Shield Dynamics

Tier 1 · Aerial reconnaissance

Eagle

An aerial reconnaissance platform that surveys suspected hazardous areas from above. Eagle provides the wide-area picture that the ground platforms use to plan their work.

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FIG. E-2 · EAGLE · IN THE FIELD · NOT TO SCALE

Eagle in flight, side view Line drawing of the Eagle fixed-wing aircraft in level flight, seen from the side with its nose to the right. It has a streamlined central pod with a pusher propeller at the rear, a high wing, twin tail booms ending in an H-tail, and a lift motor with a rotor on each boom fore and aft of the wing. Below it is a ground line with low hills in the distance, grass, bushes, rocks and a small tree.
Eagle general arrangement: plan, side and front views Engineering drawing of the Eagle aircraft. The plan view shows a straight wing with a 3.20 metre span, a central pod with a rear pusher propeller, and two tail booms joined by an H-tail, each boom carrying a lift motor ahead of and behind the wing. The side elevation shows the pod with a sensor gimbal underneath projecting a survey footprint onto the ground. The front view shows the wing, the two booms with lift propellers, inward-canted tail fins and the gimbal under the pod. 112233445566AABBCCDD WINGSPAN 3.20 MAPLAN VIEW U13 LITE VTOL ×4 H-TAILTWIN BOOM DA-70PUSHER GIMBALLIDAR · MSTHERMAL BSIDE ELEVATION 3200 CFRONT ELEVATION
TitleEagle · General arrangement
Dwg no.SD-E-001
ScaleNTS
RevA
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01 · Role in the system

First on task

Eagle is the first platform on task. It covers ground quickly without making contact with it, and produces the map that defines the work area, identifies access routes for Tortoise, and helps plan search lanes for Cobra.

During ground operations, Eagle can continue to provide overwatch and updated imagery of the area.

02 · Functions

What Eagle does

  • Area mappingBuilding an up-to-date map of terrain, vegetation and obstacles across the suspected area.
  • Surface indicatorsIdentifying visible signs of contamination, such as surface-laid items, disturbed ground or marked areas.
  • Route planningSupporting safe approach routes for Tortoise and search-lane layout for Cobra.
  • OverwatchMonitoring the work area while ground platforms are deployed.

03 · Specifications

Parts list

SD-E-001 · Rev A
01Platform typeFixed-wing unmanned aerial system with VTOL lift
02Primary functionWide-area survey and reconnaissance
03Wingspan3.20 m
04ConfigurationTwin-boom H-tail with inward-canted vertical stabilizers
05Forward propulsionDA-70 engine, pusher propeller
06VTOL lift motorsT-Motor U13 Lite
07Max. takeoff weightApproximately 22 kg
08Sensor suiteLidar, multispectral imaging, thermal imaging
09Data outputArea maps and indicator locations shared with the ground tiers

Next in the system

Tortoise: carrier and relay

Tortoise platform