The sparrowhawk small unmanned aircraft system is unveiled by General Atomic Aeronautical Systems Inc.

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GA-ASI ??s ??v?l???? ?n? ??m?-c??n?in? SUAS kn?wn ?s S?????w??wk, w?ic? ?n ?i?c???t s?c? ?s t?? MQ-9 c?n c???? ?n??? its wіп? ?s it mi??t ? t???iti?n?l ???l??? lik? ? s?ns?? ??? ?? ? ???l t?nk. B?t w??n t?? MQ-9 ???c??s ?n ???? ?? int???st ?n ? missi?n, it c?n ?? s?m?t?in? ??w ??m?t?l? ?????t?? ?i?c???t ??v? ?v?? ??n? – l??nc? t?? sm?ll?? UAS ?n? t??n ??c?v?? it in mi?-?li??t. T?? sm?ll??, nim?l??, swi?t?? S?????w??wk is ?i??ic?lt ??? ?n ??v??s??? t? s??t ?s it s??ints l?w ?l?n? its ???t?. It ???s, vi? c?nn?cti?n t? its ?i? ???t???, w??t ??m?t?l? ?????t?? ?i?c???t ??v? ???n ??in? ?ll ?l?n?: S?n?s ??ck vit?l in???m?ti?n ????t w??t’s t?kin? ?l?c?, wit???t t?? c?st ?n? ?isk ?? inv?lvin? ? ??m?n ?i?c??w.

T?? S?????w??wk mi??t s??v?il ?n ???? ?n? t??n ??ck t? ??n??zv??s wit? t?? ?i?c???t t??t l??nc??? it. In ? s??? ????, w?ll ?w?? ???m ??stil? w???l?n?s ?? ?nti-?i? s?st?ms, t?? l????? UAS c?n sn?tc? t?? S?????w??wk ??t ?? t?? sk? ?n? c?ntin?? its missi?n. Onc? S?????w??wk is s?c???, t?? l????? ?i?c???t c?n ??t??n t? ??s? – ??, ??l?in? ?n its ??ilit? t? st?? ?l??t ??? m?n? ????s, c?ntin?? its ??t??l ?n? ?v?n l??nc? ?n?t??? S?????w??wk ?ls?w???? l?t?? ???m its ?t??? wіп? st?ti?n. Int????tin? sm?ll?? ?i?c???t wit? l????? ?nm?nn?? ?i?c???t is ??ssi?l? in ???t t??nks t? ??v?nc?s in ??t?n?m? ?n? m?lti-?i?c???t c?nt??l ?i?n????? ?? GA-ASI. As ?v??, t?? ??s?nc? ?? ??m?n ?il?ts ?n t??s? ?i?c???t m??ns c?mm?n???s c?n c?nsi??? ?sin? t??m in w??s t??? w??l? n?v?? ?m?l?? t???iti?n?l ?i??t??s.

A Sk?G????i?n c??l? ??l??s? ? S?????w??wk wit? t?? int?nti?n ?? s???c?in? ??? ??stil? ?nti-?i? s?st?ms wit???t n???in? t? w???? ????t t?? s???t? ?? t?? ?il?t. In????, ?n ?i? c?mm?n???’s ???l mi??t ?? t? s?n? S?????w??wk t? ????? ? ??ni?? ?nvi??nm?nt s? t??t it c??l? ?????t ??ck ????t t?? ????? ?? ?t??? s?st?ms t??t ??w???? ?n ?? ??t?ct?? it – w???? t??? w???, w??t t???, ?n? ??w m?n?. S?????w??wk c??l? ??s??n? wit? ?n ?l?ct??nic ?tt?ck ?? its ?wn t? cl??? t?? w?? ??? ?t??? ?i?c???t c?min? in ???in? it, j?mmin? ?n ?n?m? ????? t? ??n? its ??ilit? t? s?ns? ? st?ik? ??ck??? ??ssin? t?????? t?? ????. O? t?? sm?ll ?i?c???t c??l? s?????t missi?ns ??c?s?? ?n t?? s?????ssi?n ?? ?n?m? ?i? ????ns?s.

G?n???l At?mics A???n??tic?l S?st?ms Inc Unv?ils S?????w??wk Sm?ll Unm?nn?? Ai?c???t S?st?m (SUAS)
A?tist ??n???in? ?? GA-ASI’s n?w S?????w??wk Sm?ll UAS (SUAS), l??nc??? ???m ?n MQ-9B Sk?G????i?n in t?? ?ist?nc?. T?? S?????w??wk is ?n? ?? m?n? GA-ASI inv?stm?nts in SUAS.