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ThunderB® Long Endurance Tactical UAS

ThunderB® Long Endurance Tactical UAS

ThunderB® Long Endurance Tactical UAS

Product catalog summary
Overview
The ThunderB is a small, innovative, long endurance tactical UAV designed for tactical UAS operations. It offers capabilities typically found in larger UAVs, including automatic point launch and recovery, and short strip takeoff and landing. It is ideal for covert ISTAR missions due to its low acoustic and visual signature.

Specifications
  • Endurance: 16-24 hours, depending on payload
  • Operational Range: Over 100 km, extendable to 150 km
  • Best Operational Altitude: Up to 1,000m/3,000 ft. AGL
  • Ceiling: 5,000m/16,000 ft. ASL
  • MTOW: Approximately 24 kg
  • Payload Capacity: Up to 3.5 kg with full fuel

Payloads
The ThunderB supports various payloads, including:
  • EO/IR Payloads: Gimbaled, gyro-stabilized, CCD, IR, or dual sensor payloads with zoom and optional laser marker for high-quality imagery.
  • Mapping Payloads: Gimbaled, gyro-stabilized cameras for high-resolution mapping, including RGB and IR photogrammetric solutions.

Operational Missions
The ThunderB is suitable for a range of missions, including:
  • Covert ISTAR missions
  • Border protection
  • Force/convoy protection
  • Search and rescue
  • Security operations
  • Law enforcement
  • Disaster control and management
  • Commercial applications such as pipeline and power line monitoring, and on-demand mapping solutions

Contact Information
BlueBird Aero Systems Ltd.
8 Hamatechet St. Kadima, 60920, Israel
Tel: +972 9 8999335
Fax: +972 9 8999345
Email: [email protected]
Web: www.bluebird-uav.com
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Catalog excerpts

ThunderB® Long Endurance Tactical UAS-1

Long Endurance Tactical UAS 24h Endurance, Extraordinary Capabilities The ThunderB is a small, innovative, long endurance tactical UAV that creates a new niche in the tactical UAS arena providing extraordinary capabilities, previously found only in much larger UAV’s and featuring automatic point launch and recovery as well as short strip takeoff and landing capabilities. With its long endurance capability, its extended control range and it’s gimbaled and stabilized triple (CCD, cooled IR and laser pointer) sensor payload, the ThunderB is a perfect solution for long, covert, low acoustic and visual signature ISTAR (Intelligence, Surveillance, Target Acquisition and Reconnaissance) missions.

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Long Endurance Tactical UAS Operational Range Operational Missions ■ Long endurance and range covert ISTAR [Intelligence, Surveillance, Target Acquisition and Reconnaissance) missions ■ Disaster control and management operations ■ Pipelines and power lines monitoring ■ Mapping on demand photogrammetric solutions ■ EO/IR Payloads various three Gimbals, Gyro stabilized, CCD, IR or dual sensor payloads with zoom and optional laser marker, providing high quality imagery ■ Mapping payloads various Gimbaled, Gyro stabilized, Several MP RGB stills camera, Un-cooled IR stills camera or dual RGB/ IR photogrammetric...

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