RAVEN 145
RAVEN 145 long-range loitering area denial weapon
Family of container-launched RAVEN 145 reconnaissance and loitering strike vehicles with electric, gasoline or turbojet propulsion, INS/GPS/GLONASS navigation and optional TV or IIR terminal homing, offered with tandem anti-armour and blast-fragmentation warheads.
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Specification
| Maximum flying height | 2000 m |
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| Starting mass | less than 50 kg loaded; 35 kg unloaded |
| Payload mass | 15 kg |
| Vehicle length | 2.2 m |
| Wing span | 2.4 m |
| Height with booster | 0.4 m |
| Launch propulsion | Solid-fuel booster |
| Cruise propulsion options | Electric, gasoline or turbojet motor |
| Guidance | INS, GPS and GLONASS; TV/IIR terminal homing on attack variants |
| Approach angle | 15 to 75 deg, top attack |
| Homing-head options | Television or IIR; television is daylight-only |
| Warhead options | 175 mm enhanced blast-fragmentation with steel rods, 10.5 kg; 145 mm tandem shaped charge, 6.4 kg; or 165 mm enhanced blast-fragmentation, 13 kg |
| Tandem-warhead penetration | more than 1000 mm behind ERA |
| Launcher vehicles | ALEKSANDAR, MAN or similar |
| Launcher capacity | 8, 12, 18 or 27 containers |
| Launch angle | 30 deg |
| Preparation at firing position | 3 min for emplacement and elevation; 30 s for a single launch |
| Ground-control-station configurations | Shelter, cabin or portable |
| Portable control station | Two 25 kg cases for a two-person crew |
| Maximum drones in flight | 12 |
| Maximum simultaneous TV links | 3 |
| Operating temperature | -20 to +65 deg C |
| Environmental resistance | Sand, dust, water, vibration, shock, transport vibration, fungi, salt fog, spraying water, rain, sunshine and UV |
| Transport configuration | Transportable to the firing position fully armed, with batteries charged or fuel tank filled, depending on version |
| Reconnaissance gasoline variant | 300 km range; 150 km/h; 240 min |
| Electric attack variants | 120 km range; 160 km/h; 50 min |
| Gasoline attack variants | 150 km range; 150 km/h; 240 min |
| Area-target gasoline variant | 600 km range; INS/GPS guidance without homing head or radio link |
All data provided for information purposes; final specification is defined per contract.