The LAAMS System consists of the Agriflyte Agricultural UAV, a portable ground station and a modem for uploading the imagery. The AgriFlyte is manufactured by Williams Aerospace and the autopilot system and ground control software are products of Procerus Technologies.

The capabilities of the UAV are:

• Flight Duration: > 8 hr.
• Altitude: Sea level 3,000 ft. (Working Altitude 2,100 ft)
• Hand Launch and Belly Recover
• Fully-Autonomous Control

Payload / Sensors (mission adjustable)

• Digital Cameras (Vis, NIR Spectrum)
• CCD Digital Video Camera

Stabilization: the system uses a computer, standard accelerometers, gyroscopes to maintain proper orientation, an altimeter to determine altitude, a compass, and conventional GPS.

Ground Support Equipment

• Control Station: Rugidized Computer Laptop, GPS via Wireless Ethernet Modem
• Telemetry: 2.4 Ghz Near-Real Time Video Transmition, 900 Mhz Command & Control