Aerosonde Mk. 4.7 / 4.8
A tactical reconnaissance family offering conventional fixed-wing and VTOL configurations for land and maritime operations.
- Country / region
- United States / Australia
- Programme status
- Supplier-reported status
- Sources reviewed
- 20 Sept 2026
- Primary domain
- Air
- System type
- Reconnaissance aircraft
- Developer / manufacturer
- Textron Systems
- Origin / production countries
- United States / Australia
- Other names
- No additional names recorded
- Variants / configurations
- Mk. 4.7 fixed-wing; Mk. 4.7 VTOL; Mk. 4.8 fixed-wing; Mk. 4.8 VTOL
- 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 & capabilities
- Reconnaissance aircraft
Specifications in context
- Airframe
- Fixed-wing / VTOL family; table uses Mk. 4.7 fixed-wing
Published specification for the named configuration. Maxima are not necessarily achievable together.
Source - Launch / recovery
- Mk. 4.7: launcher and net recovery
Published specification for the named configuration. Maxima are not necessarily achievable together.
Source - Propulsion
- Heavy-fuel engine
Published specification for the named configuration. Maxima are not necessarily achievable together.
Source - Dimensions
- 4.4 m span (Mk. 4.7)
Published specification for the named configuration. Maxima are not necessarily achievable together.
Source - Mass
- 42.2 kg maximum gross take-off weight
Published specification for the named configuration. Maxima are not necessarily achievable together.
Source - Endurance
- 18.3 h maximum, Mk. 4.7 fixed-wing
Published specification for the named configuration. Maxima are not necessarily achievable together.
Source - Range
- 140 km published range, Mk. 4.7
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
- 4,572 m service ceiling
Published specification for the named configuration. Maxima are not necessarily achievable together.
Source - Payload
- Up to 14.5 kg
Published specification for the named configuration. Maxima are not necessarily achievable together.
Source - Sensors
- Day/night video and optional mission sensors
Published specification for the named configuration. Maxima are not necessarily achievable together.
Source - Communications / navigation
- Configuration-specific datalinks
Published specification for the named configuration. Maxima are not necessarily achievable together.
Source