| Hellenic Civil Unmanned Air Vehicle HCUAV | |
|---|---|
| Role | Surveillance and Reconnaissance |
| National origin |  Greece
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| Designer | Consortium:
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| First flight | 2016 |
| Status | Prototype |
| Number built | 1 |
| Developed into | DELAER RX-3 |
The Hellenic Civil Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (HCUAV) RX-1 is a Greek research project, which has currently produced a prototype of a Medium Altitude - Long Endurance (MALE) Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV), with aim for the aircraft to enter production in the future and be utilised in civil and potentially, military operations.[1][2]
The development started in 2013 and involved a consortium consisting of 6 partners, among them three University research groups including the Laboratory of Fluid Mechanics and Turbomachinery (LFMT) of the Department of Mechanical Engineering or the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (AUTH), the CSL and the Laboratory of Robotics and Automation (LRA), as well as three private companies including MLS Innovation Ltd, Spacesonic Ltd and Intracom Defense Electronics (IDE). It is coordinated by the LFMT at the AUTH. The chief engineer of the project is AUTH professor Dr Kyriakos Yakinthos.
- ^ "HCUAV website - LFMT Aristotle University Thessaloniki". lfmt.gr. Retrieved 2020-11-14.
- ^ Press Release. "LOTUS: Next Generation Tactical UAV from INTRACOM DEFENSE for ISR missions" (PDF). Intracom Defense Electronics. Retrieved 6 December 2020.