Unmanned Aeronautical Vehicles (UAVs)

The Raven is a small 4lb aircraft that can fly for 80 minutes in a 9-mile range.

The ScanEagle has a 10-foot wingspan and can fly for up to 15 hours:

The Predator A is powered by a Rotax 4-cylinder engine. It weighs 2100-2300 lbs and has a 49-foot wingspan. The Predator flies at speeds from 70 to 120 knots, up to 25,000 feet, and stay aloft for 16 to 24 hours. Note the Hellfire missle..

Operator Station: Here's how to control a Predator:

Global Hawk in Iraq

ADF may add missile drones to its arsenal
Mark Dodd
May 17, 2007
THE Australian Defence Force is considering buying missile-armed pilotless drones as an advanced weapons option for its rapidly modernising arsenal.
Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) that are unarmed have been successfully trialled by the ADF in Iraq and Afghanistan, where they are used mainly for gathering intelligence.
They have also been used in East Timor, where one crashed through the corrugated iron wall of a private residence in Dili earlier this month - an incident that took the ADF more than a week to report.
The Australian understands a classified report on the incorporation of UAVs by the force includes the potential to acquire armed drones.
"Whilst there are no current projects to acquire armed UAVs, there is potential to acquire these systems at a later time if they offer a cost-effective capability to the ADF," a defence spokesperson said in a response to a series of questions put by The Australian.
One option is the Predator UAV, which can launch Hellfire anti-armour missiles.

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