Remote Piloted Vehicles
BOSCH Aerospace is the developer and manufacturer of several unconventional Unmanned Air Vehicles (UAV's) and Unmanned Ground Vehicles (UGV"s).
  
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Long Endurance Airborne Reconnaissance System (LEARS): A two horsepower engine was intitialy used for flight testing on the first and second prototypes to propell the LEARS at a launch weight of 26 kilograms, from a high desert test site at 2600 feet of altitude. Projected performance based upon preliminary testing indicated that a 50 KG LEARS had an endurance of approximately 20 hours at speeds of 115 KMH. The system was equipped with a GPS autopilot/navigation system, and onboard imagery recording devices which were activated at specified GPS waypoints. The mission concept is two fold. The first application is for autonomous flight and imagery collection over specified locations, then return to base where imagery is processed. The second application is a very low cost target drone that can be fired upon and destroyed, at a fraction of the cost of other airborne targets available today. Please click on the orange and white LEARS IV prototype photo for current flight information. |
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Wing Articulating Surveillance Platform WASP: WASP is man portable short range recon air vehicle build around a fabric, anhedral wing simular in shape to a ram air parafoil. However, WASP has a flexible leading edge spar, no shroud lines, and is lower in drag than a parafoil. It is equipped with a small digital autopilot and GPS navigator. Up to 100 way-points can be programmed into the autopilot to allow for autonomous navigation. The system weight is approximately 6-10 kilograms. Fuel range of about one hour is typical at speeds of 45 miles per hour. Its fabric wing is highly durable and the overall system is well suited for use with mobile armor or light recon forces for local surveillance and various security operations. It has been used by the US Department of Energy for data collection in a high dust environment. |
 
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Air delivered Mobile Unmanned Ground System AIRMUGS : AIRMUGS is a concept devised by BOSCH Aerospace and Sandia National Labs for delivery of a small ground vehicle which carries a ground sensor. The AIRMUGS delivery system is an adaptation of the WASP anhedral wing system. The device is flown to the general area where sensing is desired, allowed to land, shed its flight components, and self-navigate to an optimum location for observation and sensing of enemy activities. The RATTLER UGV is the maneuver portion of the AIRMUGS system. |
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SALES: BOSCH Aerospace is a US Defense Contractor and complies with all
US Export Rules. *Export of UAV's and RGV's is authorized under U.S. Regulations
pertaining to International Trade in Arms (ITAR). These vehicles are listed
under critical military technology and can be exported in accordance with
rules pertaining to such technology. Qualified purchasers may purchase
these UAV's and RGV's directly from BOSCH Aerospace, or via US Army Foreign Military
Sales (FMS) routes. *Cornell University U.S. Code |  |