Mariana
Performance and Technical Specifications
Performance and Technical Specifications
PERFORMANCE AND SPECIFICATIONS
- Length: 22 ft (6.7 m)
- Wingspan: 42 ft (12.8 m)
- Maximum Gross Takeoff Weight: 2,125 lbs (963.9 kg)
- Service Ceiling: 30,000+ ft (9,144+ m)
- Dash Speed: 100+ KTAS
- Maximum Endurance: 30+ hours
PAYLOAD AND SYSTEMS
- External Payload Capacity: 100 lbs (45.4 kg)
- Internal Payload Capacity: 250 lbs (113.4 kg)
- Engine: Rotax 916 Turbocharged iS (best power-to-weight ratio in its class)
- Fuel: Auto or AVGAS flexible
- Autopilot: Redundant flight-critical actuation
- Backup Power: Redundant battery system with 1+ hours reserve
- Communications: Redundant BLOS and LOS, with voice comms provisioned
- Identification Friend or Foe (IFF): Customer-selected
- Sense and Avoid: Provisioned
- PNT System: Multimode Ridgeback or customer-selected
- Onboard Networks: Redundant architecture
Key Capabilities and Advantages
Mariana delivers long-endurance ISR capability built for the modern battlespace. Its open architecture, autonomous operation, and modular payload design give forces the flexibility to adapt, respond, and maintain persistent awareness across extended missions. Proven engineering and redundant systems ensure reliability in denied or dynamic environments, supporting mission success when it matters most.
Autonomous Operations
Mariana supports autonomous takeoff, landing, and near “point-click” operation, enabling rapid deployment and minimal operator workload across long-endurance ISR missions.
Open Architecture Design
Built on a modular open-systems framework, Mariana allows fast payload swaps, flexible sensor integration, and simplified upgrades for evolving mission needs.
Long-Endurance ISR at Scale
Delivering 30+ hours of endurance, Mariana provides persistent coverage and high-altitude performance with lower lifecycle cost and optimized aerodynamics.
Mission Resilience
Equipped with redundant networks, communications, and power systems, Mariana ensures continuous reliability and operational success in complex, contested environments.
Measured in Mission Impact
AEVEX designs and delivers systems that give operators a decisive edge in the modern battlespace. Built on endurance, adaptability, and precision, our technology transforms engineering excellence into mission success. Mariana embodies this approach, combining long-range performance, modular design, and autonomous capability to ensure persistent awareness and reliability when it matters most.
More than 30 hours on station ensures unmatched persistence, expanding mission duration and awareness.
Operates above 30,000 feet to deliver high-altitude ISR coverage and persistent awareness across wide operational areas.
Carries up to 250 pounds of internal payload for advanced sensors, communications, or mission systems.
“Mariana is designed to stay on station longer, adapt faster, and deliver the intelligence advantage that modern operations demand.”
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