Team V-BAT

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About Team V-BAT

The Team V-BAT solution is centered around the multi-mission V-BAT UAS, an innovative, agile, compact and lightweight platform that is fully compliant product offering which will incorporate a significant amount of Canadian content.
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Voyageur Aviation

Headquartered in North Bay, Canada, Voyageur Aviation delivers innovative solutions to customers with unique aviation requirements and operates under the core principles of comprehensive safety management, quality assurance, and client-dedicated solutions. Voyageur is an integrated provider of specialized aviation services, including contract flying operations both internationally and domestically, and advanced engineering and maintenance capabilities. Voyageur brings expertise in ISS, deployed operations support, material management, maintenance, airworthiness, and supply chain management.

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Shield AI

Shield AI is a venture-backed defense technology company whose mission is to protect service members and civilians with intelligent systems. In pursuit of this mission, Shield AI is building the world’s best AI pilot. Its AI pilot, Hivemind, has flown a fighter jet (F-16), a vertical takeoff and landing drone (V-BAT), and a quadcopter (Nova). The company has offices in San Diego, Dallas, Washington DC and abroad. Shield AI’s products and people are currently in the field actively supporting operations with the U.S. Department of Defense and U.S. allies. For more information, visit www.shield.ai.

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Kongsberg Geospatial

Based in Ottawa, Canada, Kongsberg Geospatial has pioneered powerful new solutions for UAS applications. These include IRIS Terminal – an airspace situational awareness and UAS control system for BVLOS flight operations, both for individual aircraft and for fleet operations with multiple semi-autonomous aircraft and MDCS, a multi-domain C2 application developed based on the IRIS UxS architecture to allow operators to manage multiple unmanned systems for multi-domain missions; and MIDAS™ – a near real-time system for processing, exploiting, and disseminating (PED) sensor data from Unmanned Systems. Kongsberg Geospatial is a subsidiary of Kongsberg Defence & Aerospace.

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V-BAT

Shield AI's V-BAT is the future of next-generation unmanned aircraft systems (UAS)

V-BAT is the Maritime UAS of Choice

V-BAT’s unique design and controls allow it to take off & land in high winds, on crowded flight decks, aboard moving vessels with landing zones as small as 12’ x 12’.

One of many key differentiators between V-BAT and other VTOL aircraft is its patented ducted fan design. V-BAT’s duct increases thrust by 80%+ at equivalent engine power, enabling take-off and landing with a single power plant and achieving unmatched payload mass fraction. It can fly for a half day or stop and hover for hours on end.

Thrust vectoring bestows V-BAT with unmatched control authority for rock-solid stability in harsh weather conditions. The duct adds increased safety, eliminating operator safety zones, which expands the tactical employment envelope.

V-BAT supports a wide range of interchangeable and customizable payloads and sensors including, but not limited to: EO/MWIR cameras, AIS, and Land/Maritime Wide Area Search (WAS) AI-based capabilities.

The U.S. Department of Defense has recently conferred the V-BAT with the designation of MQ-35A, a distinction which is reserved for platforms of record that have shown a degree of defence maturity and tactical effectiveness.

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V-BAT Features

V-BAT is designed explicitly for runway and equipment-independent launch and recovery in austere environments with no external support.

12ftx12ft

Landing Zone

10 hrs*

Endurance

130 Kms

Range

125 lbs

Weight

(fuel+payload)

Wing Span: 9.7ft/ Length: 9ft

Dimensions

20,000 ft

Service Ceiling

(MSL*))

*Max specifications are subject to environmental factors and aircraft configurations

In The News

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Featured in the newest issue of Canadian Defence Review is Team V-BAT. Read more on Team V-BAT's proven solution and competing for the RCN ISTAR project.