SNIPER combines three important aspects of any rotary wing UAV of this type:
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Vertical take-off and landing; hovering.
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Long endurance, due to its gasoline powered engine.
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Considerable payload capacity, enabling the se of high quality EO / IR cameras and other sensors.
A variety of payloads are available to maximize the chances of mission success:
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Day vision
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Low light vision
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Night vision or IR.
The AFCU used in the SNIPER is capable of controlling the platform over a wide range of flight control tasks:
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Auto take-off
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Auto Flight plan execution (waypoints)
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Fly-to
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Hover
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Auto Return-To-Base (RTB) in case of communication failure
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Auto landing
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Manual override
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Camera (payload) stabilization, pointing and control
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Onboard 3D Digital Elevation Model (DEM) for accurate flight control and camera pointing