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LUNA
Launch and Recovery
LUNA can be operated from almost any terrain, as
no runway is required.The air vehicle is launched by
a noiseless bungee catapult, which is light-weight
Autonomous approach procedure for net recovery
Technical Data
Dimensions: Wing span 4.17 m, length 2.36 m,
height 0.87 m.
Weight: Take-off weight 40 kg.
Power Plant: 2-cylinder 2-stroke fuel injection
engine, electrical power supply by battery backed
generator.
Performance: Typical reconnaissance air speed
70 km/h (37 KIAS). Ceiling > 5.000 m ISA altitude.
Endurance: exceeding 6 (optional 8) hours, depen-
dent of payload and mission profile.
Guidance: Preprogrammed (3D waypoint list)
and/or remotely controlled. Mission program can
be altered in flight. Differential GPS navigation
and/or data link auto tracking (via range and
azimuth data).
Avionics: Navigation, autopilot and aircraft system
management are fully digital. Sensor package in-
cludes attitude gyro, rate of turn sensors, magnetic
compass, air data sensors and accelerometers.
Reconnaissance Sensors: one color video CCD
camera for pilot view; one monitor camera for wing
ice build-up, one tiltable three-axis stabilized mod-
Daylight and IR Sensory
and can be folded for transportation. Recovery is
fully autonomous in a net or by parachute.
High resolution digital camera image
ular sensor platform, as standard platform with
downward looking color video (zoom) CCD cam-
eras. The standard platform can be fitted with
Optional sensors: Medium wave thermal imager
(zoom) video camera, near-IR video (zoom) CCD
cameras.
Data Link: Two-way microwave link (C-band), track-
ing antennas in air vehicle and ground station.
Command uplink, real-time video/flight and sys-
tems data downlink.
Data Link range: exceeding 100 km.
Certifications for air vehicle and data link:
Military type certification category 2, (airworthiness
certificate for flights over thinly populated areas).
Ground control station: Military operation certifi-
cate.
Daylight video sensor Thermal IR video sensor
Launch: Light-weight bungee catapult, foldable for
transport.
Ingenieurgesellschaft Dipl.-Ing. Hartmut Euer mbH
Recovery: Net landing with autonomous landing Grube 29 • D-82377 Penzberg • Germany
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LUNA
The LUNA UAV System
LUNA is an all-weather, easy to operate unmanned air
vehicle (UAV) system for real-time surveillance, reconnais-
sance and target location at ranges exceeding 100 km
with an endurance exceeding 6 (optional 8) hours.
Designed to accommodate multiple payloads, the versa-
tile LUNA system is successfully supporting peacekeeping
missions in several countries, like Kosovo and Afghanistan,
where the systems operate in different climates under se-
vere weather conditions and in difficult terrain. LUNA is a
cost effective and reliable solution for military and for civil-
ian applications.
Easy handling by a small crew
As the system is strongly supported by automated proc-
esses, the handling of the LUNA system is easy and does not
require personnel with aeronautical skills. Full crew train-
ing is accomplished within a few weeks. Still the perform-
ance of LUNA is superior to that of many conventional
reconnaissance and surveillance drone systems. All system
components can be transported in and operated from
LUNA, a reliable and mature Unmanned Aerial Vehicle
Aerial Reconnaissance and Surveillance System
LUNA UAV system deployment by helicopter, using jeeps as
Ground Control Station and transport vehicles
small vehicles or portable shelters by a small crew, allow-
ing rapid deployment by medium transport helicopters.
Taking advantage of the rapid technical progress in sensor
equipment, the modular payload concept of LUNA will
allow the user to always stay at the cutting edge of tech-
nology.
The LUNA Air Vehicle
The light-weight LUNA UAV is designed as a powered
high-performance glider made of glass fiber composite
material for long endurance and low acoustic, thermal and
radar signatures.
A unique feature of LUNA is its ability to perform glides
without engine power with no acoustic signature and to
restart the engine at any time.
The microwave communication link transmits reconnais-
sance and system data from the UAV to the ground control
station in real-time. LUNA is also able to perform fully auto-
mated reconnaissance and surveillance missions, without
the need of any radio emissions by the ground station.
Another unique feature of LUNA is its inherent crash safety
due to its glider performance and its reliable parachute re-
Reliable operation in summer and winter, day and night
Ready for take-off within a few minutes
Ground Control Station
lease and landing system. In addition the LUNA UAV flight The Ground Control Station can be installed in any It is fitted with several work stations equipped with
is permanently monitored by an autonomous terrain and vehicle or shelter due to its modular system design. high resolution color monitors for real time aerial
obstacle collision avoidance system using 3D digital map image evaluation, mission planning and air vehicle
data. control (virtual cockpit). Complete mission play-
back for post mission evaluation, simulation and
The LUNA aircraft can simply be equipped in the field with training can be performed in the Ground Control
a data link relay payload, which turns the UAV into a relay Station.
drone, extending the operation of the reconnaissance
drone to missions behind mountains. Mission programs can be altered in flight. In moun-
tainous terrain and on long distance missions it is of
great advantage that LUNA can be handed over
Relay Drone from ground station to ground station.
Recce Drone
Ground
Control
Station
Protected workstations for LUNA operator
Reconnaissance with a relay drone – even in radio-shadow
The use of LUNA, however, is not limited to electro-optical
observation missions. Due to its modular payload concept
Mission planning with map
LUNA can be fitted with future state-of-the-art payloads,
including but not limited to: Synthetic Aperture Radar
(SAR), high resolution digital photo or video cameras, on-
board data storage, meteorological sensors, radio relay
equipment, sensors for land mine detection, EW payloads,
gas and particle samplers, or radioactivity contamination
sensors.
Mission planning with aerial-photo
Several mission planning tools are available to the
operator: 2D or 3D allegation of standard maps,
satellite or aerial images.
LUNA Ground Control Station in air-transportable
protected all-terrain vehicle