Thorpedo (TS-6000)
The Thorpedo has been flown in two different sizes: 16 feet long and 24 feet long.
The Thorpedo, also known by its acronym TS-6000, is designed for high speed and endurance flight with launch capability from modest runways or from most manned aircraft from standard NATO ordnance pylons.
Given these basics characteristics, the Thorpedo has multiple uses. It was designed and built as a Measurement and Signatures Intelligence (MASINT) Tactical UAV to provide warfighter unprecedented capabilities to find the enemy in buried revetments, forests, and hidden facilities.
The signature capability of the Thorpedo is its speed of 400 knots with a payload of 100 pounds.
| Typical Applications: |
- Law Enforcement
- Research
- Resource Management
- Military
- Resource Exploitation
- Emergency Response
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| Typical Specifications: |
| Payload Weight |
100 - 400+ pounds |
| Wingspan |
16 feet |
| Length |
16 - 24 feet |
| Payload |
EO, FLIR, Commercial, Others |
| Fuselage Payload Volume |
Payload Specified |
| Mission Radius |
Customer Specified |
| Launch/Recovery Mode |
Conventional or Air or RITS Launch / Conventional Barrier or RITS Recovery |
| Guidance/Control |
GPS/RF & Autonomous |
| Additional Images: |
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The Thorpedo - flying at 300 knots here – can exceed 400 knots. |
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The Thorpedo can land conventionally or be recovered using RITS. |
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The Thorpedo Block PV is shown during the production run with a P4000 in the man’s hands for comparison. |
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The Thorpedo can be flown with turbines or the engine shown here from Conception GLC in Canada ( www.glcinc.ca). |
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