1. Sperwer Tactical
Unmanned Air Vehicle,
France

2. CONTENT
 INTRODUCTION
 DEVELOPMENT
 VEHICLE
 CONTROL
 PAYlOADS

3. INTRODUCTION
 Sperwer B (Sparrow Hawk B) is a long-
endurance tactical unmanned air vehicle
and a variant of the Sperwer A (formerly
called Sperwer).
 Sperwer B can be used for long-endurance
missions such as battlefield surveillance, as a
communications relay or be armed for
combat missions.

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5. DEVELOPMENT
 A prototype interim design version first flew at the Mourmelon range
in 2001 and the first flight of the Sperwer B was in 2004.
 Compared to the current Sperwer A, the B version has twice the
payload capacity, 100kg for Sperwer B and 50kg for Sperwer A, and
twice the endurance, 12 hours for Sperwer B compared to six hours
for Sperwer A.
 A series of endurance test flights were successfully completed at
the Robonic Arctic test UAV flight centre in Kemijarvi in Finland
during 2006.

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7. VEHICLE
 The Sperwer B is of similar construction to the Sperwer A and uses a
similar fuselage design.
 The air vehicle has distinctive double delta wings with clipped tips.
 Swept canards are installed on the fuselage nose.
 Take-off and landing of the air vehicle is fully automated with
catapult launch from the Sperwer pneumatic launcher and a
conventional automated landing with parachute and airbags.
 The MC2555LLR launcher is supplied by Robonic Ltd of Tampere,
Finland.

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9. CONTROL
 Sperwer B has an advanced digital avionics suite with digital Ku
band (15GHz) datalink with a range of 200km, transponder / IFF
mode 3C and a VHF relay with air traffic control (ATC).
 Sperwer B is fully compatible with the Sperwer A mobile ground
control station.
 Two air vehicles can be controlled simultaneously from a single
ground station.
 The ground station is provided with advanced technologies
including 3D mission planning, geographical information system
and connection and interoperability with C4I networks.

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11. PAYIOADS
 The system has embedded sensor to shooter capability. The double
delta wings can be fitted with under-wing pylons that can carry a
payload of 60kg (30kg each).
 The lightweight pylons can carry rockets or air-launched missiles.
 Weapon payloads could include the Rafael Spike-LR anti-tank missile
and the Bonus munition from Nexter / BAE Systems Bofors.
 Spike-LR has a range of 4,000m and fibre-optic / imaging infrared
guidance.
 Bonus is a 155mm munition with two sensor-fused submunitions and a
range up to 35km.

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13. REFERNCE
 http://www.army-
technology.com/projects/sperwer-uav/
 http://www.army-
technology.com/projects/sperwer-
uav/sperwer-uav1.html
 http://www.army-
technology.com/projects/sperwer-
uav/sperwer-uav2.html

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