Icarus Aerospace Tactical Air Vehicle

Tactical Air Vehicle (TAV) is a light strike aircraft being designed and manufactured by Icarus Aerospace, a Canadian manufacturer of clean-sheet, mission-specific aeronautical products. The company unveiled the optionally piloted multirole TAV in August 2020. It will become a force multiplier for security and armed forces globally.

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In September 2020, Icarus Aerospace partnered with CAE Defence and Security for the integration of MAD-XR magnetic anomaly detection sensor in a towed configuration.

TAV is the first member in the family which also includes WASP and BRANTA versions. WASP is a militarised-armed version intended for use in close-air support (CAS), maritime and coastal patrol and anti-submarine warfare, and surveillance missions.

The platform will be fully network-centric and SWARM capable. It will have the capacity to accommodate up to two crew members in a tandem layout. The cockpit will be installed with latest avionics configuration including sensor fusion and network centric capabilities.

The aircraft will be integrated with a MAD-XR highly-sensitive magnetometer which is designed to detect changes in the earth’s magnetic field. The MAD-XR system will provide a cost-effective solution for submarine tracking and detection.

The aircraft can operate in different environments such as day, night, VMC/ IMC, all-weather, flight into known icing (FIKI), gravel and unprepared rough runways, and austere conditions.

The optional equipment and systems such as auxiliary power unit and a 360° active electronically scanned array (AESA) radar can also be installed aboard the aircraft. In addition to an optionally installed 360-degree AESA radar and up to two FLIR turrets (chin and belly mounted, retractable), the WASP will be able to carry 3 600 kg of weapons on 11 external hard-points (guided bombs and rockets, torpedoes, sonobuoys, air-to-air missiles) and a forward firing fixed cannon or an optional belly-mounted cannon up to 30 mm. Leonardo Company offers the Osprey radar for the aircraft.

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