BAE Systems Herti
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Contents
Type Description
- HERTI-1D
- (HERTI = High Endurance Rapid Technology Insertion). Technology demonstrator for the HERTI program, based on a J&AS Aero Design J5 Marco motor glider. Developed as a multi-purpose UAV, this was re-engineered by Marshall Slingsby Advanced Composites to accommodate the systems and sensors required by an Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (ISR) capable UAV. It uses the same powerplant, systems and ground station as the BAE Corax.
- HERTI-1A
- A larger, modified composite airframe based on the J&AS Aero Design J6 Fregata motor glider with a higher endurance and payload than the HERTI-1D. Fitted with an ICE ("Image Collection and Exploitation") system. One BMW piston engine.
- HERTI-1B
- As HERTI-1A, but powered by a 100 h.p. Rotax 914 engine and controlled by multi-lane flight controls, this variant also has the more advanced autonomous ICE II mission system.
- HERTI-OC
- UK civil certified variant of HERTI-OC (Operational Capability) standard of aircraft featuring a completely new airframe and suite of Flight and Mission Systems. The aircraft features a newly designed, stronger airframe allowing for operations from unprepared strips, greater payload and longer endurance and is built by Slingsby Advanced Composites in the UK. The Flight Systems, while loosely based around the previous versions of the vehicle, undertook a massive redesign to comply with Civil Certification requirements. The Mission system is also of a more advanced design, however due to the modular design of the Unmanned Aircraft System, the Mission System remains 'plug and play' that successful flight of the aircraft does not depend upon.
- Fury
- An armed reconnaissance and close air support UAS (Unmanned Autonomous System) version of HERTI-1B. The Fury is equipped with a new stores management system and armed with the Thales Lightweight Multi-role Missile (LMM).
| HERTI-OC Specification | |||||||||
| Span | Length | Height | Wing Area | Empty Wt | Max AUW | Cruise Speed | Maximum Speed | Range | Service Ceiling |
| 39 ft 4 in | 16 ft 5 in | 750 lb | 145 mph/ 126 kn | 20 hr | 20000 ft | ||||
| 11.99 m | 5 m | 340 kg | 233 kph | 6096 m | |||||
Production Details
| C/n | Initial Registration |
Type | Notes |
| 10 aircraft built by BAE Systems, Warton. Built between 2004 and 2007?. | |||
| G-8-006 | Herti-1D | First flew December 2004; test flown at Woomera, Australia. | |
| G-8-007 | Herti-1A | Believed not flown | |
| G-8-008 | Herti-1A | First flew 16 August 2005; test flown at Machnhanish. | |
| ZZ251 | Herti-XPA-1B | ||
| ZZ252 | Herti-XPA-1B | ||
| ZZ253 | Herti-XPA-1B | ||
| ZZ254 | Herti-XPA-1B | ||
| DV008 | Fury | Ground tests | |
| DV009 | Fury | Test flown Woomera | |
| HOC-001 | G-HERT | Herti-OC ? | C of A issued 22 November 2007 |
| Total Production (Herti) 8 | |||
| Total Production (Fury) 2 | |||
Production Summary
All Aircraft By Type
| Type | Built New | Conv | Canc'd | Total |
| Herti-1D | 1 | 1 | ||
| Herti-1A | 2 | 2 | ||
| Herti-1B | 4 | 4 | ||
| Fury | 2 | 2 | ||
| Herti-OC | 1 | 1 | ||
| 10 | (0) | 0 |
Production References
- Sitting Ducks and Peeping Toms, Michael I. Draper (Air Britain (Historians), 2011)
- Under B Conditions, Doug Revell (Air Britain Publishing, 2020)
- Air International 2006-07
- https://www.flightglobal.com/remote-horizon-bae-systems-uav-plans-unveiled/65945.article
- https://marshalladvancedcomposites.com/our-stories/rapid-technology-insertion-herti-unmanned-aerial-vehicle
- http://www.ukserials.com/
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