Wing and Bomb Bay Launched (WBBL) Unmanned Air Vehicle (UAV)

Ibis’ baseline design balances the competing demands of low cost and high performance. The proposed baseline allows for the incorporation of high-rate production technologies which also provide the most functional shapes, minimizing cost and maximizing performance. Ibis’ layout features a streamlined fuselage, high aspect ratio swept wings and non-foldable tail-planes which sum up to provide an efficient design with low complexity, low production cost and minimal moving parts count. This proposal addresses the need to rapidly develop and field the basic Ibis aircraft in a form which can be tested in the environment the operators intend to use it. The design philosophy to achieve this goal has been used by PiAC on prior programs with great success such as the Turais Wing and Bomb Bay Launched UAV (WWBL).