SMART HAWK 20 - 27

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

CANNON SMART HAWK 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.

Smart Hawk 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 is complimented by the advanced concept of modular design and construction.

The Smart Hawk system offers optional size wings, 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

  • Advanced Aerial surveillance, Cargo and detection sensor platform

  • Easily deployed and operated, Automated flights and deliveries

  • Large payload capability and rapid swap of Sensors and systems

  • Portable, easily handled equipment

  • Transported and protected in convenient carrying cases

  • Cutting edge sensor detection capabilities

  • A safety and reliability focussed UAV

  • Huge capacity fuselage, easily configured for custom system integration or cargo use

  • Excellent flight characteristics in all phases

  • Dual redundant control surfaces for extreme reliability

Specifications

Model SH 20 SH 27
Frame Length xxxxmm xxxxmm
Wingspan 2000mm 2700mm
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Take-off Weight 25.0kg 25.0kg
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Flight Time Dependent on propulsion Dependent on propulsion
Payload 5.0-8.0kg 5.0-8.0kg
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Mission Packages

Radio / Communications

High quality radio communications ensure a responsive and stable flight

Cameras and Optics

SMART HAWK 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

We tailor the systems to work with the selected avionics suite. Options vary between full ‘remote pilot in control’ through fully autonomous autopilot options.

A choice of various Autopilots and Flight Controllers are offered ; from low-cost commercial to full military spec GNSS, denied mission capable systems.

Ground Control Stations

The Cannon Dynamics Command, Control, and Communication (C3) systems are designed to provide an autonomous solution for the Ground Control Station. It is scalable from a simple laptop or android handset to a full container based mobile command, control and communications centre

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