OVERVIEW
The EuroMALE Unmanned Aircraft System represents the latest attempt by European defense players - namely Airbus, Dassault, and Leonardo - to provide military- and security-minded services with a UAV of local design.
The EuroMALE Unmanned Aircraft System represents the latest attempt by European defense players - namely Airbus, Dassault, and Leonardo - to provide military- and security-minded services with a UAV of local design.
YEAR: 2025
STATUS: In-Development
MANUFACTURER(S): Airbus; Dassault Aviation - France / Leonardo - Italy
PRODUCTION: 0
OPERATORS: France (possible); Germany; (possible); Italy (possible); Spain (possible)
SPECIFICATIONS
Unless otherwise noted the presented statistics below pertain to the Airbus-Dassault-Leonardo EuroMALE model. Common measurements, and their respective conversions, are shown when possible.
Unless otherwise noted the presented statistics below pertain to the Airbus-Dassault-Leonardo EuroMALE model. Common measurements, and their respective conversions, are shown when possible.
CREW: 0
LENGTH: 32.81 feet (10 meters)
WIDTH: 49.21 feet (15 meters)
HEIGHT: 8.20 feet (2.5 meters)
WEIGHT (EMPTY): 1,213 pounds (550 kilograms)
WEIGHT (MTOW): 2,425 pounds (1,100 kilograms)
ENGINE: 2 x Conventional engines driving six-bladed propeller units in pusher fashion.
SPEED (MAX): 140 miles-per-hour (225 kilometers-per-hour; 121 knots)
RANGE: 466 miles (750 kilometers; 405 nautical miles)
CEILING: 24,606 feet (7,500 meters; 4.66 miles)
ARMAMENT
None. Mission equipment believed to revolve around various optics and sensor fits for the Intelligence-Surveillance-Reconnaissance (ISR) role.
None. Mission equipment believed to revolve around various optics and sensor fits for the Intelligence-Surveillance-Reconnaissance (ISR) role.
VARIANTS
Series Model Variants
• EuroMALE - Base Project Name.
Series Model Variants
• EuroMALE - Base Project Name.
HISTORY
Detailing the development and operational history of the Airbus-Dassault-Leonardo EuroMALE Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS). Entry last updated on 5/3/2018. Authored by Staff Writer. Content ©www.MilitaryFactory.com.
Detailing the development and operational history of the Airbus-Dassault-Leonardo EuroMALE Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS). Entry last updated on 5/3/2018. Authored by Staff Writer. Content ©www.MilitaryFactory.com.
The EuroMALE represents the latest joint-European initiative centered on providing its various armed services with a locally designed, developed, and built Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS). The venture is being headed by major defense players Airbus and Dassault of France and Leonardo of Italy (with involvement from both Germany and Spain). To this point, the defense powers of the mainland Europe have had to rely on a collection of UAVSs of foreign origination - mainly from the United States and Israel; namely the Predator and Heron UAVs, respectively.
On April 26th, 2018, a full-scale mockup of the EuroMALE was revealed to onlookers attending ILA Berlin. The showcased specimen - not a finalized design form - has the usual bulbous frontal section containing the avionics fit. The fuselage is slender with nearly slab sides while the tail unit is capped by a single vertical fin with high-mounted horizontal planes (in the traditional "T-Style" or "Multhopp Tail" arrangement). The wing mainplanes are slim and fitted at, or near, midships while being low-mounted along the fuselage sides. Between the mainplanes position and the tail unit are outboard-held turboprop engine nacelles driving conventional propeller units in "pusher" fashion - this most likely a design quality accepted to better meet European civilian airspace regulations. Each engine drives a six-bladed propeller. The undercarriage is of a tricycle arrangement and appears fully-retractable into the design - a nose leg and two main legs are in play.
Beyond its general appearance, little in terms of performance for the EuroMALE is known. Since its powerplant scheme will revolve around conventional propeller-based systems, long loitering times are expected with a modest maximum speed. The system will most likely support the same sortie types that the Intelligence-Surveillance-Reconnaissance-minded General Atomics "Predator" line does - though perhaps without the land-attack capability of the related "Reaper".
A finalized design form of the EuroMALE is scheduled to be completed before the start of 2019 while it is hoped that the production-quality version can meet an in-operation date scheduled for sometime in 2025 or thereabouts.
Performance and structural specifications on this page are estimates.
On April 26th, 2018, a full-scale mockup of the EuroMALE was revealed to onlookers attending ILA Berlin. The showcased specimen - not a finalized design form - has the usual bulbous frontal section containing the avionics fit. The fuselage is slender with nearly slab sides while the tail unit is capped by a single vertical fin with high-mounted horizontal planes (in the traditional "T-Style" or "Multhopp Tail" arrangement). The wing mainplanes are slim and fitted at, or near, midships while being low-mounted along the fuselage sides. Between the mainplanes position and the tail unit are outboard-held turboprop engine nacelles driving conventional propeller units in "pusher" fashion - this most likely a design quality accepted to better meet European civilian airspace regulations. Each engine drives a six-bladed propeller. The undercarriage is of a tricycle arrangement and appears fully-retractable into the design - a nose leg and two main legs are in play.
Beyond its general appearance, little in terms of performance for the EuroMALE is known. Since its powerplant scheme will revolve around conventional propeller-based systems, long loitering times are expected with a modest maximum speed. The system will most likely support the same sortie types that the Intelligence-Surveillance-Reconnaissance-minded General Atomics "Predator" line does - though perhaps without the land-attack capability of the related "Reaper".
A finalized design form of the EuroMALE is scheduled to be completed before the start of 2019 while it is hoped that the production-quality version can meet an in-operation date scheduled for sometime in 2025 or thereabouts.
Performance and structural specifications on this page are estimates.
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Hi: 150mph
Lo: 75mph
This entry's maximum listed speed (140mph).
Graph average of 112.5 miles-per-hour.
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