AeroVironment T-20

AeroVironment T-20
T-20 with ISR camera extended Camp Roberts, California
Role	Runway independent tactical reconnaissance UAV Type of aircraft
Manufacturer	AeroVironment
First flight	January 28, 2009, Edwards Air Force Base
Introduction	2009
Primary users	US military Ukraine military Taiwan CGA
Number built	200 + Delivered/more Planned

The AeroVironment T-20 unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) (formerly Arcturus T-20) is a medium range, composite aircraft capable of internal and external payloads. Launched from a portable catapult, it can be recovered with a shipboard landing system, or belly land on unimproved surfaces. The T-20 carries a retractable gimbal-mounted, digitally stabilized, electro-optical/infrared (EO/IR) camera that relays video in real time via a C-band LOS data link to the ground control station (GCS). Powered by a 4-stroke, fuel injected gasoline engine, the aircraft burns 2 lb (910 g) of fuel per hour at cruise. AeroVironment, Inc. acquired Arcturus UAV, the original developer of JUMP 20 and T-20 on February 22, 2021.^[1]