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Troopers receive new Raven UAS camera upgrade
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Staff Sgt. Brent Mann, right, master small unmanned aircraft system for 3rd BCT, 1st Cav. Div., and Sgt. Edgar Jimenez, a
supply specialist with Company A, 2nd Battalion, 7th Cavalry Regiment, 3rd BCT, check the components of the unit’s new
Gimbal Raven system at Fort Hood Aug. 19.
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Selected units received an
upgrade to their Raven unmanned
aerial systems during an initiative
here last week.
The upgrade, dubbed the Raven
Gimbal, is a new payload for the
Raven R-11B Small Unmanned
Aircraft System - a small, hand-
launched reconnaissance and sur-
veillance tool.
“The Gimbal system replaces the
old, fixed camera where the opera-
tor had to move the bird around to
see different directions,” said Spc.
Gilbert Reyna, a cavalry scout with
Comanche Troop, 6th Squadron
“Saber,” 9th Cavalry Regiment, 3rd
Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry
Division. “With the new payload,
you can now simply rotate the cam-
era 360 degrees in a matter of
seconds.”
The Raven transmits live, air-
borne video images, compass head-
ings, and location information to a
ground control station, laptop and
remote video terminal, enabling
operators to navigate, search for
targets, recognize terrain and record
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“This upgrade will make the
whole reconnaissance world more
effective,” Burroughs said. “It will
provide better capabilities to units
as a whole.”
In addition to the 360-degree
view the Gimbal offers, its infrared
capabilities are now more efficient
as well, said Staff Sgt. Brent Mann,
an infantryman and master small
unmanned aircraft systems trainer
with 3rd BCT.
“We are getting better surveil-
lance now when we launch the
Raven,” he said. “We no longer
have to bring the Raven down
to switch from daytime to night-
time infrared cameras, as it has
both capabilities. We can run twi-
light missions all at one time, and
switch between white hot, black
hot and colored cameras all in one
setting.”
The new payload also replaces
the previous camera system with a
single, front-mounted lens, Mann
said.
“The last system had stationary
front and side cameras,” he said.
“This replaces both front and side
mounts. It makes it easier for Sol-
diers to stay on target.”
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