SR-30 rotary UAV displayed in flight during the Farnborough Airshow 2010

The SR-30 UAS from the U.S. company Rotomotion, displayed in flight by Advanced UAV Technology (AUAVT), passing by the Farnborough control tower. This unmanned vehicle it was the first UAS to receive CAA permit to fly in non segregated airspace. It is powered by a gasoline engine. AUAVT plans to introduce another version based on the SR-30 called AT-30 with a dry weight of 7 kg, designed to carry more than half that weight – up to 4.5 kg of payload for more than three hours. (210 minutes). According to AUAVT it will be equipped with EO/IR payload, and despite the use of gasoline engine, its acoustic signature is only 55 dB at 50 meters.

The company offers a full line of Rotary UVS, carrying payloads from 4 to 700 kg on missions from less than an hour tomore than six hours. AT-10 is a small rotary wing UAV designed for surveillance missions. It can be configured with a large stabilized sensor payload. AUAVT offers a series of custom designed Rotary UAVs that can be designed for different missions, from a mini, back-packable electrically powered ‘whispering’ AT-10 ultra quiet helicopter (less than 40dB at 50 meters) carrying a 1.5 kg payload for up to 40 minutes to the AT-1000, shown below in the static area, carrying up to 350 kg payload on a 6.5 hour mission.

All systems are controlled with a computerized, hand held GCS offering ‘point and click’ routing, and joystick and touch screen operation for payload control. Video telemetry utilized IP based communications. Photos: Tamir Eshel

UAV aerial display, showing the SR30 and FanWing

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