Army to Expand Raven Family of Unmanned Aircraft

November 17, 2009

Soldiers like the Raven unmanned aircraft - the smallest in the Army's inventory - because they can lug it around in a rucksack and launch it into the air by hand. Ground commanders now want the flexibility to fly the system higher and for longer periods.

Officials at the Army's unmanned aircraft systems program are proposing a new concept for the Raven. They are looking to expand it into a set of Ravens of three different sizes, says Col. Gregory Gonzalez, project manager of the UAS program. One would be smaller than the current Raven, the other would be larger to give troops more options.

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