10 October 2023
by Carlo Munoz
Teledyne FLIR’s BH 3 nano UAS. Since 2017 company officials have delivered roughly 20,000 BH3 systems to 44 countries, including most recently 1,000 BH3 nano drones to Ukrainian forces. (Teledyne FLIR)
Teledyne FLIR unveiled the newest variant of its Black Hornet nano-unmanned aircraft system (UAS) at the Association of United States Army (AUSA) 2023 annual conference.
The Black Hornet 4 (BH4) variant builds upon the technical attributes of the previous iteration of the nano UAS – the Black Hornet 3 (BH3) – according to Dave Viens, vice-president of business development at Teledyne FLIR.
Since 2017 company officials have delivered roughly 20,000 BH3 systems to 44 countries, including most recently 1,000 BH3 nano drones to Ukrainian forces via military support agreements between Kiev, Norway, and the United Kingdom, Viens said during a 4 October interview with
Janes
.
The Black Hornet system also features prominently in the army’s Soldier Borne Sensor (SBS) programme, for which Teledyne FLIR is the prime contractor.
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