Platform 03 · AIR // MALE ISR
AEGIS MALE
Twenty-three-plus hours of endurance and a 3,680 km range on a rugged Medium-Altitude Long-Endurance airframe — intelligence, persistence, advantage.
Overview
Long-Endurance MALE UAS — ISR, Surveillance, Reconnaissance
AEGIS MALE combines long-endurance ISR performance with a field-proven MALE airframe. Built for maritime patrol, border surveillance and wide-area reconnaissance, it delivers over 23 hours of endurance, a 3,680 km range and a stabilised EO/IR sensor suite with laser rangefinder — all on a fully autonomous flight-control system with automatic take-off and landing. Mission-configurable hardpoints and a swappable payload bay let operators tailor each sortie to reconnaissance, signals intelligence or specialised payload requirements.
Technology
MALE persistence
Twenty-three-plus hours of endurance with a 30-minute reserve, on a 1,200 kg MTOW composite airframe.
Denied-environment navigation
Anti-jam and anti-spoof architecture for GNSS-denied operation, with Iridium SATCOM backup.
Swappable payload bay
EO/IR, laser rangefinder, SIGINT/SAR pod, LiDAR and SATCOM — configured per sortie.
Capabilities
- 23+ hours on station, 3,680 km on internal fuel
- Fully autonomous take-off, landing and mission execution
- Mission-configurable hardpoints for EO/IR, SAR, SIGINT, LiDAR
- Redundant avionics — dual autopilot channels
- GNSS-denied dead-reckoning and anti-jam / anti-spoof operation
- Iridium SATCOM backup and ballistic parachute recovery
- Composite carbon airframe, −40°C to +50°C
- Portable rugged laptop GCS or mobile 20-ft container GCS
Featured use cases
Maritime patrol
Persistent coverage of exclusive economic zones, shipping lanes and coastal approaches.
Contact SalesBorder surveillance
Long-endurance observation of remote corridors, crossings and vulnerable approaches.
Contact SalesWide-area reconnaissance
Multi-sensor collection over large areas with SATCOM-backed connectivity.
Contact SalesSpecifications
Indicative configuration
Specifications are preliminary product-development targets unless identified as contractual. Final performance depends on selected sensors, configuration and operating conditions.
| Endurance | 23+ hrs (30-min reserve) |
| Range | 3,680 km (30-min reserve) |
| Useable payload | Up to 300 kg (reduced-endurance config) |
| MTOW / empty weight | 1,200 kg / 770 kg |
| Cruise / max speed | 160 / 220 km/h |
| Service ceiling | 7,000 m |
| Wingspan / length / height | 18.7 m / 8.7 m / 2.8 m |
| Wing area | 15.6 m² |
| Hardpoints | 2 standard, expandable to 4 |
| Optical sensor | 30× optical zoom Full HD (1080p/60); 1024×768 thermal LWIR; 2,500 m laser rangefinder; 2-axis gyro-stabilised |
| Payloads | Gyro-stabilised EO/IR gimbal, SAR/SIGINT pod, LiDAR, FV-ARROW-class accessory (optional) |
| Data links | 902–928 MHz COFDM telemetry (~100 km LOS); 2.4 GHz digital video/data (~100 km w/ amplifiers); Iridium SATCOM backup |
| Ground control | APX GCS — live GPS, full-authority autonomous or manual |
| Launch / recovery | Fully autonomous runway take-off/landing; ballistic parachute emergency recovery |
| Environment | −40°C to +50°C operating range |
| Navigation | Anti-jam / anti-spoof GNSS-denied operation; redundant IMU, GNSS and datalink |
Mission-configurable hardpoints (2, expandable to 4) for EO/IR, SAR/SIGINT, LiDAR and reconnaissance payloads. Specifications are indicative product-development targets unless identified as contractual.
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