Resolute Eagle

Resolute Eagle is a long-endurance Group 3 unmanned aircraft system (UAS) manufactured and operated by Resolute ISR in Carson City, Nevada. Designed for military, homeland security, law enforcement and humanitarian use.

Resolute ISR
TypePrivate Company
IndustryUnmanned Aerial Vehicle, Unmanned Aerial System
FoundedCarson City, Nevada (2020)
HeadquartersCarson City, Nevada
ProductsResolute Eagle
ParentThe Heligroup
Resolute Eagle VTOL

The Resolute Eagle is a hybrid VTOL and has two mounted, battery-powered booms with four propellers, so it can take off and land like a helicopter—but still cruise for long distances like a plane.

Testing and certification

In November 2017, the Resolute Eagle conducted its first commercial airspace flight at the Pan-Pacific UAS Test Range Complex, at Pendleton Airport, in Oregon.[1] The following November, the VTOL version of the UAS received an interim flight clearance from U.S. Naval Air Systems Command.[2]

Contracts

In June 2017, Resolute Eagle was one of four UAS platforms selected by the U.S. Navy to compete for a position on a potential five-year, $1.73 billion contract to provide intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance support services.[3]

Payloads

Resolute Eagle is designed to be a long-endurance, multi-intelligence platform.

Current payloads include the TASE400 LD optical and laser designation system [4] and MPU5 mobile ad hoc network (MANET) radio [5]

The Resolute Eagle successfully demonstrated superior full high-throughput beyond-line-of-site (BLOS) capability at the White Sands Missile Test Range in January 2017. During the demonstration, the Resolute Eagle proved its ability to provide BLOS operations with high definition full motion video and other sensor data by achieving data rates from the UAS to a fixed base satellite dish located at Lino Lakes, Minnesota of 11 Mbps, and 7.8 Mbps to a small tactical dish on site at White Sands. In addition, the system demonstrated its ability to send command and control data from a tactical GCS back to the UAS for both autonomous commands and manual fight control. The communications capability in this demonstration leveraged High Throughput Satellite Ka band SATCOM. Latency measured during the demonstration was in the order of 550-650ms. [6]

Wingspan 18.2 feet
Length 9.5 feet
Service Ceiling 21,000 feet
Endurance 12-18+ hours
Speed (dash/cruise) 125 kts/55 kts
Engine Power 33.4 hp
Maximum Takeoff Weight 250-300 lbs
Empty Weight 139-206 lbs
Maximum Payload Weight 100 lbs
Onboard Power 1,150+ watts
Payload Bays Fuselage and underwing bays
Communications Line of Sight (LOS) and Beyond Visual Line of Sight (BVLOS)
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Other hybrid VTOL UAS

References
  1. "PAE ISR's Resolute Eagle UAS completes first commercial airspace flight." AUVSI News. 15 November 2017. Retrieved 5 May 2019.
  2. Forrester, Anna. "PAE ISR Earns Interim Flight Clearance for VTOL Resolute Eagle Drone." GovConWire. 28 November 2018. Retrieved 5 May 2019.
  3. Edwards, Jane."4 Firms Land Spots on $1.73B Navy Drone ISR Services IDIQ." GovConWire. 12 June 2017. Retrieved 5 May 2019.
  4. Miller, Patrick C. "Resolute Eagle UAS to be equipped with TASE400 LD system." UAS Magazine. 23 October 2018. Retrieved 5 May 2019.
  5. Zazulia, Nick. "PAE ISR Picks Persistent for Resolute Eagle Radio." Rotor & Wing International. 16 May 2017. Retrieved 5 May 2019.
  6. Blind, Loren. "." Intelligence Community News. 16 May 2017. Retrieved 7 December 2020.
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