AeroVironment RQ-11 Raven

RQ-11 Raven
An RQ-11 Raven UAV in flight
General information
Type	Miniature UAV[1]
Manufacturer	AeroVironment
Status	In active service
Primary users	United States Army United States Air Force
Number built	19,000+ airframes
History
Manufactured	2004–present
Introduction date	May 2003
First flight	October 2001
Developed from	FQM-151 Pointer

The AeroVironment RQ-11 Raven is a small hand-launched remote-controlled unmanned aerial vehicle (or SUAV)^[2] developed for the United States military, but now adopted by the military forces of many other countries.

The RQ-11 Raven was originally introduced as the FQM-151 in 1999, but in 2002 developed into its current form,^[3] resembling an enlarged FAI class F1C free flight model aircraft in general appearance. The craft is launched by hand and powered by a pusher configuration electric motor. The plane can fly up to 10 km at altitudes of approximately 150 m above ground level, and over 4,500 m above mean sea level, at flying speeds of 45–100 km/h.^{[4][unreliable source?]} The U.S. Army deploys the Raven at company-level.^[5]