IDEX 2023: Steadicopter and BIRD Aerosystems to reveal new capability for the Black Eagle 50H

Advanced capabilities for long endurance of up to five hours, together with BIRD Aerosystems' µMPR capabilities for the detection and tracking of maritime vessels, enable the BE50H to carry out accurate mapping of all vessels within a radius of 200 km within a few hours, in harsh environmental conditions, day or night.

A true game-changer for uncrewed operations, the BE50H provides its users with the most cost-effective solution for both ISR and pinpoint CAS operations, in both the land and maritime domains, by enabling a unique combination of impressive flight endurance and an extremely versatile sensor suite.

With its open architecture modular design, the BE50H accommodates the latest mission payloads, such as BIRD Aerosystems' µMPR. Coupled with the µMPR, the BE50H provides a first-ever combination of a small tactical RUAS (with a near-to-zero operational, maintenance & logistic footprint), capable of wide-area persistent surveillance and coverage for long durations on the one hand, with all the advantages of the rotary-UAS, such as persistent hovering, which enable additional concepts of operations for many mission applications, on the other.