as very slow fly-by speeds of 15 miles per hour for detailed low altitude reconnaissance.

The composite monocoque construction eliminates maintenance and corrosion while offering remarkable durability in all types of weather conditions.

The Viator Series UAS is highly compact. It can carry payloads two to three times its empty weight. It is cost effective to transport due to its compactness.

It is not subject to normal damage during transport because of its unified body construction.

The Viator Series UAS system features autonomous take-off and landing, multiple waypoint Satellite navigation, large data log capabilities, real-time in-flight telemetry, and programmable error handlers for loss of signal, loss of manual flight control, and/or loss of data link.

The Viator Series Ground Control Station, “GCS”, is built upon an “open systems” operating system architecture. This offers the user’s organisation the opportunity to modify the software to accommodate major changes in use or mission capability, without recourse to the manufacturer.

The GCS is a full function flight planning, management and flight control system for line of sight, beyond line of sight, autopilot, and autonomous operations. The GCS plans and manages complex mission assignments which may include swing mission sorties and the “swarming” of up to four UASs.

The Viator Series portfolio of UASs is designed to address a wide variety of military, civil and civilian applications. include territorial and border protection, search & rescue, law enforcement, fire detection/mapping/fighting, weather data collection, air sampling for chemical & biological warfare monitoring and nuclear remote sensing & monitoring, large crowd venue and crowd control, military, and commercial applications such as railway monitoring, oil & water detection, foliage density mapping, commercial security and aerial mapping, among others.

Meeting Defence Agency Requirements

• Mature and proven portfolio of UASs, the first generation of which was used by a large number of US agencies on missions which are extraordinarily wide ranging

• Portfolio of scalable UASs from 1 to 12 meters wingspan, offered in twelve standard models all of which have the same flying wing design, and each of which can carry a large variety of advanced plug and play sensors, cameras and propulsion systems. This offers Defence Agencies the ability to easily select a particular model from the portfolio, which matches the very specific needs of a mission, with little or no compromise

• Low cost of ownership, based on negligible costs for R&D, integration, repair, maintenance, support, training, and transport to theatre The Viator Series UAS comprises some twelve models of the most advanced UASs commercially available. This fleet of scalable UASs will satisfy most of the any Defence Agencie’s military and civil requirements today and well into the future. It supports ISTAR and territorial protection missions. It can operate across all the services satisfying a wide variety of mission requirements. The Viator Series UAS is perfectly suited to meet both the technical and budgetary requirements of Defence Agencies, today and into the future, especially during this period of austerity and asymmetric military missions. Viator satisfies the key tenets of “affordability” “buy-ability” and “capability”, offering a proven mature capability, very low cost of ownership and fast entry into theatre.

Features Recognised as Important to the Defence Agencies

(1) Mature fully featured UAS. The Viator Series is a second generation line of multi-role multi-mission UASs. The first generation was developed in 2001 and purchased and leased by a number of US military and civilian governmental agencies beginning in 2002 for a wide variety of missions requiring a number of different types of sensors and cameras. No R&D is required. Integration of plug and play payloads is simple. Mission specific UASs can be in service in one to three months.

(2) Scalability. All twelve models are simply scaled versions of a single design. This offers the MOD the ability to easily select a particular model from the portfolio, which matches the particular needs of a mission.

(3) Multi-Role. The Viator Series single portfolio of UASs can satisfy a variety of many different mission requirements across all services, Navy, Air Force, Army, Coast Guard, and Special Forces.

(4) Endurance. The UASs can fly for up to 22 hours, up to a height of 25,000 feet, day or night in all types of weather conditions and carry a payload of sensors and cameras weighing up to 3,440 pounds over 1,344 miles.

(5) Command and Control. The flights may be planned, managed and operated using “line of sight” or “beyond line of sight” communications or can be programmed for autonomous operations.

(6) Modularity and Plug & Play. All sensors, cameras, missiles, propulsion systems are completely plug & play modules. The sensors, cameras and other specialised equipment can be placed anywhere within the airframe, but if required can be attached to the outside surface in specialised pods or gimbals. The number of payloads is determined primarily by the capacity inside the airframe and then only to some extent by critical mission factors. The payloads can be easily integrated in the factory or in the field.

(7) Payloads. All sensors, cameras, and missiles are of the most advanced design and effectiveness and depending on capacity are available for use throughout the full range of our twelve models. Sensors and cameras include: mini-SAR, with a 2 inch resolution operating through clouds, rain, and other weather conditions; thermal, EO/IR, 3D, 360 degree, toxic and radiation detectors, target illumination, as well as other highly advanced systems.

(8) Life Cycle Costs. The blended wing monocoque carbon composite structure, the scalability of a single design in producing 12 models, and the modularity and plug and play characteristics of its payloads and propulsion systems, materially reduces the cost and time required for any additional R&D, payload integration, airframe repair, maintenance and support.

(9) Pilot Training. Because the airframe and command & control for the twelve models is relatively similar, a single basic pilot training regime applies across the line, excepting where specific complex missions are required.

(10) Compactness. The airframe wing is a very compact platform with extraordinarily high payload to empty weight ratios, from 3 to 1.

(11) Future Proof. The airframe is an all composite multi-role system that is more advanced than almost all commercially available airframes today. It offers almost unlimited mission possibilities in its range for the next twenty years.

(12) Operational Sovereignty. The airframe and command & control will be manufactured in the UK.

(13) Export Income. The export of the UASs to other countries is an option to recoup purchasing costs.

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