CAC Fox French Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV)
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Basic Information
Name
CAC Fox French Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV)
Designation
CAC
Alternate Designation
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Equipment Type
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Manufacturer
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Date of Introduction
1998
Description
The CAC Fox is a small UAV developed in France for use as a reconnaissance aircraft and for electronic warfare. About a thousand have been sold in a number of variants, with generally similar appearance and specifications. The Fox-TX can carry a variety of payloads for radar or radio communications jamming; radar identification and location; communications intercept; or, when fitted with a warhead and a radar-homing seeker, anti-radar attack. The Fox-TX can also carry two small under wing stores.
Variants
Fox-AT1
Short range battlefield reconnaissance variant. The Fox-AT1 has a shorter wingspan of 3.6 metres (11 feet 10 inches); a deeper fuselage; and a sensor payload of 15 kilograms (33 pounds), consisting of day or night imaging systems, chemical sensors, or customer-specified payload. Unlike the Fox-TX, the Fox-AT1 has a skid to permit belly landings. It can carry four small underwing stores. Endurance is only an hour and a half. French forces have used the Fox-AT1 for tactical reconnaissance in the Balkans.
Fox-AT2
Long range battlefield reconnaissance variant. The Fox-AT2 looks much like the Fox-AT1, but has the wider 4-meter wingspan. It can carry a heavier sensor payload of 30 kilograms (66 pounds), but only two wings stores, and uses a long-range radio communications link.
Fox-TS1
Expendable target, with the short 3.6 meter wingspan. It can carry chaff, flares, radar enhancement devices, and other target gear.
System
Alternative designations
None
Engine
Limbach 22 hp L 275 E, 2 cylinder, 2 stroke, air-cooled
Propulsion
2 blade push propeller
Take-off Weight (kg)
135 kg
Fuel and Payload (kg)
60 kg
Maximum (level)(km/h)
216 (km/h
Cruising Speed (km/h)
145 (km/h
Endurance (hrs)
5 hours
Max Ceiling, normal (m)
3,000 m
Min Ceiling (m)
30 m
RPV Mode Range (km)
50, 100, 150 (200 as an option) km
Programed Mode Range (km)
350 km
Wing Span (m)
4 m
Overall Length (m)
2.75 m
Overall Height (m)
0.25 m
Flight Control
Launch Method
Hydraulic or sandow ramp
Recovery Method
Parachute
Landing Method
Airbag
PAYLOAD TYPES
Description
Panoramic CCD color camera, low light television (with zoom), IR linescan CAMELIA camera, SAR camera, FLIR, multi-sensor gimball platform (IR and visible), etc.
NOTES
Description
THE FOX AT2 UAV IS ONE OF A FAMILY OF LOW-COST UAVS DESIGNED BY THE FRENCH FIRM CAC SYSTEMES. EACH UAV SYSTEM IS COMPOSED OF A TRANSPORT AND LAUNCHING SYSTEM, A GROUND CONTROL STATION (GCS) MOUNTED ON A 4X4 TRUCK FRAME, AND FOUR UAVS. THE FOX AT2 (LIKE THE FOX AT1) IS LAUNCHED FROM A MOBILE LAUNCHING CATAPULT (TRANSPORTATION AND LAUNCHING SYSTEM) THAT IS MOUNTED ON A TRAILER WITH TRANSPORTATION COMPARTMENTS FOR 4 UAVS. NORMALLY TWO OF THE FOUR UAVS ARE EQUIPPED WITH CCD CAMERAS FOR DAYTIME MISSIONS AND THE REMAINING TWO ARE FLIR EQUIPPED FOR NIGHTTIME MISSIONS. UPON MISSION COMPLETION THE UAV CAN BE RESERVICED AND AVAILABLE FOR ANOTHER MISSION IN LESS THAN 30 MINUTES. THE FOX AT2 IS CAPABLE OF CARRYING 30 KILOGRAMS OF VARIOUS PAYLOADS. ADDITIONALLY, TWO UNDER-WING PODS ALLOW FOR TWO LOADS TO BE CARRIED AND DROPPED. NORMALLY THE GCS CONSIST OF A CREW OF THREE PERSONNEL: PILOT, OBSERVER, AND A TECHNICIAN. HOWEVER, TWO PEOPLE CAN DEPLOY THE UAV SYSTEM AND HAVE IT AVAILABLE FOR OPERATION IN LESS THAN 20 MINUTES. THE GUIDANCE AND CONTROL CONSISTS OF AN UHF DATA LINK WITH FOUR PROPORTIONAL AND EIGHT NUMERIC CHANNELS, OF WHICH FOUR CONTROL THE AUTOPILOT. TELEMETRY IS THROUGH A 12-CHANNEL DATA LINK.
Details
Country of Origin
France
Category
Very Low-Cost, Close-Range UAVs (Less than 5 km Range)
Air > Very Low-Cost, Close-Range UAVs (Less than 5 km Range)
Filter Label
C
Classification
Domain
Air & Air Defense
Equipment Status
Active
Operators (1)
France
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