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2015-11-01
UK Awards Lockheed Martin Desert Hawk 3 Contract
The program has been designed to support critical mission needs
The UK Ministry of Defence has awarded Lockheed Martin a contract to support the Desert Hawk 3 program and establish the small-unmanned aerial system (UAS) as a Core Defence Capability.
“Desert Hawk has served the UK military well in providing intelligence, reconnaissance and surveillance to tactical war fighters,” said Jay McConville, Director of Business Development for Unmanned Solutions, Lockheed Martin. “We look forward to continuing this record of success through the award of the Desert Hawk Core Support Programme, and we continue to enhance its capabilities based on user feedback. Desert Hawk’s maturity and proven performance, as well as the enhanced capabilities now available, make it a crucial asset on the modern battlefield.”
Desert Hawk 3 has flown more than 30,000 hours, mostly under austere conditions, to support critical mission needs such as enhanced situational awareness, security and counter-IED operations, threat detection, route reconnaissance and battle damage assessment.
UK Defence Minister Philip Dunne said, “Desert Hawk has proved its worth on operations in Afghanistan, providing our Armed Forces with vital intelligence and allowing our commanders to stay one step ahead of the enemy. We recognize that unmanned and remotely-piloted air systems are increasingly important in today’s operational environment, and our protected Defence budget and £160 billion investment in equipment has allowed us to bring Desert Hawk into our core programme.”
The battery-powered Desert Hawk 3 is designed for portability, ruggedness, rapid employment and reliability. The hand-launched system weighs only 8 lbs. (3.6 kg) and can fly for up to 90 minutes with a 2-lb. (0.91 kg) payload. Recently, the UK Desert Hawk 3 was upgraded to a digital data link achieving Ministry of Defence Full Operational Capability on schedule.
Lockheed Martin also recently upgraded Desert Hawk 3 to the Desert Hawk 3.1 configuration by providing simplified launch, deep stall landing, all-environment capability, longer endurance, updated sensor payloads and operation using Lockheed Martin’s mobile ground control system. Desert Hawk 3.1 is a modification kit to a Desert Hawk 3 configuration.
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