Product profile
Puma LE
Puma LE is AeroVironment's long-endurance small UAS for multi-mission intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance. It is hand- or bungee-launched, uses a...
Facts
- Company
- AeroVironment
- Product type
- uav
- Status
- commercial
- Primary capability
- ISR
- Website
- https://www.avinc.com/solution/puma-le/
About Puma LE
Puma LE is AeroVironment's long-endurance small UAS for multi-mission intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance. It is hand- or bungee-launched, uses a field-replaceable payload architecture and includes a secondary bay with dedicated power and Ethernet.
Market context
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Summary
Type: Long-endurance ISR UAS
Core: Group 2 capability in a portable system
Function: Provides persistent airborne sensing with replaceable EO/IR and mission payloads
Audience: Defense and government ISR operators
Specifications
- aircraft_weight_kg
- 23.5 lb standard configuration kg
- cruise_speed_kmh
- 47 km/h
- dash_speed_kmh
- 76 km/h
- endurance_h
- Standard configuration h
- launch_recovery
- Hand or bungee launch with autonomous skid landing
- length_m
- 2.2 m
- total_payload_capacity_kg
- 2.5 kg
- wingspan_m
- 4.6 m
Operations
- Environment
- outdoor_airspace, maritime_operations, contested_or_denied_environments
- Primary user
- defense_operators, government_agencies, ISR_teams
- Role
- ISR, reconnaissance, surveillance, payload_integration
- Interaction model
- autonomous_mission_execution, remote_supervision, payload_integration, ground_control_station_operations
- Mobility class
- fixed_wing_uav, untethered_aerial_robot
- Product detail
- https://zlsbkmaixmmnjrgpkcyp.supabase.co/storage/v1/object/public/robotics_assets/products/korthos-product-candidates-2026-08-21-batch-25/aerovironment-puma-le-official-16x9.jpg, fixed_wing_uav, long_endurance_isr_uas, 1600, 900, 387153db5a6eefcf9805afc17c77cf120ff35a9d5a64ec87017f8c50d514f9b2, reviewed_16x9_official_media, Long-Endurance ISR UAS, robotics_assets, https://www.avinc.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/Product-Page_SUA_Puma-LE_Product-Render_01.png?quality=100, https://www.avinc.com...
Research, Articles and recent verified events
- AeroVironment and Eyeonix establish AV Eagle joint venture in Greece — 2026-08-20
- AeroVironment and Applied Intuition validate Mayhem 10 swarm autonomy — 2026-07-29
- Teledyne FLIR receives Argus XL order for AV Titan MS deployments — 2026-07-29
- AeroVironment receives 82-aircraft P550 full-rate production order — 2026-07-20
- AeroVironment wins $80.5 million JIATF-401 award for Titan MS — 2026-07-07
- AeroVironment wins $30.9M NSPA purchase order for Germany LARUS Puma systems — 2026-07-07
- U.S. Army awards AeroVironment $500M counter-UAS contract — 2026-07-01
- AeroVironment reports FY26 revenue growth and $2.7B bookings — 2026-06-29