DAGGER 20 - 27

Swept wing with canard ▪ Long-Endurance ▪ VTOL (option)

CANNON DAGGER is a multi role, modular flying system, designed for challenging missions, designed to meet the challenges of military missions and civil operations around the world.

DAGGER provides excellent flight characteristics and is highly responsive. The canard provides additional control surfaces at the front of the aircraft, contributing to improved manoeuvrability.

This is especially beneficial when combined with a swept wing, allowing for effective control at various angles of attack.

The canard design contributes to better control during approach and landing, allowing for slower landing speeds, which can be advantageous in situations where short take-off and landing distances are required.

Modern high-tech aerodynamics are complimented by the advanced concept of modular design and construction.

The DAGGER system offers multiple wingspans, alternative canards and fuselage extending modules. This system enables extreme versatility, for best fit to mission requirements.

Equipment and payload configuration is simplified by these features and performance is not compromised.

Flight Modes and Propulsion

Wide ranging propulsion options include Electric or Engine power, a combination of the two and jet powered versions.

Engines include carburettor or Electronic Fuel Injection (EFI) versions, of frugal fuel consumption characteristics or high-power versions enabling higher flight speeds.

VTOL

VTOL upgrades that add vertical take off and landing capability are available. Hybrid power provides engine thrust during cruise, combined with electric VTOL operation, delivering the best advantages of hybrid design

Features and Specifications

Features

  • Portable, easily handled equipment, transported and protected in convenient carrying cases

  • Large capacity fuselage, long missions or large payloads as required

  • Very low magnetic signature for magnetic surveys / mapping or stealthy surveillance

  • Dual redundant control surfaces for extreme reliability

  • Electric, single or coaxial, or EFI IC Petrol Twin cylinder pusher engines

  • The VTOL Co-Ax version Combined with a hybrid power system this versatile UAV becomes a ‘Quad’ drone platform. Launcher versions also available along with STOL and STOVL.

  • Long flights bringing large UAV performance to commercial users, BVLOS and Aircraft DAA capabilities to suit the client’s mission objectives.

Specifications

Model DGR 20 DGR 27
Frame Length 1500mm 2200mm
Wingspan 2000mm 2700mm
Frame Weight 6kg 9.5kg
Take-off Weight 25.0kg 25.0kg
Frame Material GRP GRP
Flight Time Dependent on propulsion Dependent on propulsion
Payload 5kg 7kg
Max Range 900km (560mi) 900km (560mi)
Max Flying Speed 135kmh (84mph) 135kmh (84mph)

 

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Mission Packages

Radio / Communications

High quality radio communications ensure a responsive and stable flight

A wide range of multi-band and single-band radios

Low Latency
Resilient Network
Multi-Cast Video

Cameras and Optics

Cannon Dynamics UAVs can be fitted with a range of Cannon SmartEye cameras featuring single or multiple sensors, low-light vision, IR and thermal vision, tracking and more.

All cameras are gimbal mounted, packages range from under 200g to around 2kg.

Single, Dual or Triple-sensor gimbal cameras

10x to 80x Optical Zoom
Up to 32x Digital Zoom
Thermal imaging options
AI Object Tracking and more ...

Autopilot

Options vary between full ‘remote pilot in control’ through fully autonomous autopilot options. A choice of various Autopilots and Flight Controllers are offered to suit customers’ needs; from low-cost commercial to full military specification GNSS, denied mission capable systems.

Ground Control Stations

From a simple laptop or android handset to a full 40-foot container based mobile command and control center - Cannon Dynamics can provide a system that suits your needs

A Basic Configuration includes the components necessary for mission planning, control battery
replacement and charging facilities, field level configuration changes, level maintenance and repair solutions including the necessary tools and spares.

Further configurations include anything from generators to operator basic accommodation to airconditioning if required and is completely scalable to the desired deployments.

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