MULTI-DAY, MULTI-SENSOR ADVANTAGE

VANILLA UAS HOLDS THE WORLD RECORD FOR LONGEST, UNREFUELED FLIGHT (8-DAYS, 1-HOUR) AND HAS OVER 10,000 NM RANGE.

 

How ultra-long endurance aircraft generate program savings

  • Fewer number of launch and recovery events per 24/7 orbit - which results in lower staffing requirements and system wear.

  • Fewer hours transiting to maintain continuous coverage - which results in a significant savings in program flight hours.

  • Reduction in overall flight hours enables the same mission to get accomplished with fewer operators and maintainers

  • Fewer overall flight hours and launch/recovery events reduces wear and tear on assets - lowering the lifetime costs.

  • Longer aircraft turnaround times - results in more predictable and better quality maintenance.

INCREASED AIRBORNE ISR CAPABILITY

How the savings from multi-day sorties increases ISR capabilities

  • Savings from Vanilla UAS operations can be shifted to cover other aircraft Operations & Maintenance budget shortfalls.

  • The savings can be leveraged to sustain more simultaneous orbits and extend ISR coverage.

  • Savings from Vanilla flight operations and maintenance can be used to increase analysis staffing and capabilities.

  • Multi-day sorties deliver longer range surveillance for the same cost - extending the distance and time adversaries can be held at risk.

  • Fewer sorties per orbit - results in more available assets for additional simultaneous orbits.

  • Fewer on-station handoffs - reducing the personnel requirements and improving data continuity.


    Other (short-endurance) aircraft OEMs talk about cost per flight hour (CPFH) because it hides the true cost of ISR operations with their products. As Vanilla and other UAS become more autonomous, the cost savings of ultra-long endurance UAS increases at an exponential rate.