MA THOR Mirage VTOL-STOL UAS

Intelligence, Surveillance & Reconnaissance UAS

Principal Missions
Emergency relief operations, Delivery of emergency medical supplies to inaccessible areas, Border patrol, Real-time situational tactical awareness, ISR, SAR support, Electronic countermeasures, Airborne radio relay, Fire detection.

  • BWB Hybrid VTOL-STOL Aircraft

    • Efficient BWB tail-less airframe configuration of low RCS and heat signatures of interest to MoDs.
    • Applications for surveillance military missions.
    • Low observability and VTOL-STOL characteristics.
    • MTOW of 100 kg and enhanced performance (range, endurance, and payload capacity) required by MoDs.
    • Redundant VTOL and STOL configuration for versatility landing capabilities.
    • Multi-mission multi-payload configuration for civilian applications (e.g., emergency medical & water supplies in remote areas, forest fire fighting, search and rescue support).

  • Innovations

    STOL capability for increased fuel efficiency at takeoff.

    Shipdeck tracking for autonomous landing.

    Patented thrust vectoring for accurate positioning.

    Foldable propellers and retractable landing gear.

    Folding wings save space on ship deck.

    Sensor data artificial intelligence (AI) processing.

Specifications

Wingspan: 7.5 m

Aircraft length: 1.7 m

MTOW: 100 kg

Payload: 25 kg

Operating speed: 150 km/h

Operating altitude: 4,500 m

Max. altitude: 9,000 m

(cruise flight mode)

Endurance: 6 hrs

Navigation and communications

UAV control through common automatic recovery system. Integrated airborne subsystem with omnidirectional and directional antennas.

Payload

Multi-sensor turret with FLIR EO-IR. Thermal imagery. Hyperspectral imagery.

Health Monitoring Sensors

Sensor suite including ice detection sensor, fuel sensors, and engine and transmission sensors.

Powerplant

Flat 4-stroke ic engine, generator, battery, 4 electric motors, and 4 proprotors. Supercharger. Diesel fuel.

Landing gear

Retractable landing gear.

Data link

LOS data link transmits near-real-time colour video and voice data.

SATCOM communications system.

GCS

Aircraft command and control software. Dual redundant architecture.

MA THOR Mirage Brochure

MA THOR Mirage Brochure

Note: This information is subject to change

and does not represent a contractual binding.