The Aerosonde Small Unmanned Aircraft System is logging thousands of operational hours per month in some of the world’s most challenging environments. With its expanded size, weight and power (SWAP) profile, the system can execute day-and-night imaging, communications relay, signals intelligence and an additional customer-selected payload in a single sortie. Today, Textron Systems has enhanced the system’s flexibility even further with the Aerosonde HQ, a runway-independent configuration that uses Hybrid Quadrotor technology to achieve vertical takeoff and landing (VTOL). Combined with the Aerosonde system’s proven performance and benchmark-setting reliability, the Aerosonde HQ brings unparalleled levels of mission capability and flexibility. TextronSystems.com PUSHING PAST POSS

RUNWAY-INDEPENDENT, PROVEN PERFORMANCE The Aerosonde SUAS is amassing thousands of flight hours monthly for customers around the world. That experience continues with the new Aerosonde HQ SUAS, which combines proven multi-mission performance and reliability with the flexibility of VTOL capability. FEATURES & BENEFITS SOLUTION OFFERINGS Confined launch and recovery without prepositioned launch and recovery equipment Unpacked and airborne in less than 20 minutes with a crew of four Textron Systems supports its UAS with skilled operations, on-site training and flexible business models to meet cusomter...