Role & capabilities
- Reconnaissance aircraft
- Primary domain
- Air
- System type
- Reconnaissance aircraft
- Developer / manufacturer
- AeroVironment
- Origin / production countries
- United States
- Other names
- RQ-11B
- Variants / configurations
- Raven B; historical blocks differ
- Operators / programme customers
- Not confirmed in the reviewed public sources
Evidence & current status
The sources below establish the stated programme milestone or supplier claim. They do not independently verify every configuration, delivery total or advertised performance figure.
Role and programme
Raven’s defining configuration is a lightweight reusable fixed-wing airframe carrying stabilised day/night imaging. Its current product table lists 75+ minutes of endurance, while the accompanying narrative describes a broader 60–90-minute range. This profile retains that distinction.
Older manufacturer brochures use a lighter aircraft weight than the present product page. The current 2.2 kg figure is therefore labelled as the current baseline rather than blended with an older block. The source describes military use of the family without enumerating current fleets or identifying every customer’s version.
Sourced specifications
Figures apply to the named configuration. Maximum values are not guaranteed operating performance.
| Specification | Reported value | Context & source |
|---|---|---|
| Airframe | Portable fixed-wing reconnaissance aircraft | Published specification for the named configuration. Maxima are not necessarily achievable together. Source ↗ |
| Launch / recovery | Hand launch; deep-stall recovery | Published specification for the named configuration. Maxima are not necessarily achievable together. Source ↗ |
| Propulsion | Battery-powered electric propulsion | Published specification for the named configuration. Maxima are not necessarily achievable together. Source ↗ |
| Dimensions | Not established from the reviewed public sources. | Public data gap; no estimate or neighbouring variant value substituted. Source ↗ |
| Mass | 2.2 kg current published aircraft weight | Published specification for the named configuration. Maxima are not necessarily achievable together. Source ↗ |
| Endurance | 75+ min table; narrative describes 60–90 min | Published specification for the named configuration. Maxima are not necessarily achievable together. Source ↗ |
| Range | 10 km operational-range claim | Published specification for the named configuration. Maxima are not necessarily achievable together. Source ↗ |
| Speed | Not established from the reviewed public sources. | Public data gap; no estimate or neighbouring variant value substituted. Source ↗ |
| Altitude | Not established from the reviewed public sources. | Public data gap; no estimate or neighbouring variant value substituted. Source ↗ |
| Payload | Not established from the reviewed public sources. | Public data gap; no estimate or neighbouring variant value substituted. Source ↗ |
| Sensors | Stabilised EO/IR payload | Published specification for the named configuration. Maxima are not necessarily achievable together. Source ↗ |
| Communications / navigation | Not established from the reviewed public sources. | Public data gap; no estimate or neighbouring variant value substituted. Source ↗ |
Publication history
- — Added a sourced global catalogue profile with configuration-specific data and explicit evidence limits.
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Follow the evidence
Source types identify who makes the claim. Programme milestones and supplier statements should be read in context.
- AeroVironment current Raven B product page (opens in a new tab)Manufacturer / programme source