Textron Systems' Aerosonde Mk. 4.7 is a vertical take-off and landing unmanned system used for intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance. The US Navy has awarded task orders for ISR services supporting the 7th Fleet, and the system has completed vertiport-to-vertiport flights through commercial airspace in Virginia's Advanced Air Mobility programme.
| Country | United States |
|---|---|
| Airframe / lift type | Fixed-wing |
| Control / autonomy level | Semi-autonomous (human-on-the-loop), Waypoint / GPS-guided |
| Domain | Aerial (UAV/UAS) |
| Mission / use case – military | Comms relay, ISR |
| Origin / supply chain | Military-grade |
| Propulsion | ICE – heavy fuel |
| Range / endurance | Short range (50–150 km) |
| Signature / detectability | RCS – small, RF-emitting |
| Speed regime | Medium (50–150 km/h) |
| Threat vector | Surveillance / reconnaissance |
| Weight / class | Class I – Small (20–150 kg) |
| Confidence | low |